Among the seven world and six international premieres, the festival will introduce new movies by Dietrich Brüggemann and Romanian filmmakers Anca Damian and Florin Şerban, as well as the feature debut of the rising star of Italian cinema Ferdinando Cito Filomarino
KARLOVY VARY: The 50th Karlovy Vary Film Festival will run from 3 to 11 July 2015. The Jubilee aims to be an extraordinary celebration of cinema, filmmakers and most of all, the audience itself.
KRAKOW: The Krakow Film Festival has started it's Focus on Lithuania section with a total of eight films. The programme features mainly documentary films, as well as fiction and animation.
LIMA: Malgorzata Szumowska's film Body has won the sixth edition of Al Este de Lima Film Festival, the only festival in South America dedicated to Eastern European Films.
The first airport movie theatre Film Box LT in the Eastern and Northern Europe was launched at Vilnius Airport. Now passengers waiting for their flights can enjoy their time at the airport even more and watch Lithuanian creators’ films in Film Box LT free of charge.
VALLETTA: Europe's smallest capital is hosting its first film festival this year. The Valletta Film Festival will run from 15 to 21 June 2015.
ZADAR: Actress and director Marion Hansel started filming in Razanac near Zadar this week. Her latest film River Upstream/En Amont du Fleuve is a psychological adventure story about two step brothers who visit Croatia following the death of their father.
SOFIA: Maya Vitkova's family drama set in communist Bulgaria, Viktoria, has been picked up for North American release by Brooklyn-based distributor Big World Pictures. The film was already the first Bulgarian film ever selected in competition at Sundance and now it will continue its run on the festival circuit before hitting US theatres in 2016.
VILNIUS: The Lithuanian Film Center, in collaboradtion with the Vilnius airport has launched the very first airport cinema in Eastern and Northern Europe. Lithuanian films will be available, free of charge, for departing passengers at Vilnius International Airport.
Over the last few years, things have changed significantly in terms of industry opportunities at the Transilvania International Film Festival (May 29 –June 7, Cluj). The festival’s 14th edition will offer a program for emerging filmmakers, workshops, a pitching session and a think-tank platform, among others. These programs aim to help local filmmakers and to improve communication in terms of co-production in the area. Master classes open to the participants and to the general public will also take place during Transilvania IFF.
