The fourth edition of East Doc Platform is approaching with the traditional Open Programme consisting of masterclasses, lectures, case studies, screenings held by renowned documentary directors, producers and transmedia experts, as well as public presentations of emerging documentary projects.

The independent film distribution network Europa Distribution has announced a partnership with an online tools provider Distrify Media in order to enable its 150 members to build their own VOD platform.

PRAGUE: Fifteen titles will vie in the main competition of One World International Human Rights Film Festival, which kicks off on 2 March 2015. Among them are Alexander Nanau's Toto and His Sisters and Vladislava Plančíková's Felvidek. Caught in Between.

ZAGREB: The 11th edition of ZagrebDox will show more than 150 films in 16 programmes from 22 February to 1 March 2015. This year’s retrospectives will focus on Croatian musical documentaries and on Vinko Brešan.

Danish documentary filmmaker Mads Brügger completes lineup at Visegrad Film Forum

PRAGUE: The novelty of the fourth edition of East Doc Platform (2-8 March 2015) is the financial support of 7,500 EUR for the best project in development.

The Lithuanian Film Centre has announced the following grants in February 2015.

BUCHAREST: HBO Romania launched a script contest for original series. The winner will be announced on 24 August 2015 and will receive 2,500 USD.

Oscar nominated editor Per K Kirkegaard (“Armadillo”), Sundance awarded “Return to Homs” editor Anne Fabini, 2015 Best Danish  producer (IB Prize winner) Sigrid Dyekjaer, Autlook CEO Peter Jaeger or top film publicist Freddy Neumann, those are some of the 25 DOK.Incubator mentors, top international editors, producers, marketing experts and distributors, who follow the 8 selected documentary projects individually for 6 months...

A great success of the Russian-Ukranian-Polish coproduction at the 65th Berlinale! The International Jury, with Darren Aronofsky as President, has awarded the Silver Bear to Evgeniy Privinov i Sergey Mikhalchuk, Cinematographers of ‘Under Electric Clouds’.