This month we interview Ruta Boguzaite manager of the Vilnius cinema Kino Pasaka.

BERLIN: Hungarian born Hollywood producer Andrew G. Vajna announced that he would deliver the new strategy for the future of the Hungarian film industry in just 90 days. It was the first public statement Vajna has made since he was appointed Commissioner for the Film Industry by the Hungarian government just two weeks ago. Speaking at a hall packed with anxious Hungarian producers and directors during a roundtable organized by the Collegium Hungaricum at the Berlinale Vajna said he had come to Berlin mainly to reassure international partners. Vajna said he had been given a year by the government to evaluate the current situation in the Hungarian film industry after the collapse of Hungarian Motion Picture Foundation (MMK www.mmka.hu) last year but that he realizes the difficult situation of Hungarian film professionals and vowed to deliver the new strategy within 60 to 90 days.

BERLIN: German Ukrainina director Sergei Lotznitza has inked a deal with Lativan Rijafilms (www.rijafilms.lv) to shoot his new production In the Fog in Latvia in September.

CYPRUS: The deadline for the submission of entry forms to the "Global Images - International Competition Section" for the 9th annual Cyprus Film Days is 15 February 2011. The entry form and all terms and conditions can be found on www.cyprusfilmdays.com and www.filmfestival.com.cy .

CYPRUS: The Ministry of Education and Culture announces that the 9th CYPRUS FILM DAYS -International Film Festival 2011, co-organised with the Rialto theatre has been upgraded to an international competition festival. The festival, which is being held for the 9th time this year, will host an international competition section titled "Global Images" in which film-makers from around the globe and Cyprus are invited to submit their films. The festival will be held from 9-17 April in Nicosia and Limassol.

SOFIA: The Executive Director of Bulgaria's National Film Centre (www.nfc.bg) Alexander Donev resigned on 23 December 2010. Donev was elected to the position in May 2009. It was the second major administrative change in the area of film, following soon after Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov fired the deputy minister of culture Dimitar Dereliev on 11 December 2010.

This month we interview Katrin Rajasaare manager of the Tallinn cinema Artis.

The Hungarian parliament has decided to dramatically cut funding for the Hungarian Motion Picture Foundation (MMK www.mmka.hu) in its 2011 budget. The move has also put the future of the Hungarian Film Week traditionally held in February in doubt. The MMK board has decided to postpone the event until the end of April when it hopes to be able to secure funding for the event.

VENICE: Director Francois Ozon reviews his successful collaboration with actress Catherine Deneuve who turns in a sparkling performance in this adaptation of Barillet and Gredy's French boulevard comedy. Set in 1977 in northern France, Deneuve plays Suzanne the "trophy wife" of wealthy and conservative industrialist Robert who runs an umbrella factory.

VENICE: Director Aleksei Fedorchenko brings a poetic and very Russian vision to the screen with this beautifully shot film. Profound and deeply moving the film is destined for a long life of international festival appearances.