TBILISI: Levan Koguashvili’s Guria received the award for best film at the 19th Asia Pacific Screen Awards, announced on 30 October 2026 in Queensland, Australia.
TALLINN: The 30th edition of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF, 6 – 22 November 2026) will screen in Tallinn and Tartu 230 long films and 259 short films from 87 countries. Together with Just Film and short film festival PÖFF Shorts, the anniversary edition brings new discoveries, festival award winners and Oscar favourites, with 107 world premieres and 47 international premieres to explore.
BUCHAREST: Andra MacMasters’ first long film, the documentary Bright Future, received the Grand Prix and the UCIN Trophy at the Romanian Filmmakers Union (UCIN) Awards for 2025.
BUCHAREST: Turkey’s Doğan Holding has sold its Romanian business including TV channels Kanal D and Kanal D2, Radio Impuls and its digital operations to Romania’s Clever Media, which already runs Prima TV, Prima News and the Prima Sport channels.
The submission deadline for all open calls — work-in-progress sections (Last Stop Trieste and This Is IT), EAVE Slate, Inspirational Labs and the Films x Games Connection Hub — has been extended to November 5 at 23.59 CET, to allow as many producers as possible to finalise their applications to the following programmes.
The Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) has announced the full programme for its 30th edition, featuring 230 feature films and 259 shorts from 87 countries. Taking place in Tallinn and Tartu from 6–22 November 2026, PÖFF and its youth and children’s film festival Just Film and PÖFF Shorts, dedicated to short films, together present 107 world premieres and 47 international premieres. Tickets are now on sale.
ZAGREB: Boris Kolar, one of the founders of the Zagreb School of Animated Film, a prominent director, animator, cartoonist, screenwriter and set designer, and one of the key authors of the legendary Professor Baltazar, passed away in Zagreb at the age of 94.
TALLINN: Tallinn's Old Town has recently played early 20th-century London for the historical Indian drama The India House directed by Ram Vamsi Krishna. Producers chose Estonia over competing locations, including Lithuania, Bulgaria, and even the UK.
BOX OFFICE: Romanian Distributors Rethink Strategy as Domestic Commercial Crowd-Pleasers Dominate Local Charts
Romania 27-10-2026BUCHAREST: Paul Negoescu’s family film Atlas of Universe is the first domestic film launched in Romanian cinemas together with a free educational programme for primary school students, while Dan Dinu’s new documentary Wild Delta is offering discounted tariffs for children groups within the Școala altfel and the Green Week programmes of the Ministry of Education.
Shooting Underway in Dubrovnik for Apple TV Series Disavowed Starring James Marsden
Croatia 27-10-2026DUBROVNIK: The Mayor of Dubrovnik, Mato Franković, has confirmed on social media that Apple TV action thriller series starring Hollywood actor James Marsden is currently filming in town.
