L’Europe autour de l’Europe - Festival de film d’auteur et d’art de la Grande Europe will run from March 16 until April 15 2015 in Paris and Île-de-France. The festival will screen 126 films (69 features) from a total of 40 European countries and 30 MEDIA participating countries. 61% of films shown come from countries with low production capacity. The festival shows feature films, documentaries, shorts, animations, new media and experimental films. Nine recently produced films (unreleased in France) compete for the Prix Sauvage and Prix Luna. With the ambition to stimulate the renewal of the European film production and emerging European talents, the Festival places film literacy activities in the heart of its politics. In addition to screenings, it presents master classes and panel discussions with filmmakers and prestigious guests from throughout Europe, and also film-related book signings, concerts, readings with the desire to present the rich diversity of European film culture and re-establish connections between the traditions of national cinematographies and new European cinema. Through the collaboration with partnered festivals and film networks ( European Film Academy, Kino Visegrad, Nordkapp Film Festival, Palic Film Festival, UNAFF, Arts Arena ...) the festival offers opportunities to dynamise and strengthen links between European film professionals all year round. In the focus this year are cinemas of Baltic countries and of Austria.