CANNES: Films from FNE partner countries won top prizes at the Cannes Film Festival 2026, especially through the Romanian majority coproduction Fjord by Cristian Mungiu, winner of the Palme d’or, and also of the FIPRESCI Jury, Ecumenical Jury, François Chalais, and Citizenship Jury independent awards.

CANNES: A bilateral coproduction agreement between Latvia and France was signed during the Cannes Film Festival by the director of the National Film Centre of Latvia Dita Rietuma and the CNC director Gaëtan Bruel.

CANNES: Estonian director German Golub's At Your Service / Teie teenistuses has received one of the three Goes to Cannes awards at Marché du Film 2026.

CANNES: The Pop Up Film Residency has announced the participants for its residencies in the summer of 2026. Among them are two Slovenian projects, which are benefiting from the Residency’s partnership with the Slovenian Film Centre.

CANNES: The upcoming long creative documentary Green is the Fire's Tint is presented in the Docs-in-Progress Showcase of Docs by the Sea at Cannes Docs, within the Cannes Film Market 2026. The project directed by Romanian director Cristina Hanes, Italian director Isabella Rinaldi and Indian director Arya Rothe is a Romanian/Indian/Swiss coproduction backed by the Romanian Film Centre (CNC), among others.

CANNES: Oscar winning László Nemes’ Moulin, a French production shot in Hungary and postproduced by NFI Filmlab, will have its world premiere in the Official Competition of the 79th Cannes Festival on 17 May 2026. Outfit 193 is handling the sales.

BRATISLAVA: The Canadian/Slovak production The Exiled, directed by Stephen Campanelli and starring Alessandro Nivola, is starting sales at the Cannes Film Market (12 – 20 May 2026), represented by Protagonist Pictures. The film was shot in Canada and Slovakia, where it benefited from the 33% local cash rebate scheme.

CANNES: Palme d’or winner Cristian Mungiu returns in the Official Competition of the Cannes Film Festival (12 – 23 May 2026) with his first foreign language film. Starring Renate Reinsve and Sebastian Stan in his first Romanian production, Fjord was sold to over 50 territories even before started shooting in March 2025, in Norway.

BUCHAREST: Greek director Konstantina Kotzamani’s debut feature Titanic Ocean, which was partially filmed in Romania as a Romanian minority coproduction through deFilm, has been acquired by Paradise City Sales (formerly Memento International) ahead of its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard competition of the 79th Cannes Film Festival (12 – 23 May 2026).

VALLETTA: The Malta Film Commission proudly announces the return of the Mediterrane Film Festival for its fourth edition, taking place between 21 and 28 June 2026 across Valletta and a number of Malta’s most iconic locations.