PRAGUE: The Shanghai Media Group and Medea Group from the Czech Republic have signed an agreement to cooperate on film and TV production.

CANNES: The Cannes edition of the European Film Forum kicks off at 14:30 on Monday 22 May in Cannes at the Salan Des Ambassadeurs in the Festival Palais.

CANNES: Bulgarian director Stefan Komandarev’s Directions / Posoki has been sold to French distributor Rezo Films for France. The film will unspool in the Certain Regard section of Cannes on 26 May.

FNE has teamed up with FIPRESCI critics attending the Cannes Film Festival to rate the films in the Main Competition, Un Certain Regard, Directors' Fortnight and Critics Week, giving the films 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 stars. 5 is the best and 1 is the worst. The ratings give an overview of critics opinions from a large number of countries and provide insights to what critics in many different countries think about the programme.

Asia Der and Sara Haragonics are directing a documentary about a 41-year-old woman who drastically changes her life and decides to adopt a Romany child.