Cockey is based in Brno in the Czech Republic and is a programmer for the Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, California.  He is often seen on the international festival circuit and like many festival programmers relies on FNE as one of his primary sources of information.

Cockey said: “Thanks so much to FNE and the Polish Film Institute for the wonderful boxed set of DVDs.  It's a wonderful presentation of the new Polish films, done in fine style by the PISF.

“And while I'm at it, thank you and everyone at FNE for a terrific job as well - at the very least I always read the headlines every day, and cannot tell you how many times one of your articles has given me an early alert of a film that might be interesting for our festival, for me as a a film programmer, or simply as a cinephile and fan of central-eastern European film. You keep putting it out, and I'll keep reading it - and best of all, the films from central and eastern Europe will continue finding increased international exposure. A winning situation all around.”

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