PRAGUE: A new boutique agent and festival distributor Bear With Me Distribution (BWMD), specialising exclusively in animated films for children, will officially launch at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival (9 – 15 June 2024).

TALLINN: The Tallinn Black Nights Festival (PÖFF) will add a sixth competition programme, dedicated to documentaries, during its 28th edition taking place 8 – 24 November 2024. Submissions for Doc@PÖFF are open till 25 August 2024.

CLUJ-NAPOCA: EducaTIFF, the educational segment of the Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF) will become MiniTIFF, a three-day film festival, which will be held in October 2024 in Cluj-Napoca.

SIBIU: The 8th ESTE FILM Festival, held in Sibiu 29 May - 2 May 2024, included the 2nd edition of LINE-UP: International Academy & Networking for Festival Managers, the first event of its kind in Romania.

OLOMOUC: If you are planning the premiere of your documentary or you want to broaden your perspective in the film industry, you can apply till 11 June 2024 to the dok.incubator open sessions set to be held 25 – 29 June 2024 in Olomouc, Czech Republic.

BELGRADE: Dane Komljen’s The Garden Cadences scooped the award for Best Film in the Serbian Competition of the 17th Beldocs, held in Belgrade 22 - 29 May 2024. The main award in the International Competition went to the Estonian documentary Sundial directed by Liis Nimik.

IAȘI: More than one million people interacted with over 200 events of the Romanian Creative Week (RCW), the most important event dedicated to the creative industries in the EU, which was held in Iași 15 - 26 May 2024.

POTSDAM: The Erich Pommer Institut (EPI) has opened applications for its programme SERIES' WOMEN and it is also announcing its upcoming events.