BERLIN: This year, the European Shooting Stars, who will be presented during the Berlin International Film Festival (13 – 23 February 2025), include young talents from Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Montenegro.

RIGA: Gints Zilbalodis’s Academy Award nominee Flow will be released on Max on 14 February and on HBO linear on 15 February 2025.

PRAGUE: The last call to apply to the intensive rough cut workshop dok.incubator is 14 February 2025. Czech and Slovak filmmakers are given the chance to work with international tutors on editing and dramaturgy, and to discuss their distribution strategy with festival and sales representatives.

The intensive rough cut workshop dok.incubator is still open to applications for its regional programs and calls for Czech and Slovak filmmakers. Submit your film until February 14 and work with international tutors on editing and dramaturgy and discuss your distribution strategy with festival and sales representatives!

RIGA: The historical drama Maria’s Silence by Dāvis Sīmanis and animated film Flow by Gints Zilbalodis won five awards each at the Latvian National Film Awards Lielais Kristaps, celebrating the best films of 2024.

ROTTERDAM: The Croatian/Italian/Slovenian hybrid documentary Fiume o morte! directed by Igor Bezinović received the Tiger Award and the FIPRESCI Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (30 January – 9 February 2025).

VALLETTA: Malta will stand-in for Greece in the comedy Fu*ck Valentine’s Day, which is due to start shooting in Malta in March 2025. The film directed by Mark Gantt will star Marisa Tomei and Virginia Gardner.

TBILISI: Dea Kulumbegashvili’s French/Italian/Georgian coproduction April will be released by BFI Distribution in cinemas across the UK and Ireland on 25 April 2025.

VIENNA: The International Screen Institute (ISI) delivers high-quality training programmes for film, TV, and media professionals, with a strong focus on business skills and career development for producers.

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