The European Audiovisual Observatory, part of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, has announced that Bulgaria will take over its annually rotating Presidency for 2013. Bulgaria is represented in the Observatory’s Executive Council by Irina Kanousheva, responsible for International Relations, Festivals and Promotion at the Bulgarian National Film Center.

Organized by the Ankara Cinema Association with the support of the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the 18^th Festival on Wheels completed another film-packed expedition on 10^th December. This year’s travels began on 30^th November in Ankara before taking in the Black Sea town of Sinop.

The European Film Academy Young Audience Award, first introduced in 2012 on occasion of the 25th European Film Awards, will be presented this year in the framework of a Young Audience Film Day on Sunday, 5 May.

With six full-length fictional, three documentary and two medium-long fictional films, new German directorial talents are making a strong showing with distinctive works in Perspektive Deutsches Kino 2013. Their films revolve around exploring the past, natural catastrophes, starting a family, separations – around love and lost. “Parting, for instance, from home or a loved one seems to preoccupy the next generation most of all. Sometimes the exploration is painful, at other times festive, but at all times these young filmmakers find a stirring cinematic translation,” remarks Section Director Linda Söffker about this year’s selection.