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.

CLUJ-NAPOCA: Nothing More and Nothing Different / Nimic mai mult și nimic diferit by young Romanian director Lucas Neagu is set for shooting in July 2025. Lucas Neagu (24) was nominated in the Best Newcomer section of the Gopo Awards 2025 for directing and independently producing his debut feature Timing.