LJUBLJANA: The Slovenian Society of Cinematographers (Združenje filmskih snemalcev Slovenije, ZFS) handed out their second annual IRIS awards for best achievement in cinematography in five categories. A total of 42 films competed for prizes.
The fifth edition of the VAF Trebon, a key industry meeting for animation professionals mainly from CEE region, takes place in Trebon, Czech Republic, May 2-4, 2017.
Elina Psykou’s sophomore film won the top prize of the International Narrative Feature Competition Section of the 16th edition of the Tribeca Film Festival, which began on April 19 and ends on April 30.
PLZEN: I, Olga Hepnerova directed by Tomáš Weinreb and Petr Kazda won the main prize of the 30th Finale Plzen national festival of Czech Films, which concluded on 26 April 2017.
ZAGREB: Two TV projects from Croatia and Serbia have been selected for development by HBO Europe from its HBO Adria First Draft Contest for original drama out of more than 500 entries.
The Good Change by Konrad Szolajski examines the current political situation in Poland.
FESTIVALS: EFAD’s Samuel Young to Speak at 21th European Film Festival in Bucharest
Romania 26-04-2017BUCHAREST: The 21th European Film Festival will run 64 films in the capital city of Romania and also in Iași, Târgu Mureș, Gura Humorului and Timișoara from 4 to 28 May 2017. One of the oldest film festivals in Bucharest, the festival has new sections, new sidebar events and, for the first time, an artistic director.
PLZEN: MIDPOINT, the international script development programme, is moving into the Balkans with workshops scheduled to take place in Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Innovations for Year Five – Follow-up workshop for the fourth class in Tbilisi in May
