TBILISI: Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s new film The President, which was shot in Georgia with Georgian actors, was praised for its gritty and realistic action and location work and has given a big boost to the Georgian film industry. The Georgian coproducer Vladimer Katcharava from 20 Steps Productions Ltd told FNE about why this is the right time to shoot in Georgia.

ZAGREB: The 12th edition of Zagreb Film Festival (19-26 October 2014) presents more than one hundred films in a dozen different programmes.

ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Center allotted 228,689EUR/1,750,000 HRK for four minority coproductions and approved script and project development funding for 10 documentary and animated films.

BUCHAREST: The new project Ana, Mon Amour from the acclaimed writer/director Călin Peter Netzer will investigate the romantic relationship with all its dependencies and crisis situations against the backdrop of the social realities of Romania.

BUCHAREST: Acclaimed Romanian writer/director Corneliu Porumboiu returns to the dark humor of his debut feature 12:08 East of Bucharest/A fost sau n-a fost? produced by 42Km Film in 2006 with The Treasure/Comoara (working title), the story of two young men looking for a lost treasure. Shooting starts on 15 October.

BUCHAREST: Adrian Sitaru’s new feature is an independent production set to shoot from 12 to 26 October 2014.

FNE together with Europa Distribution is launching a new chapter of the Distributor of the Month section. This time we focus on new strategies in film distribution and the importance of domestic film festivals in releasing new titles. We will also be looking at what distributors can do in order to prevent piracy.

BUCHAREST: The second feature of Bosnian director Jasmin Dizdar wrapped a month-long shoot in Bucharest at MediaPro Studios. Starring in the Holocaust drama are Romanian actress Ana Ularu and Britain's Luke Mably. The film also stars Harvey Keitel who shot in New York.

This month we speak with Klara Bogusławska, Manager for Cinema Distribution, and Mariusz Krasowski, CEO - Proxy, about Kinoteka Multiplex, a cinema located in the heart of Warsaw.