FNE together with Europa Distribution is launching a new chapter of the Distributor of the Month section. This time we focus on new strategies in film distribution and the importance of domestic film festivals in releasing new titles. We will also be looking at what distributors can do in order to prevent piracy.

Governmental bodies in both Latvia and Lithuania have banned broadcasts of Russian state TV channels.

BRATISLAVA: The Slovak Film and TV Academy announced nominations for the biannual national Slovak film awards, The Sun in the Net, with a total of 16 awards to be handed out at the 26 April 2014 ceremony.

This month we spoke with Vilma Levickaitė, the manager of Skalvija Cinema Center, a small and cozy art house cinema situated in central Vilnius. Well known amongst film lovers for its distinctive repertoire, the cinema is focusing on non-commercial European and world cinema, both classics and recent film, and is also the major venue for cinematic events: festivals, meetings with filmmakers, retrospectives, and special screenings such as the Vilnius Documentary Film Festival.

This month we spoke with Vilma Levickaitė, the manager of Skalvija Cinema Center, a small and cozy art house cinema situated in central Vilnius. Well known amongst film lovers for its distinctive repertoire, the cinema is focusing on non-commercial European and world cinema, both classics and recent film, and is also the major venue for cinematic events: festivals, meetings with filmmakers, retrospectives, and special screenings such as the Vilnius Documentary Film Festival.

European Capital of Culture 2016 to host 29th awards ceremony

Organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) with the support of Akbank for the 10th time, the 33rd Istanbul Film Festival began on the evening of Friday 4 April, with an opening ceremony held at the Lütfi Kırdar International Convention and Exhibition Center. The prominent names of Turkish cinema, celebrating its 100th year, were among the guests.

Ten feature films and six documentary films will screen in the goEast film festival, running 9-15 April 2014.

WROCLAW: The European Film Academy will hold the 2016 European Film Awards in Wroclaw, a city which will also be the European Capital of Culture for 2016.

FILM PROMOTION AND MARKETING: THE IMPORTANCE OF AUDIENCES