Bringing filmmakers from Turkey together with international professionals, Meetings on the Bridge will be celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2015, as part of the 34th Istanbul Film Festival, and sponsored by Anadolu Efes.

The members of the European Film Academy (EFA), more than 3,300 film professionals from across Europe, have elected six women onto the EFA Board, the EFA's executive body. Each board member is elected for a period of two years and eight of the mandates were up for (re-)election.

Ida, Tangerines and Corn Island are among the nine foreign films shortlisted from a number of 83 originally submitted for the Oscar for Best Foreign Film. Ida and Tangerines are also competing for the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film which will be announced on 11 January in Los Angeles.

STRASBOURG: Eurimages decided support for 15 coproductions including the new films of Cristi Puiu, Kristijonas Vildziunas, Ralitza Petrova, Teona Strugar Mitevska, Emin Alper and Ümit Köreken at its 137th meeting held in Turin in December 2014,

In 2014 Institute of Documentary Film did not let up in its intense support of Central and East European documentary films in all stages of development.

The Croatian Audiovisual Centre announced the script development and project development grants for TV on 19 December 2014.

When East Meets West (WEMW) 22 projects selected for the Trieste co-production forum from a record number of 285 submissions.

If you missed this year's festival, then the Black Nights FF and Cinando have a special treat for you. A selection of the winning films and new exciting discoveries from just finished 18th edition with a FIAPF accredited International Competition are available via the "Festival in Focus" online screenings at cinando.com

Constellations is an original Master Class in two 4-day Modules for those professionals who are concerned with the major artistic decisions - producers, screenwriters, authors-directors, new media designers, script consultants - of any production and has been elaborated by the widely recognized specialist Matthias Varga von Kibéd.

The more than 3,000 members of the European Film Academy – filmmakers from across Europe – have voted for this year’s European Film Awards.