ZAGREB: Hrvoje Hribar, director of the Croatian Audiovisual Center, introduced HAVC’s annual performance report and said that the recent period of continuity is responsible for the success of Croatia’s film industry.

VALLETTA: Malta will offer 150% tax deductions to companies that invest in local film production and training initiatives offered by the Malta Film Commission.

RIGA: The National Film Center of Latvia and the Riga Film Fund have increased their total cash rebate to 2.3 m EUR for 2017.

The Polish documentary Casa Blanca will be shown in Prague on 9 May 2016.

Seven tutors have been announced for the first Ex Oriente 2016 workshop session.

PRAGUE: Central European Media Enterprises reported an increase of 2.3 percent in net revenues in its first quarter of 2016 results, at 129 m USD. Operating income for the three months that ended on 31 March 2016 was 7.8 USD compared to an operating loss of 17.2 m USD for Q1 in 2015.

WIESBADEN: The Polish/Czech/Slovak coproduction Red Spider directed by Marcin Koszałka won the Best Director award and Emilia Vasaryova received an Honourable Mention for her title performance in the Slovak/Czech film Eva Nova from director Marko Skop at the 16th goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Films during the closing ceremony on 26 April 2016.

BUCHAREST: More than 80 films will screen in the 20th edition of the European Film Festival organised by the Romanian Cultural Institute and taking place in six Romanian cities from 5 to 29 May 2016.