IFF Prague – Febiofest has improved the program and boosted weekends

PRAGUE: The 21st edition of the city's biggest film gala, Febiofest, running 20-28 March in the Cinestar Andel multiplex, has announced its program, encompassing 141 films from 60 countries. In addition to the usual screenings, art complex MeetFactory will be hosting a film by French animator and director Sylvain Chomet, who will introduce The Illusionist (2010) 26 March.

As every year, the first part of the EAVE European Producers Workshop takes place in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in partnership with the Film Fund Luxembourg. For this year's workshop 1 during March 1017 at the Légère Premium Hotel Luxembourg, we are delighted to welcome 50 producers from 29 countries bringing 32 documentary and feature projects to work on throughout the year.

VALLETTA: Leading production company U-Film, a 15-year veteran of films shot in and around Malta, has rebranded from its previous iteration, Film Corporation.

The MIPDoc International Pitch is the annual competition open to all creators and producers looking for co-production partners to develop their documentary and factual projects. Deadline registration is March 4, 2014.

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National Film Centre of Latvia announces the results of the tender for co-financing foreign film productions. Up to 25% of eligible film related expenditure can be obtained by the tender winners as cash rebate when filming is completed. From eight projects submitted four were approved for co-financing contracts with the National Film Centre. The total budget of the programme is approximately EUR 400 000, distributed as following:

Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg has announced its funding decisions of January/February 2014. Following EAVE graduates received production funding:

Five feature films compete this year for the Best Film trophy, awarded during the Gopo Awards Gala: The Japanese Dog (by Tudor Cristian Jurgiu), When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism (by Corneliu Porumboiu), The Unsaved (by Igor Cobileanski), Child's Pose (by Călin Peter Netzer) and Rocker (by Marian Crișan).

PRAGUE: In conjunction with the One World docu fest, the work of documentarians who are in the running for the Silver Eye award is being hosted online gratis 3-9 March by DAFilms.com.