Cinema of Austria French-language film representing Austria, "Amour", received both the Oscar and the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The Austrian Film Commission (AFC) supports promotion and export of Austrian films. This organisation is the Austrian member of European Film Promotion (EFP), a European-wide network aiming at the worldwide promotion of European film. in English: in German: Cinema of Austria Cinema of Austria refers to the film industry based in Austria. Austria has had an active cinema industry since the early 20th century when it was the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and that has continued to the present day. Producer Sascha Kolowrat-Krakowsky, producer-director-writer
Commission of the Lithuanian Language in Lithuania. Commission of the Lithuanian Language The State Commission of the Lithuanian Language () is the official language regulating body of the Lithuanian language. The Language Commission was put in operation in 1961 as a non-governmental entity under the auspices of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences. Now, it is a state-run institution, founded under the auspices of the Seimas (parliament) of Lithuania. The mandate of the Commission comprises not only regulation and standardisation of the language, but also implementation of the official language status. Commission decrees on linguistic issues are compulsory by law to all companies, agencies, institutions, and