The State Cinematography Fund, Czech Republic has been the main tool for public support of cinematography in the Czech Republic since 1992. In 2013 it adopted a new Cinematography Act and became an independent institution with its own director, new financial structure and a Council assessing and deciding individual requests for state support.

After a gap in funding, production resumed in 2014, but the crisis was visible in the slow pace of foreign film productions shooting in Romania. New multiplexes opened and new distributors appeared, but the box office and the number of releases slightly fell after the soaring increases of the last few years.

“To sum up, I would emphasize a few things: Ogden Svilicic's These Are the Rules (Maxima Film) awarded in Venice; two films with nice admissions in cinemas – Kristian Milić’s Number 55 (Croatian Television) and Daniel Kušan’s Love and Death (Kinorama); production support given to an impressive number of first-time directors and great results of the cash rebate scheme that keeps bringing foreign productions to Croatia.” Producer Ankica Juric Tilic named these as the highlights of the Croatian cinema in 2014. On the downside, the box office declined and the domestic hits didn’t match the results of the domestic hits in 2013.

Aiste Dirziute, star of The Summer of Sangaile directed by Alante Kavaite, has been selected as one of European Film Promotion’s 2015 Shooting Stars.

The Estonian/Georgian coproduction Tangerines and the Polish/Danish film Ida took two of the five slots in the 2014 Best Foreign Language Film category when the Golden Globe nominations were announced on 11 December.

IDF recounts its successes at IDFA.