The rich programme also includes documentary and short film competition, the Animation Programme, a focus on New Romanian Cinema and a Baltic Film Focus. Qui finisce l’Italia by Gilles Cotton is the opening film and On the Milky Road / Na Mlijeknom Putu (Pinball London, BN Films, Rasta International) by Emir Kusturica will close the festival.
Ten projects including ones from Croatia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Poland, Hungary, Macedonia and the Czech Republic will participate at Eastweek, an international scriptwriting workshop.
When East Meets West (22-24 January 2017) will have for the first time an East & West double focus, bringing together over 350 film professionals from all over Europe and, in particular, from the 2017 spotlight territories: France and the Baltic countries.
FEATURE FILM COMPETITION:
By the Rails / Dincolo de calea ferată (Romania, Sweden)
Directed by Cătălin Mitulescu
Produced by Strada Film
Coproduced by Apapaja
Supported by Romanian CNC, TVRomania, Trentino Film Commission
A Good Wife / Dobre žena (Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia)
Directed by Mirjana Karanovic
Produced by This&That Productions
Coproduced by Deblokada, Nukleus Film, Cineplanet
Supported by Film Fund Sarajevo
It’s Not the Time of My Life (Hungary)
Directed by Szabolcs Hajdu
I, Olga Hepnarová / Já, Olga Hepnarová (Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, France)
Directed by Tomáš Weinreb, Petr Kazda
Produced by Black Balance
Coproduced by Media Brigade, Alef Film and Media Group, Love.FRAME, Ace Prague, Barrandov Studios, Michael Samuelson Lighting Prague, FAMU, Arizona Films
Supported by the State Cinematography Fund –Czech Republic, the Polish Film Institute, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund
Mister Universo (Italy)
Directed by Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel
Nightlife / Nočno Življenje (Slovenia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Directed by Damjan Kozole
Produced by Vertigo
Coproduced by Sisters and Brother Mitevski, SCCA/pro.ba
Supported by the Slovenian Film Centre, Film Fund Sarajevo, FS Viba
Playground / Plac Zabaw (Poland)
Directed by Bartosz M. Kowalski
Produced by Film It
Supported by the Polish Film Institute
Amerika Square / Plateia Amerikis (Greece, UK, Germany)
Directed by Yannis Sakaridis
On the Other Side / S one strane (Croatia, Serbia)
Directed by Zrinko Ogresta
Produced by Interfilm and Zillion Films
Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre
Glory / Slava (Bulgaria, Greece)
Directed by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov
Produced by Abraxas
Coproduced by Graal Film, Screening Emotions, Aporia Filmworks, Red Carpet
Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center, Greek Film Centre
