PRAGUE: Twelve titles have been selected in the New Europe Competition of the 23rd Febiofest Film Festival, which will take place in Prague from 17 to 23 March 2016.

Dear Sir, The Guild of Polish Directors wants to express outrage over the material broadcast as an introduction to the film Ida directed by Paweł Pawlikowski presented on TVP2 on 25 February 2016.

WARSAW: Nine projects from Ukraine, Poland, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Croatia, Austria and Switzerland will take part in the first session of EKRAN+ European Training Programme 2016, which started on 29 February 2016.

EKRAN+ is a 22-day project based professional training programme, primarily designed for directors/writer-directors, focusing on the vision of their future film. This vision is elaborated through the combination of three major elements: the script, the audiovisual components and the collaboration with the other professionals involved in the shooting of the film.

BUDAPEST: Son of Saul won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film at the gala held at Dolby Theatre, Hollywood on 28 February 2016. The debut feature of László Nemes also won Best Foreign Film at Spirit Awards on 27 February 2016.

PRAGUE: More than 80 acclaimed professionals and decision makers from all over the world will take part in the 5th edition ofEast Doc Platform, a key industry meeting of CEE documentary filmmakers organized by the Institute of Documentary Film in association with the One World IHRDFF. EDP will take place in Prague from 7 to 13 March 2016.

The 5th edition ofEast Doc Platform (EDP), a key industry meeting of CEE documentary filmmakers with more than 80 acclaimed professionals and decision makers from all over the world, organised by the Institute of Documentary Film in association with theOne World IHRDFF, takes place in Prague, Czech Republic, March 7 to 13, 2016.

PRAGUE: Gain hands-on practical experience designing and implementing campaigns to engage audiences and customers with Yomi Ayeni, an award-winning British digital producer and former BBC strategist. Hands-on Digital Masterclass will take place in Prague on 7-9 March 2016.

ZAGREB: Poet on a Business Trip by Ju Anqi was awarded The Big Stamp Award for Best Film in the International Competition of the 12th ZagrebDox. The festival took place on 21-28 February 2016.