The 17th edition of Fest Anča International Animation Festival has this year’s award-winning directors. The winning films were announced on 29 June at a ceremony at historic Žilina Town Theatre, while the festival programme continues until Sunday. The international jury appreciated visually impressive films full of mysticism that communicate with audiences in a refreshing and sincere language.

STRASBOURG: Seven projects from FNE partner countries are among the 31 long films receiving Eurimages Co-production Support on 25 June 2024, while four of the nine projects receiving Council of Europe’s Pilot Programme for Series Co-Productions support on 27 June 2024  are (co)produced by an FNE partner country.

PRAGUE: A total of 31 projects (nine features, seven TV series, nine short films, and six student films) have been selected for the animation industry's leading regional pitching, financing and co-production CEE Animation Forum, whose 12th edition will be held in Pilsen, Czech Republic, on 12-13 November 2024.

POTSDAM: The Erich Pommer Institute (EPI) is organising an info session about its programme Audiovisual Women. The info session will be held online on 22 August 2024, 14:00 CEST and it is free of charge.

Female film and TV industry professionals from the Baltic countries have until 11th August to apply

Info Session: AUDIOVISUAL WOMEN
August 22 | 14:00 CEST | Online | Free of charge with registration

31 projects selected for this year's pitching from a record-breaking number of applications

PODGORICA: The Montenegrin film This Good Country / Ova dobra zemlja directed by Vladimir Perović received the award for best film in the regional competition at the 15th Underhill Fest, international festival for documentary films, held in the Montenegrin capital city of Podgorica. The award for best film in the international competition went to The Eternal Memory (Chile, USA) by Maita Alberdi.

NOVI SAD: Ten projects have been selected for the 7th edition of the Circle Women Doc Accelerator training programme for women-identifying filmmakers. The selection includes documentaries from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Norway, Spain, Senegal, Taiwan, Germany, India, Iran, Jordan and China.

BUCHAREST: Nine Romanian companies were showcased through the umbrella A Romanian Showcase of Creative Entertainment at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity (17 – 21 June 2024).