ZAGREB: Croatia has received 5.3 m EUR in grants from MEDIA since joining in 2008 as the first non-EU member country, bringing in at least four to five times as much as the country’s annual membership fee.

The Estonian documentary Come Back Free won the Special Jury Prize in Amsterdam.

BRATISLAVA: The Slovak Audiovisual Fund distributed 140,500 EUR to support development of 13 film and television projects in 2016.

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.

TALLINN: Dita Rietuma head of the Latvian National Film Centre and Janis Kalejs head of the Latvian Film Services Producers Association tell us about the challenges and the advantages after six years of tax incentives for the Latvian industry and how Latvian producers not only compete but also cooperate with neighbouring countries in the film services industry.

NICOSIA: The Cyprus documentary film The Incredible Story of ArachnobeeA had its national premiere in Nicosia last week.