IG Filmkultur is a coalition formed by numerous occupational groups and branches of film, whose purpose is to strengthen and preserve diversity in Austrian film culture. Upon the renewal of the advisory board of the Federal Chancellery’s film subsidy, Minister for the EU, Art, Culture and Media Gernot Blümel nominated an entire group of people to the film and festival council who, according to IG Filmkultur “are not suitably qualified for this vital assignment [...]”

For its second edition, Festival Mondial des Cinémas Sauvages launches an open call for films, open until 3 June 2019.

Between April 25 and May 14, Cinema Parenthèse and the Goethe-Institut present ‘Through the Struggle, For the Struggle (I/V)’, a series of screenings that explores the relationship between film and radical politics.

On April 24, a long interview with Godard will be available on France Culture and ARTE will show Le livre d'image.

Until April 28, CINEMATEK hosts an exhibition on Charles Dekeukeleire with archival materials that have never been shown before, such as his personal notebooks.

The Criterion Channel, a subscription streaming service owned and operated by New York-based Criterion Collection, has officially launched.

The French filmmaker Agnes Varda has passed away on 29 March 2019. She was 90 years old. « Je ne veux pas montrer, mais donner aux gens l’envie de voir. » (Agnes Varda)

The Nederlands Fotomuseum has acquired Johan van der Keuken’s photo archive. This large gift consists of negatives, slides and drawings.