ZAGREB: Daniel Rafaelić was named director of the Croatian Audiovisual Centre for a four year term, after a unanimous vote at a meeting of the Board of Directors.

BRATISLAVA: The VSMU film school in central Bratislava was the heart of the 6th edition of the Visegrad Film Forum, hosting master classes with film and TV professionals for an international roster of film school students.

WIESBADEN: The 17th edition of goEast - Festival of Central and Eastern European Film ended on 2 May 2015 by handing out awards totaling 50,000 EUR. 

WARSAW: FNE has teamed up with the Brussels based team of the International Union of Cinemas (UNIC) to bring you regular updates on EU cinema policies that impact all industry professionals across Europe. Click here for FNE UNIC EU Cinema Policy Update.

LJUBLJANA: The Slovenian Society of Cinematographers (Združenje filmskih snemalcev Slovenije, ZFS) handed out their second annual IRIS awards for best achievement in cinematography in five categories. A total of 42 films competed for prizes.

The fifth edition of the VAF Trebon, a key industry meeting for animation professionals mainly from CEE region, takes place in Trebon, Czech Republic, May 2-4, 2017.

Elina Psykou’s sophomore film won the top prize of the International Narrative Feature Competition Section of the 16th edition of the Tribeca Film Festival, which began on April 19 and ends on April 30.

PLZEN: I, Olga Hepnerova directed by Tomáš Weinreb and Petr Kazda won the main prize of the 30th Finale Plzen national festival of Czech Films, which concluded on 26 April 2017.

ZAGREB: Two TV projects from Croatia and Serbia have been selected for development by HBO Europe from its HBO Adria First Draft Contest for original drama out of more than 500 entries.

The Good Change by Konrad Szolajski examines the current political situation in Poland.