ZAGREB: The Grand Prix in the Grand Competition Short Film of the World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest Zagreb (3 – 8 June 2024) went to the Dutch/Belgian/French The Miracle directed by Nienke Deutz. The Feature Film Competition was won by the Spanish/German coproduction Sultana’s Dream directed by Isabel Herguer.

PRAGUE: CEE Animation will once again participate in MIFA, the world’s biggest animation market, taking place 11 - 14 June 2024 in Annecy. Besides promoting Central and Eastern European animated films, authors and their projects, CEE Animation’s activities in Annecy will include various networking opportunities as well as meetings between project holders and international coproducers.

The documentary has been selected for the International Competition at the 35th edition of the FID Marseille Festival, which will take place from June 25 to 30, 2024

DUBROVNIK: Over 260 companies from Europe and the USA will take part in the 11th edition of NEM Dubrovnik. This important TV market in Central and Eastern Europe will be held 10 – 13 June 2024 at the Hotel Dubrovnik Palace.

This fall, the biggest film event of Latvia, Riga International Film Festival (RIGA IFF) will delight the senses of filmgoers with more than 100 screenings of bold and fresh filmmaker visions, selected from the world’s most prestigious film festival programmes, as well as from the kindred Baltic Sea region cinema. Uniting both local audiences and foreign guests, with its motto, Witnessing the World of Another, the programme will be screened over 11 days, 17-27 October, at the festival’s main venue, cinema Splendid Palace, as well as Forum Cinemas, the National Library of Latvia, and online throughout Latvia.

CEE Animation, a one-stop shop for Central and Eastern European Animation, will once again participate at MIFA, the world’s biggest animation market, taking place from 11 - 14 June in Annecy. Besides promoting Central and Eastern European animated films, authors, and their projects, CEE Animation’s activities in Annecy will include various networking opportunities as well as meetings between project holders and international co-producers.

POTSDAM: In this exclusive interview, we explore the experiences and insights of four accomplished professionals who are enrolled in the European Film Business and Law LL.M | MBA master's programme at the Erich Pommer Institut (EPI). From Bratislava and Prague to Budapest and Tallinn, these individuals bring diverse backgrounds and expertise to the discussion, offering valuable perspectives on the distinctive benefits and opportunities offered by this unique international programme.

Bear With Me Distribution, a newly founded boutique distribution agency specializing exclusively in animated films for children, will officially launch its activities at this year's Annecy Festival. The headline title of the line-up, Hello Summer, will premiere in Official selection of the Young audience section. Another title from the new catalogue - The Girl with the Occupied Eyes - will be presented in a tribute to contemporary Portuguese Animation – section A new Generation.

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.