Fest Anča International Animation Festival has launched a call for entries for its 2023 edition. Animated short films, student films, music videos and films for children are among the competition categories.

BUDAPEST: The Romantic film The Flower of the Apple Tree / Az almafa virága directed by Dóra Szűcs will be released in Hungary by Vertigo Media on 16 February 2023. The first Hungarian/Vietnamese coproduction was supported by the National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI).

WARSAW: The Polish production Babylon. The Martial Law directed by Marek Bukowski won 1st place in the Feature Film Competition at the second edition of the Heart of Europe International TV Festival, organised by the Polish Television (TVP). This year the festival launched the Co-production Forum.

ZAGREB: Croatian producer Tina Hajon has been appointed as Programme Director of European Shooting Stars, a project of the European Film Promotion (EFP). She is the first Croatian professional holding that position.

VALLETTA: The Maltese government is ready to pay out 50 m EUR for incentives to international productions in 2023, although it had budgeted only 11 m EUR, according to the local media quoting the prospective Nationalist MEP candidate Peter Agius.

LJUBLJANA: A total of 28 titles were selected for the Main Competition of the 19th edition of Animateka Animated International Film Festival, which takes place in Ljubljana 28 November – 4 December 2022.

On 24 November the 21st edition of  Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event handed out the prizes to the best projects after five days full of networking, presentations, panel discussions and meetings.

Music Meets Film has announced the winner of this year's Music Meets Film Award, a special award for young and talented composers in collaboration with Berlin-based virtual instruments company Orchestral Tools. The MMF Scoring Competition received 20 works in total, 12 by Estonian - and 8 by international competitors.

ZAGREB: Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović's debut feature Murina scored three nominations at the Independent Spirit Awards. The film is nominated for Best First Feature, Best Breakthrough Performance (Gracija Filipović) and Best Cinematography (Hélène Louvart).

WARSAW: Polish composer Paweł Mykietyn will receive the Excellence Award - European Original Score for its work on Jerzy Skolimowski’s EO. The European Film Academy announced the recipients of the Excellence Awards on 23 November 2022.