PRAGUE: The Prague based MagicLab has announced it is providing VFX and grading for the highly anticipated two part historical biopic Masaryk, about son of the first president of Czechoslovakia who became the Czech Foreign Minister between 1940-1948. The film, directed by Julius Ševčík and produced by In Film, is now in production.

VILNIUS: The 21st Vilnius IFF, running 31 March – 14 April 2016, will screen 47 films in three competition sections.

PARIS: French films claimed a market share of 8.9 percent in CEE territories. The numbers were driven by the strong performances of Taken 3 and The Little Prince across the region.

ZAGREB: US actor Eric Roberts has joined the cast of Someone Dies Tonight which will begin filming in Croatia in March.

VALLETTA: The Malta Film Commission has unveiled the five companies selected to compete for redevelopment of the Malta Film Studios.

BUCHAREST: Romanian online ad market was 10.2 m EUR / almost 46 m RON in the first six months of 2015, on decline by 15% compared to the second half of 2014.

Sixteen projects have been selected for Project Market, an event focusing on one-on-one meetings within East Doc Platform and taking place on 10-11 March 2016.

BUCHAREST: The 6th edition of Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival will take place in 2016 from 14 to 20 March.

TBILISI: Emmy winner, American director and artist James Higginson, is about to finish his documentary Devout about  Georgian monks. He also plans to shoot an experimental feature, The Road to Batumi, in Georgia.

Marion Rathmann was appointed Programming Director of entertainment channels at Turner Broadcasting System in Central and Eastern Europe on 1 February 2016.