The following grants were announced by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC) on 13 September 2024.
Films from FNE Partner Countries among LUX – The European Audience Film Award 2025 Nominations
Region 19-09-2024STRASBOURG: Latvian animated film Flow by Gints Zilbalodis and Romanian/Cypriot/Bulgarian minority coproduction Animal by Sofia Exarchou are among the five titles nominated for LUX – The European Audience Film Award 2025, presented by the European Parliament and the European Film Academy in partnership with the European Commission and Europa Cinemas.
FNE Oscar Watch 2025: Slovakia Selects The Hungarian Dressmaker as Oscar Contender
Slovakia 19-09-2024BRATISLAVA: The Hungarian Dressmaker by Iveta Grófová has been selected as Slovakia’s candidate for the 97th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award in the Best International Feature Film category.
TRIESTE: When East Meets West (WEMW) is launching five different sections with a total of 15 calls for 15 different initiatives at its 15th edition, set for 19 – 22 January 2025.
15 programmes and new opportunities for a special 15th edition between creativity and innovation
15 German productions and co-productions at the anniversary edition of Zurich Film Festival
Press releases 19-09-2024The Zurich Film Festival (ZFF) will be celebrating an anniversary this year with the staging of its 20th edition. So, it’s fitting that the programme is promising to deliver a diverse line-up with numerous world and European premieres. From a German perspective, there will be 15 productions and co-productions being shown at the Swiss festival. The 20th edition of the ZFF takes place from October 3 to 13, 2024.
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) calls for participation in film critics' workshop with Victor Fraga
Festivals 19-09-2024PÖFF is seeking participants from the Baltic countries to a film critics workshop. The event will take place on the 10th of November (Sunday) during the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.
As Riga International Film Festival (RIGA IFF, 17–27 October) is preparing to host the third co-production market, RIGA IFF SHOWCASE, a line-up of contestants for its pitching competition has been selected. The festival has chosen 16 projects – 8 feature films and 8 series from the Baltics and Eastern as well as Central Europe. This year, RIGA IFF SHOWCASE will emphasize Latvian projects, with the momentum of 2024 which has been a landmark year for Latvian cinema internationally.
TBILISI: Rusudan Glurjidze’s sophomore feature The Antique / Antikvariati has been selected as Georgia’s candidate for the 97th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award in the Best International Feature Film category.
BATUMI: Rusudan Glurjidze’s The Antique and George Sikharulidze’s Panopticon are among the ten films selected for the Feature Film International Competition of the 19th Batumi International Art-house Film Festival (BIAFF), which will be held from 27 September to 3 October 2024.
