TBLISI: The Gerogian National Film Center will announce 2015 production contests in five categories.

The prize was given by a “Jury in Exile”, made up of people who, by virtue of their beliefs, live in exile, are under house arrest or are unable to be in Motovun because they are not free to travel: Jury President was Iranian director Jafar Panahi currently under house arrest in Teheran -  FEMEN’s Inna Schevchenko currently in exile from her native Ukraine in Paris and the only member able to travel to Motovun; Natalia Kaliada and Nicolai Khalezin of the Belarus Free Theatre; and  Syria’s Ala’a Basatneh (#chicagogirl) .

The call for works-in-progress from Eastern Europe to participate in CentEast Warsaw-Moscow is now open! The deadline for submissions is Friday, 5th of September 2014.

The complete programme of the 20th Sarajevo Film Festival is announced on Wednesday, 30th July.

 

FNE together with FIPRESCI will offer the ratings of all feature films in the official programme of Venice International Film Festival 2014 by FIPRESCI members attending the Festival.*

Three new countries, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, have signed agreements to participate in the EU’s Creative Europe programme.

UHERSKE HRADISTE: British director Peter Greenaway has received the prize of the Association of Czech Film Clubs (AČFK) at the 40th edition of the Summer Film School (LFS) running through 2 August 2014.

TBILISI: The Georgian National Film Fund (GNFC) has announced the winners of the competition for grants national development finance for animated short films. GNFC allotted 10,568EUR/25,000GEL for five out of six applicants.

MALTA: The Malta Court of Appeals has upheld an eviction order against the Mediterranean Film Studios according to local media reports. The decision will open the door for the use of the facilities for further development of the Maltese film industry