The festival is also moving its tradional early May date to May 18-23.
Festival director Jakub Hora cited a larger city and better facilities as well as more favorable conditions as reasons for the move.
AniFest (www.anifest.cz) will spotlight the 100th anniversary of the birth of legendary Czech animator Karel Zeman during the 2010 event.
The Film New Europe (FNE) Association is the networking platform for film professionals in the CEE/SEE/Baltics region. The webportal and FNE newswire was chosen as the MAIN TOOL to achieve the network’s objectives of the sharing of know how, visibility of regional cultural diversity and finally the VOICE of the region.
FNE’s objectives include VISIBILITY for the region and AUDIENCES for films by providing a special focus on the region.