PRAGUE: FNE spoke to Marta Švecová Lamperová, the artistic director of the International Film Festival Prague - FEBIOFEST, about the 29th edition of FABIOFEST in Prague, which will take place in a physical format from 28 April to 4 May 2022, in compliance with state regulations regarding the safety of participants.

FNE's Georgian correspondent and film critic Alexander Gabelia spoke to Tonia Mishiali, artistic director of the Cyprus Film Days IF, about the 20th edition of the festival in Cyprus, which will take place in a physical format 8–16 April 2022, in compliance with the state regulations regarding the safety of participants.

TBILISI: FNE correspondent Alexander Gabelia spoke with Ana Chubinidze, award winning Georgian animation filmmaker and illustrator, about her work and the development and challenges of Georgian animated cinema.

PRAGUE: FNE spoke to Czech producer Ondřej Zima from FILM KOLEKTIV, Evolution Films and Offside Men, about the challenges he faced as a producer during the COVID-19 pandemic and how the film industry in the Czech Republic is recovering.

TBILISI: Georgia's Ministry of Culture has dismissed Gaga Chkheidze from his position of the director of the Georgian National Film Center. Karlo Sikharulidze, the First Deputy Minister of Culture, has assumed the position of acting director of the GNFC. Gaga Chkheidze has addressed an official letter to the Minister to reconsider and revoke the order, and declared himself ready to lodge an appeal on the Ministry's audit report.

PRAGUE: FNE spoke to Marek Jeníček, managing director of CinemArt, which distributes award-winning films selected from among European productions and international festivals.

TBILISI: The Georgian National Film Center has distributed 20,351 EUR / 75,300 GEL for the development of full-length feature films to 5 projects. The features are to be directed by Grigol Janashia, Kote Kalandadze, Nato Gabunia, Lali Kiknavelidze and Sandro Naveriani.

FNE’s Georgian correspondent Alexander Gabelia spoke to Czech distributor Jan Jílek, who is programme Director of AČFK, about the challenges he has faced as a distributor during the pandemic, as well as about the post-pandemic recovery of the Czech distribution and exhibition. Jan talks about the lessons learned and the future of the film industry in the Czech Republic.