VILNIUS: Twenty projects from 18 countries will take part in the Coming Soon pitching session within Meeting Point Vilnius, the industry platform of the Vilnius IFF Kino Pavasaris, which will take place in a hybrid format from 30 March to 1 April 2022.

PRAGUE: Despite some reprieve from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, Czech film exhibitors recorded market instability throughout last year and the beginning of 2022, with theatres unable to attract pre-crisis audience numbers.

LIMASSOL: Seven feature film projects have been selected for the Dot.on.the.Map Meeting Point Co-production Forum 2022, which will take place within Dot.on.the.Map Industry Days 14-16 April 2022.

In the framework of the 20th Cyprus Film Days International Festival 2022 and in partnership with Thessaloniki International Film Festival Agora

RIGA: The Riga International Film Festival has launched the call for applications for its new edition set for 13 - 23 October 2022. Feature, short, and children's films, as well as music videos can be submitted free of charge till 22 April 2022.

CANNES: New projects by Georgian Levan Koguashvili (Guria), Bulgarian Stephan Komandarev (Made in EU) and Czech Tomas Weinreb & Petr Kazda (The Forest) are among the 15 projects selected for the 18th edition of Cannes’ L’Atelier (22-27 May 2022).

WARSAW: The Dress / Sukienka by Tadeusz Łysiak, which is nominated for the Academy Awards 2022 in the Short Film (Live Action) category, has been acquired by HBO Max.

BUDAPEST: Kino Lorber will release The Round-Up (1966), The Red and the White (1967), The Confrontation (1968), Winter Wind (1969), Red Psalm (1971), and Electra, My Love (1974) on a Miklós Jancsó Collection on Blu-ray in May 2022.

PRAGUE: The Panel discussion Festivals 2.0: How to Approach the Audience in the Post-COVID Era, organised by the Institute of Documentary Film in cooperation with Film New Europe and One World Film Festival, and supported by the International Visegrad Fund, will be held on 30 March 2022 at 5:30 pm (CET) at Kino 35 (French Institute in Prague) within the East Doc Platform.

BUCHAREST: Ruxandra Ghițescu’s debut feature Otto the Barbarian leads the 16th Gopo Awards nominations, ahead of Radu Jude’s Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn and Cristi Puiu’s Malmkrog. The winners will be announced at a ceremony on 19 April 2022.