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.

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PRAGUE: Gangster Ka: African, the second film of the two-part Gangster Ka story, opened in first place in the Czech Republic, knocking The Hunger Games to second place.

WARSAW: The French black comedy Grand Froid by debut director Gérard Pautonnier will begin filming in Krakow in January 2016.

PRAGUE: The leading pitching competition for animation in CEE, the Visegrad Animation Forum (VAF), is accepting applications from projects in development for the 2016 session, held 5-8 May in the South Bohemian spa town of Trebon.

Applicants have until 7 December to apply for the free documentary workshop.

WARSAW: Producers from Poland and Germany are invited to apply for funding from the Polish-German Film Fund.

HAMBURG: The Board of Directors of European Film Promotion (EFP) appointed Sonja Heinen to replace Renate Rose as Managing Director of the pan-European network at their recent meeting in Hamburg.