TBILISI: LA-based director, Nick Agiashvili has been confirmed to direct the UK/Georgian co-production Shindisi, to be produced by Liberty Studio, 20 Steps and Lakumi in Georgia in partnership with UK’s Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME).

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.

Carl Guyenette will conduct a discussion at the Krakow Film Festival Doc Tank.

One of the Baltic capital’s most notable cultural happenings celebrating it’s third run this year is the Riga International Film Festival (official abbreviation – Riga IFF). Following its launch in 2014 when Riga was the European Capital of Culture this year the festival is due to take place from for 10 days in Autumn – October 13 – 23. Continuing it’s programme structure from 2015 the festival will feature both curated film programmes and competitions including it’s feature film competition within which the Riga IFF Award will be presented to a film from the Baltic sea region.

BRASOV, ROMANIA: HBO Europe began principal photography on the four-part hour long series Valea Mută / Valley of Silence on 10 May 2016, in Romania’s Carpathian Mountains.