FNE together with Europa Distribution (www.europa-distribution.org) continues its Distributor of the Month series.  In recognition of the hard work and excellence of European distributors and the common problems they face especially in the transition to digitalization we choose a distributor from each country covered by FNE each month.

FNE asks what are the most important issues facing European independent distributors today.

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LJUBLJANA: Ten films will compete in Perspectives, the main competition of the 23^rd Ljubljana International Film Festival (www.liffe.si), taking place 7-18 November.

ROME: Slovenia and Italy are expected to finalize a bilateral agreement on film coproduction that would extend cooperation, currently on a regional level, to the national level.

LEIPZIG: DOK Leipzig, which runs through 4 November 2012, marks the centennial of Poland’s first puppet animation film with a retrospective of its creator, Władysław Starewicz, and a special programme on Polish puppet animation.

PRAGUE: The Czech Senate has passed a bill that controls the volume of advertising on TV.

IDF's Ex Oriente programme features two master classes on its closing day in Jihlava.

MALTA: The Malta Film Commission (MFC, www.mfc.com.mt) has reached an agreement with the British Film Institute to return to Malta the first four films shot in Malta, filmed between 1925 and 1931, the MFC has announced.

LIMASSOL: The 2012 International Short Film Festival of Cyprus (www.isffc.com.cy), which concluded on 20 October, bestowed its 1^st Prize for Best National Film and an award of 5,000 EUR to Anna directed by Spiros Charalambous.