VILNIUS, LITHUANIA -- A Romanian film starring the south-eastern European country's top veteran actor Victor Rebengiuc, that uses a robotic canine as a motif in a poignant tale of loss, separation and love, Tudor Cristian Jurgiu's Japanese Dog won best film and a $9,600 cash award late Thursday at the Vilnius International Film Festival.

The year-long documentary workshop Ex-Oriente is now accepting submissions for the 2014 session.

CinEast, the Central and Eastern European Film Festival Luxembourg (www.cineast.lu), has opened call for entries for its 7th edition, which will be held from 9 to 26 October 2014 in Luxembourg city and other towns.

Submissions are now open for Ex Oriente Film 2014, the year-long international workshop supporting the development and funding of creative documentary films from Central and Eastern Europe.

VILNIUS: The fifth edition of the Vilnius IFF industry sidebar Meeting Point Vilnius presented 22 Baltic films and works in progress to an audience of 150 international guests.

VILNIUS: The Lithuanian advertising market is expected to grow by 7% in 2014, with advertising prices rising across the board.

BUDAPEST: Eva Vezer, who presided over European Film Promotion from 2009-2011, died on 28 March 2014 after a long illness.

Vilnius Opens New Europe - New Names and Introduces Competition Programme with Gala Screening of Emir Kusturica's 1981 Debut, "Do You Remember Dolly Bell?"

Full programme line up for new competition section, Baltic Gaze, also presented.

PRAGUE: The Swedish-Icelandic romantic tragicomedy Home (Hemma), the first film by director Maximilian Hult, won the main award and a prize of 5,000 EUR at Febiofest’s closing ceremony on 28 March 2014.

The 52-minute Croatian documentary A Two Way Mirror is scheduled for a late-2014 premiere.

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