WARSAW: Krzysztof Zanussi received the Special Award of the Polish Filmmakers Association at a ceremony held on 7 December 2021.
TBILISI: Georgian writer/director Tamaz (Tazo) Narimanidze’s debut feature Winter Blues, screens in the main competition of the 21st edition of the Tbilisi International Film Festival, which opened in an online format on 30 November 2020 and runs through 20 December 2021. The films will be screened on the online platform Festival Scope and will be free for the public.
PRAGUE: The Czech Lion awards of the Czech Film and Television Academy (CFTA) will take place on 5 March 2022. The awards recognise the best achievements of the national film industry.
The Czech Lion awards of the Czech Film and Television Academy (CFTA) will be handed to the film artists in Dvořák’s Hall in Rudolfinum on 5th March 2022. The ceremonial evening will be hosted by the director, actor and presenter Jiří Havelka. The respected director Tereza Kopáčová will become the creative supervisor and the evening will be directed by the proved director Michael Čech. During the awarding of the Czech Lions Rudolfinum will be redecorated by the film architect Petr Kunc. The author of the visual style of the 29th Czech Lion Awards is the graphic designer Jana Krchová. Traditionally the ceremony of the annual 29th Czech Lion Awards will be broadcast live by Czech Television at 20.10 on the CT1 channel.
VILNIUS: Ten films have been selected for the national competition of the Vilnius International Short Film FestivalShort Film Festival, running 12 – 18 January 2022, and another 29 films have been selected for the international competition.
Almost 40 films, taken from 1500 entries, set to enthrall audiences in Lithuanian capital and beyond
Every year the Vilnius Short Film Festival kicks off the cultural and cinematic year in Lithuania, with the 15th edition of the festival taking place right after the winter holidays between 12-18 January 2022. With they find most convenient: virtual or live screenings. With January often a quiet month in terms of cultural events the Vilnius International Short Film Festival will allow Lithuanian audiences to dive headfirst into 2022 and engage with some wonderful films, whether in person or virtually.”
PRAGUE: A new report from the European Audiovisual Observatory ranked the Czech Republic sixth in the number of animated films produced between 2015 to 2019, with an average of four films produced each year. It was the only country from the CEE/Baltic/Balkan region of Europe to break into the top 12.
TBILISI: The German/Georgian coproduction What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? by Alexander Koberidze screens in the main competition of the 21st edition of the Tbilisi International Film Festival, which opened in an online format on 30 November 2020 and runs through 20 December. The films will be screened on the online platform Festival Scope and will be free for the public.
TBILISI: Georgian director Ioseb Bliadze’s debut feature film Otar’s Death screens in the main competition of the 21st edition of the Tbilisi International Film Festival, which opened in an online format on 30 November 2020 and runs through 20 December. The films will be screened on the online platform Festival Scope and will be free for the public.
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