In April 1993, the New School, in association with the ECEP, offered the first major New York festival of East and Central European films since the fall of the Communist regimes. Cinema in Transition: Recent Films from East and Central Europe (April 16-29, 1993) featured recent works from a region known for its rich contribution to both the art and industry of film making. The Festival included 24 feature films and feature-length documentaries, drawn from the cinemas of Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, and the former Yugoslavia. The Festival was accompanied by a full-day symposium that featured well known filmmakers and film critics from the region. The Festival, planned to take place bi-annually, provides a unique window for American audiences into the process of social change in the countries of East and Central Europe.