BRATISLAVA: The Slovak Film and TV Academy announced nominations for the biannual national Slovak film awards, The Sun in the Net, with a total of 16 awards to be handed out at the 26 April 2014 ceremony.

This month we spoke with Vilma Levickaitė, the manager of Skalvija Cinema Center, a small and cozy art house cinema situated in central Vilnius. Well known amongst film lovers for its distinctive repertoire, the cinema is focusing on non-commercial European and world cinema, both classics and recent film, and is also the major venue for cinematic events: festivals, meetings with filmmakers, retrospectives, and special screenings such as the Vilnius Documentary Film Festival.

This month we spoke with Vilma Levickaitė, the manager of Skalvija Cinema Center, a small and cozy art house cinema situated in central Vilnius. Well known amongst film lovers for its distinctive repertoire, the cinema is focusing on non-commercial European and world cinema, both classics and recent film, and is also the major venue for cinematic events: festivals, meetings with filmmakers, retrospectives, and special screenings such as the Vilnius Documentary Film Festival.

European Capital of Culture 2016 to host 29th awards ceremony

Organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) with the support of Akbank for the 10th time, the 33rd Istanbul Film Festival began on the evening of Friday 4 April, with an opening ceremony held at the Lütfi Kırdar International Convention and Exhibition Center. The prominent names of Turkish cinema, celebrating its 100th year, were among the guests.

Ten feature films and six documentary films will screen in the goEast film festival, running 9-15 April 2014.

WROCLAW: The European Film Academy will hold the 2016 European Film Awards in Wroclaw, a city which will also be the European Capital of Culture for 2016.

FILM PROMOTION AND MARKETING: THE IMPORTANCE OF AUDIENCES

How Film Festivals Can Help Promote, Market and Build Audiences

New call for entries for emerging filmmakers from Southeast Europe and Southern Caucasus to participate in Talents Sarajevo held within the framework of the 20th Sarajevo Film Festival is open from the 28th of March 2014.