LOS ANGELES: Sing by the Hungarian director Kristof Deák won the Best Live Action Short Film at the 89th Academy Awards on 26 February 2017.

VIENNA: FNE will participate for the second year in a row in several parts of LET’S CEE Industry Days 2017, set to take place in Vienna on 23-24 March 2017. Industry Days will focus this year on “Filmmaking in CEE and in Austria: Meeting Tomorrow’s Challenges”.

BRUSSELS: Federation of European Film Directors and Association of European Film Agency Directors (EFADs) support the initiative of Croatian Filmmakers We’ve Had Enough / Puk’o nam je film and praise Hrvoje Hribar’s contribution to Croatian and European film.

The Federation of European Film Directors has added its voice to that of the Croatian Film-Makers initiative Puk’o nam je film (Stand Up for Croatian Cinema), aiming at protecting Croatian cinematography from political influence and control.

Krakow, 24th February 2017 - Krakow Film Foundation Programme Council decided to celebrate this year’s 70th anniversary of Polish animation by unprecedented tribute to two outstanding veterans of this genre: Witold Giersz and Daniel Szczechura. It is 20th edition of Dragon of Dragons award which is granted for significant influence on the development of the world cinema.

The association of European Film Agency Directors (EFADs) would like to praise Hrvoje Hribar’s contribution to Croatian and European film, and to the EFADs, following his decision to step down as Director of the Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC) on 6 February in light of recent events.

Symposium and Networking Event: 16 high-class lectures, two exciting panel discussions and much more –  and the participation is free of charge for all accredited festival visitors this year!

Some of the highlights of this year´s open program include Paweł Łoziński's masterclass on Experiment in Documentary, a lecture by Helle Faber My insight into documentary co-productions or Joe Bini´s masterclass Personal remarks on documentary filmmaking through the eyes of an editor.

ZAGREB: Dalibor Matanić is in Spain this week, where he will introduce his film The High Sun, that will be released in Madrid by Surtsey Films.

LONDON: Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME) has 12 features looking to be completed by the end of 2017. The London-based production house announced that How To Sell a War by Rudolph Herzog is to begin shooting in Georgia in the late spring/early summer 2017.