VALLETTA: Malta Film Commissioner Johann Grech has started the year by summing up the successes of the Maltese film industry over the past eight years since he became film commissioner and announcing a Land-Sea Super Stage to boost production.

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TALLINN: Spanish production The Good Daughter by Júlia de Paz Solvas set a record by winning both the Grand Prix for the Best Film in the Official Selection Competition and the Audience Award at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF), which wrapped on 23 November 2025.

TALLINN: The winners of the 24th Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event were announced on 21 November 2025 at a joint closing ceremony with the Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF).

VENICE: Romanian director Mihai Mincan’s Milk Teeth / Dinti de lapte (Romania, France, Denmark, Greece, Bulgaria) screens in the Orizzonti competition of Venice Film Festival this year. This is not the first time in Venice for Mincan, his debut feature the sea-going narrative To the North, screened in Venice in 2022 but the two films could not be more different.

VENICE: It’s a big year for Hungarian film in Venice this year. Oscar winning Hungarian director László Nemes’s new film Orphan (Hungary, United Kingdom, Germany, France) screens in competition in Venice 82. It is one of two Hungarian films in the main competition with Silent Friend (Germany, Hungary, France) directed by Ildikó Enyedi also screening in Venice 82 this year.

VENICE: Macedonian director Teona Strugar Mitevska’s Mother screened in the Orizzonti competition of Venice 82 bringing her very personal view of seven days that shaped the life of the iconic religious figure Mother Teresa. Born in Skopje and ethnically Albanian Mother Teresa is a figure of importance in the history of North Macedonia as well has her global reputation as one of the most well known contemporary figures of the Catholic church.

VENICE: Slovak director Tereza Nvotová’s Father / Otec (Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland), which screens in the Orizzonti Competition of Venice Film Festival, is based on a true story about the accidental death of a child in a small town in Slovakia, for which the father was unintentionally responsible.

VENICE: Any film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and boasting Emma Stone in the leading role is going to bring high expectations. Bugonia, which screened in competition in Venice 82, did not disappoint.

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