Submissions open for Works in Progress at Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event External
Festivals 14-08-2025Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event, the region’s leading platform for the audiovisual industry, has opened the submissions for Works in Progress projects. For the 2025 edition, the call is open in three categories: Children and Youth Film (Just Film) Works in Progress projects, Baltic Event Works in Progress (Baltic and Finnish projects), and International Works in Progress.
LOCARNO: The German/Georgian coproduction Dry Leaf, written and directed by Alexandre Koberidze, will have its world premiere on 13 August in the International Competition of the Locarno Film Festival (6 – 16 August 2025). Heretic acquired rights ahead of its premiere.
TIFF entry “Rise of the Raven” conquers the world ahead of North American premiere
Press releases 12-08-2025Munich/Toronto, 11 August 2025. Beta Film has sold Rise of the Raven across the globe ahead of its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Following the prestigious festival premiere, CBC will bring the ten-part series to Canadian audiences on their streaming channel CBC GEM from September 19.
Radu Jude Extends Collaboration with Sebastian Stan in Hollywood and Saïd Ben Saïd in France
Romania 10-08-2025BUCHAREST: The Romanian-born American star Sebastian Stan will play the lead in a new project of the acclaimed Romanian director/writer Radu Jude, which will combine the Frankenstein myth with the myth of CIA prisons in Romania 20 years ago. In another project, Jude is teaming with Tunisian-French producer Saïd Ben Saïd.
Year of French Central European Film 2025: French Institute in Romania Launches Film Therapy Film Club
Romania 07-08-2025BUCHAREST: The French Institute in Romania is launching in Bucharest the Film Therapy Film Club, which will pinpoint mental health and social challenges, with a focus on youth problems.
LJUBLJANA: The traditional outdoor summer screenings of the Slovenian Cinematheque on the Metelkova Museum platform started on 7 August with Vesna (1953), the popular romantic comedy directed by František Čap.
In 2025, New Nordic Films will focus on co-productions with the Baltics, aiming to promote collaboration and co-production opportunities between the Baltic and the Nordic countries.
Two films co-produced with Lithuania – Solomamma and Becoming – have been selected for competition programs at this year’s Locarno Film Festival, while several Lithuanian industry professionals will participate in prestigious international networking initiatives.
MESTIA: The Georgian short film Tragedy without a Hero by Revaz Nasidze, and the French production Sophie Lavaud - The Final Summit by François Damilano won the Grand Prix, and Best Mountain Film, respectively, at the 5th Mestia International Short and Mountain Film Festival (29 July – 3 August 2025).
TBILISI: One of the most famous Georgian directors, Eldar Shenghelaia, has died at 92. He was known for Blue Mountains, or An Unbelievable Story, Unusual Exhibition, The Eccentrics, and Samanishvili’s Stepmother.
