BUDAPEST: Son of Saul won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film at the gala held at Dolby Theatre, Hollywood on 28 February 2016. The debut feature of László Nemes also won Best Foreign Film at Spirit Awards on 27 February 2016.

PRAGUE: More than 80 acclaimed professionals and decision makers from all over the world will take part in the 5th edition ofEast Doc Platform, a key industry meeting of CEE documentary filmmakers organized by the Institute of Documentary Film in association with the One World IHRDFF. EDP will take place in Prague from 7 to 13 March 2016.

The 5th edition ofEast Doc Platform (EDP), a key industry meeting of CEE documentary filmmakers with more than 80 acclaimed professionals and decision makers from all over the world, organised by the Institute of Documentary Film in association with theOne World IHRDFF, takes place in Prague, Czech Republic, March 7 to 13, 2016.

PRAGUE: Gain hands-on practical experience designing and implementing campaigns to engage audiences and customers with Yomi Ayeni, an award-winning British digital producer and former BBC strategist. Hands-on Digital Masterclass will take place in Prague on 7-9 March 2016.

ZAGREB: Poet on a Business Trip by Ju Anqi was awarded The Big Stamp Award for Best Film in the International Competition of the 12th ZagrebDox. The festival took place on 21-28 February 2016.

PRAGUE: Acclaimed Czech animator and artist Zdeněk Smetana, awarded in Cannes, Berlin and Venice passed away at 90 due to illness.

TBILISI: Marisa Romanov, an American series produced by Noirtainment Film and Television Production Company, is set to be shot in Georgia and already applied for the tax incentive scheme.

Doc Tank, the development lab for transmedia and socially engaged documentary projects will take place in Prague within East Doc Platform during One World Film Festival on 9-11 March 2016.

BUCHAREST: The deadline for the 3 Maia Workshop package has been extended to 4 March 2016. The Maia workshops are targeted at emerging European fiction, documentary and cross-media producers as well as graduates, production managers and other industry professionals wishing to improve their production skills.

PRAGUE: Twelve titles have been selected for the Main Competition of the One World Film Festival, which kicks off on 7 March 2016 in Prague and will also take place in other 32 cities of the Czech Republic.