BUCHAREST: The 7th Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival BIEFF will take place from 28 March to 2 April 2017. This year the programme challenges the audience to defy borders and to experience empathy.

WARSAW: Jacek Borcuch is working on his new drama entitled Volterra and starring the famous Polish actress Krystyna Janda. Shooting is expected to launch in Italy in autumn 2017.

Bulgarian multi-genre artist and documentary filmmaker Youlian Tabakov is developing his second long documentary, God Overestimated Me. This Bulgarian/Swedish coproduction is set for production in 2018.

WARSAW: FNE has teamed up with the Brussels based team of the International Union of Cinemas (UNIC) to bring you regular updates on EU cinema policies that impact all industry professionals across Europe. Click here for FNE UNIC EU Cinema Policy Update.

BUCHAREST: Aristoteles Workshop opens call for applications for its 12th edition set to take place in Șiria, Arad county from 3 July to 5 August 2017. Applications are open to European young filmmakers willing to develop, shoot and edit a documentary in just one month, having important personalities as tutors.

BRUSSELS: EFADs (European Film Agency Directors) has issued a statement raising its concerns that the inclusion of audiovisual services in the Geo-blocking would mean European audiences would have fewer European works to enjoy.