The Czech Film Fund announced the following grants on 11 July 2018.

WROCLAW: Ten participants from Poland and ten from Romania, Denmark, Austria, the Ukraine and the UK, have been selected for the 9th edition of New Horizons Studio+, taking place from 27 to 30 July 2018 during the 18th New Horizons IFF.

ZAGREB: Factum, one of the most important Croatian documentary film production companies, has launched a new project, Factum Online, and its first stage is a VOD platform.

East Silver has long time partnerships with festivals all around the world. The new partnerships include the Slovak festival Cinematik Piešťany, Russian festivals Pacific Meridian and Saratov Sufferings IFFDD and also Italian SiciliAmbiente.

One of the most important Croatian documentary film production companies has launched a new project: Factum Online, bringing the broad spectrum of Factum’s documentaries to your home – from the recent ones to the rarely seen!

New Horizons Studio+, organized by the New Horizons Association and Creative Europe Desk Polska, involves four days of workshops and lectures on various aspects related to the promotion and development of projects. Its main task is to provide young professionals with knowledge about the international film market, as well as to help them in determining their career paths.

See who was at the traditional Cottbus Film Festival and Connecting Cottbus Brunch in Karlovy Vary. The 28th Cottbus Film Festival of Eastern European cinema takes place this year from 6 to 11 November 2018 and the industry programme Connecting Cottbus takes place 8-9 November 2018.

WARSAW: Agnieszka Smoczyńska’s second feature film Fugue has been sold by Alpha Violet to the Czech Republic, Lithuania, China, Denmark, Canada and other territories.

Nadine Labaki’s “Capharnaum” will be the opening film, while “Happy As Lazzaro” by Alice Rohrwacher will close the festival.

Helga TrüpelFNE asked Vice President of the EU Culture and Education Committee and Shadow Rapporteur on the Creative Europe Programme Helga Trüpel about what we can expect from Creative Europe 2021-2027 and the importance of cultural diversity especially in the smaller countries of the EU.