PRAGUE: Czech production services company Wilma Film has completed production on three German films which shot in the Czech Republic throughout fall 2015.
PRAGUE: Doc Alliance Academy, a new portal offering documentary films and teaching materials for secondary schools and universities is launching in the Czech Republic.
LJUBLJANA: The Slovenian Film Centre is teaming up with RTV Slovenia to present the second Short Film Night on 21 December 2015.
When the 28th European Film Awards return to Berlin on 12 December, there will be an impressive line-up of European actors and actresses presenting the individual awards: Among them will be actresses Laura Birn (Finland), Elisa Sednaoui (Italy), Ana Ularu (Romania) and Carice van Houten (the Netherlands) and their male colleagues Carlos Areces (Spain), Johannes Bah Kuhnke (Sweden), Daniel Brühl (Germany), Javier Cámara (Spain), Jesper Christensen (Denmark), Grigoriy Dobrygin (Russia), Sasson Gabay (Israel), Jakub Gierszał (Poland), Johan Heldenbergh (Belgium), Reda Kateb (France), Ulrich Matthes (Germany), Alexander Skarsgård (Sweden). They will also be joined by directors Isabel Coixet (Spain), Stephen Daldry (UK), François Ozon (France) and Paweł Pawlikowski (Poland) as well as EFA Chairwoman Agnieszka Holland and EFA President Wim Wenders.
LIMASSOL: The 14th Cyprus Film Days festival, which takes place 15-24 April 2016 in Nicosia and Limassol, has announced its call for entries.
ATHENS: The altcineAction! 2015 online festival has posted its first films online for viewing. The festival runs through 24 January 2016.
CONFERENCE REASSERTS THE VITAL CULTURAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ROLE OF THE CINEMA IN AN EVER EVOLVING DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT
TBILISI: Motherland directed by Senem Tüzen won the Golden Prometheus for Best Film at the 16th Tbilisi International Film Festival which concluded on 6 December 2015. Solomon directed by Zaza Khalvashi won the Best Film award in the National Competition.
PRAGUE: The fifth film in the Kamenak comedy series, Christmas Kamenak directed by F.A. Brabec, opened in first place in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
