East Doc Announced its public programme of events.

VILNIUS: Films from Central and Eastern Europe as well as the Baltic region will be screened in the New Europe – New Names, Baltic Gaze and Short Films competition programmes of the 22nd edition of Vilnius Film Festival Kino Pavasaris.

BERLIN: Polish producer Dariusz Jablonski and Estonian producer Max Tuula will present the world premiere of The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov directed by Askold Kurov at the Berlinale Special section on 11 February 2017.

LJUBLJANA: The Federation of European Film Directors (FERA) held a meeting with film professionals in Ljubljana, to discuss copyright issues under the new proposals by the European Commission.

WARSAW: Poland’s National Film Archives has received a collection of pre-WWII films from London’s Sikorski Museum and the Polish Institute. The rare films date to the 1930’s and 1940’s

WARSAW: Polish born director Roman Polanski has withdrawn as honorary host of the French Cesar awards, following protests in France, where Polanski also has citizenship.

VILNIUS: The domestic market share increased in Lithuania from 14% in 2015 to 19.5% in 2016 with 13 domestic films seen by almost 700,000 viewers and cashing in 3.46 m EUR. Four domestic films are in the admissions top ten 2016.