MOTOVUN: Irish/Cuban coproduction Viva by Paddy Breathnach has won the Propeller of Motovun at the 19th Motovun Film Festival, which took place from 26 to 30 July 2016.

TARTU: The 11th Tartu Love Film Festival will screen 18 films related to love in Town Hall Square (Raekoja Plats), the biggest open air cinema in the Baltics, from 1 to 6 August 2016.

The second edition of KineDok organised by the Institute of Documentary Film (IDF) is entering its second half, and so far there has been a great number of event-based screenings with film directors and interesting guests for Q&A's organised.

WARSAW: Bartosz M. Kowalski's Playground has been acquired by the Spain-based sales agent Latido Films.

WARSAW: Welsh film company Green Valley Films shot the supernatural thriller The Bench in Poland using Welsh and Polish children alongside the main actors.

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.

BUCHAREST: Romanian Film Centre (CNC) will have a new Council of Administration starting 1 August 2016.

MOTOVUN: The 19th edition of Motovun Film Festival, a festival primarily dedicated to films from small cinematographies and independent productions, will screen 13 films in the competition from 26 to 30 July 2016.

PALIĆ: German/Austrian/Romanian coproduction Toni Erdmann by Maren Ade was awarded Golden Tower for Best Film in the International Competition of the 23rd European Film Festival Palić, Serbia (16-22 July 2016).

ZAGREB: In the first half of 2016, four international productions chose Croatia as their filming location, with additional six in the pipeline. The projects originate from the UK, Denmark, Sweden, Germany and the US.