FNE TV spoke to Italian MEP Silvia Costa about Creative Europe and its implications for cultural diversity and the CEE region. Click HERE to watch the video.

The Czech Republic recently approved a new law for cinematography.  FNE spoke with Helena Frankova earlier this year as the Czechs prepared to begin the process of the implementation of this new law and set up the new structures it will create. Click HERE to see the Video.

FNE asked Doris Pack about EU policy on support for filmmakers in Central and Eastern Europe and the special role that cultural identity plays in the EU. Doris Pack also congratulated Croatia on the recent successes of its film industry and its succession to the EU. Click HERE to see the video.

VILNUS: The Vilnius IFF, moving to boost its focus on local work, has announced a new competition program for 2014, Baltic Gaze, which will screen films created in the Baltic Sea region, organizers said Wednesday.

FNE asked Jakub Duszynski about the most important issues backing European sales agents and European distributors today and how the are working together to find new ways of reaching bigger audiences for European cinema.  Click HERE to watch the video.

BATUMI: The eighth edition of the Batumi art-house fest (BIAFF), running 15-22 September, will host talks by key players for its industry panel on paving the way for more Georgian-Turkish co-productions.

The B’EST (Baltic Bridge East by West) has just announced its project slate for its second edition to be held in St Petersburg from 11-15 September.

FNE asked Riina Sildos, Managing Director of the Baltic Event and organizer of B’EST (Baltic Bridge East by West) about the event and why it’s important for European film. Click HERE to see the Video

FNE asked PhDr Michal Bregant, the Director of the Czech National Film Archives about the recent re-organisation of the NFA and the new and more important role it will be taking on.  Click HERE to see the video

More collaboration with public TV resources would mean a blossoming of Romanian docu production and distribution, according to study session by Aradocs, a joint project of the Romanian documentary filmmakers and producers association DocuMentor and the European Documentary Network.

Cinema exhibition professionals meeting at the Sarajevo IFF predicted Saturday that public-private partnerships are likely the best way forward in digitizing the aging screening facilities in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia.