Baltic Event, the largest film market in North-Eastern Europe, will hold its 15th anniversary edition in 2016 in its established, effective and comprehensive format, while staying flexible to respond to the industry’s needs. The Co-Production Market will present 12 feature film projects from the new European Union territories, Scandinavia, Russia and Ukraine, with an additional project from our focus country Luxembourg. The Works in Progress, presenting projects in production and post-production in search of additional financing and options for international distribution, is open to films from the Baltics and Finland as well as those formerly presented at the Co-Production Market. Screenings highlights completed films from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, which are yet to secure a sales agent and/or find a festival for its international premiere. POWR Baltic Stories Exchange script and pitch workshop will train and promote eight writers from the Baltic and Nordic countries. Baltic Event will also continue to host B’EST Producers’ Workshop and present its projects to the market guests.In collaboration with Black Nights Film Festival, Baltic Event will offer a range of seminars and presentations to review the latest trends in the international film industry as well as showcase local talent and facilitate co-operation with the music and game industries. A special attention is paid to the successful local animation industry by inviting guests from target markets and screening the newest animated shorts in collaboration with Animated Dreams, a subfestival of BNFF.Baltic Event works in partnership with other film markets, national film funds and producers’ unions in order to spot new talent and potential projects year-round. We also mediate contacts and facilitate cooperation between different territories in order to send European films across borders as well as highlight opportunities in regions hitherto unknown to West European filmmakers.