WARSAW: Registration is open for the second edition of the international pitching forum for kids’ films and series, Warsaw Kids Film Forum. The forum will take place 26 – 28 September 2018 during the 5th Kids Film Festival.

HAMBURG: European Film Promotion will put the spotlight on ten young directors in the fourth edition of Future Frames at Karlovy Vary IFF during a four-day event, which runs 1-4 July 2018.

ZLIN: A Kenyan/German coproduction for the youth audience, Supa Modo directed by Likarion Wainaina, won the Golden Slipper for the Best International Feature Film at the 57th Zlin IFF for Children and Youth, which took place 25 May - 2 June 2018. The film also won the prize of the Ecumenical Jury.

ZLIN: Executive Director of the Czech Television Petr Koliha talked exclusively to FNE about the success and future or the Déčko children's channel.

ZLIN: French sales agent Planet Nemo Animation picked up the animated Czech/Belgian/Russian coproduction Harvie and the Magic Museum directed by Martin Kotík and Inna Evlannikova.

PRAGUE: Twelve films are competing in the East of the West competition at the 53rd Karlovy Vary IFF.

Petr Horky won the 2018 Pavel Kotecky Award.

ZLIN: Winter Flies, a new film from Olmo Omerzu, coproduced by the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Slovakia, France and Poland, is being readied for a summer 2018 release.