The second workshop of the EAVE Producers Workshop programme 2017 will take place in Lodz, Poland, during June 19–26. The workshop, co-financed by the Polish Film Institute and the City of Lodz and co-organized by KIPA – Polish Audiovisual Producers Chamber of Commerce and EC1 Lodz / Lodz Film Commission, will bring together 50 participants from 40 countries.

Six new Czech documentaries are in production and four are in post-production.

Baltic View has started a new initiative showing films from the Baltic countries. The first official CINEMA EVENT with a Lithuanian documentary film  MASTER AND TATYANA took place in London on the 14th of June at CINÉ LUMIÈRE - the French Institute. The event was a success - it was nearly sold out! Considering it was one of the hottest days of the year in London

WARSAW: ScripTeast, the screenwriting training programme, is extending its reach into the field of dramatic series projects with a launch at the Odessa IFF in July 2017.

ZAGREB: Ten years after the original Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again, the prequel/sequel to the popular musical comedy Mamma Mia! by Phyllida Lloyd will begin filming on a remote island of Croatia this autumn.

Renowned Canadian director Denis Côté (“Boris Without Béatrice”) to share his experience of maverick filmmaking with the EFP FUTURE FRAMES participants.

ZAGREB: CEE animation fared well at the 27th Animafest Zagreb, which ran 5-10 June 2017, with the Grand Prix going to the Slovenian short film Nighthawk by Spela Cadez.

Kiur Aarma is producing and co-directing Rodeo, an Estonian/Finnish documentary about the first free elections in Estonia.