PRAGUE: American actor Ben Foster will portray Bohemia’s greatest warrior Jan Žižka of Trocnov in Petr Jákl’s biopic coproduced by British-born Hollywood producer Cassian Elwes.

PRAGUE: The Ferrari Dino Girl by Czechoslovak New Wave classic Jan Němec and Elective Affinities by Karel Vachek are available online on DAFilms.com on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the occupation of Czechoslovakia by the armies of the Warsaw Pact in 1968.

VILNIUS: Arūnas Matelis’ documentary Wonderful Losers: A Different World has been selected as Lithuania’s entry for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ award in the best foreign language film category.

PIEŠŤANY: Ten films have been selected for Meeting Point Europe, the main competition of the 13th Cinematik IFF, which will take place in the spa city of Piešťany from 11 to 16 September 2018.

HVAR: The book Orson Welles in Hvar by Duško Kovačić and Daniel Rafaelić was launched during the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of organised tourism on Hvar.

BATUMI: Ten titles have been selected for the Feature Film Competition of the 13th Batumi International Arthouse Film Festival set to take place in Batumi from 16 to 23 September 2018. The festival also organises a competition for documentaries.

VILNIUS: A restored 1969 classic The Beauty by the Lithuanian director Arūnas Žebriūnas was released in French cinemas on 22 August 2018. This is the first time that a Lithuanian classic film runs in multiple cinemas outside the country.