The following grants were announced by the Film Fund on 5 December 2016.
The following grants were announced by the Bulgarian National Film Center on 2 December 2016.
TBILISI: House of Others by Rusudan Glurjidze was awarded Golden Prometheus for best film at the 17th Tbilisi International Film Festival (28 November - 4 December 2016) while Months, as a One Day by Rezo Esadze was awarded best film in the national competition.
VALLETTA: Remake of Papillon directed by Michael Noer and starring Charlie Hunnam and Rami Malek wrapped shooting in Malta.
PULA: The first EAVE Puentes - Europe/Latin America Co-Production Workshop 2017 will be held in Pula during the 64th Pula Film Festival in partnership with the RE-ACT transregional initiative.
WARSAW: The Georgian film My Happy Family directed by Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross and produced by Georgia’s Polare Film Llc has been selected for the World Cinema Dramatic Competition of the Sundance Film Festival running 19-29 January 2017.
ZAGREB: Croatia has received 5.3 m EUR in grants from MEDIA since joining in 2008 as the first non-EU member country, bringing in at least four to five times as much as the country’s annual membership fee.
The Estonian documentary Come Back Free won the Special Jury Prize in Amsterdam.
