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VILNIUS: A Baltic remake of the popular Italian comedy Perfect Strangers / Perfetti sconosciuti has wrapped shooting in Vilnius. Three national versions were shot at the same location in Vilnius.

PODGORICA: Lori Balton, one of Hollywood’s most prominent location scouts, has recently visited Montenegro at the invitation of the Film Centre of Montenegro.

The North Macedonia Film Agency announced the following grants on 27 August 2025.

RIGA: An adult folk tale and rotoscope animation, Dog of God / Dieva suns by brothers and directors Lauris and Raitis Ābele has been selected as Latvia’s candidate for the 98th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award in the Best International Feature Film category.

WARSAW: Polish director/writer/producer Beata Migas is currently in postproduction with Restaged, a Polish/Estonian drama supported by the Estonian Film Institute.

This year’s RIGA IFF FORUM – the industry section of the Riga International Film Festival (RIGA IFF, 16–26 October) – once again shines a light on Baltic animation with a dedicated programme of events Baltic Animation Meet-Up. Organised in close partnership with the National Film Centre of Latvia and the Latvian Animation Association, the event will bring together local and international animation professionals in Riga on 23 and 24 October to share experience and success stories, showcase the diversity of leading Baltic animation production companies and their works-in-progress, and foster future collaborations. Baltic Animation Meet-Up will take place at cinema Splendid Palace and will be open to holders of RIGA IFF industry accreditations. More information: rigaiff.lv/bamu.

Unifrance releases its annual report analyzing the circulation of French immersive works abroad.

Tetri Films (Georgia) is proud to announce the start of production on
 The Man Who Desalinated the Sea, a feature-length drama–mockumentary written, produced, and directed by Zurab Dzhidzhilava. Starring acclaimed British actor and theatre director Martin Cooke in the leading role, with rising cinematographer Artem Khavrienko behind the camera.