RIGA: The Permanent Mission of the Republic of Latvia to the United Nations, in collaboration with the UN Movie Society of the United Nations Staff Recreation Council, presented a special virtual global event featuring the 2025 Academy Award-winning animated feature film Flow by Gints Zilbalodis on 20 May 2025.

PODGORICA: The European Film Festival will screen free of charge award-winning feature, documentary and animated films in the Montenegrin towns of Podgorica, Bijelo Polje and Bar from 29 May to 7 June 2025.

BUDAPEST: Hungary’s guest country programme at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival (8 – 14 June 2025) is an initiative of the National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI) and part of the broader strategy to develop the national animation industry. On the eve of the event, NFI launched the first English-language professional website dedicated to Hungarian animation, as well as an industry trailer with the most significant domestic animated works of the past decade.

CLUJ-NAPOCA: The 12 films by first- and second-time directors, which have been selected forthe Official Competition of the 24th Transilvania International Film Festival (13 - 22 June 2025), have in common the lack of communication, while the selection of 10 titles in the What's Up, Doc? competition ranges from traditional to hybrid and even fiction.

VILNIUS: The 9th edition of “Comic Con Baltics 2025 sponsored by Samsung” (23 – 25 May 2025) will place a special spotlight on one of the region’s most important gaming and tech events, Baltics Gaming Expo 2025.

POTDSAM: The Erich Pommer Institut (EPI) has opened registration for the 4th edition of its female leadership programmes Audiovisual Women and Series’ Women, which are specifically directed to female professionals in mid- to senior-level management positions.