29 animated projects in Pitching Competition, 40 on the Market; Almost 200 industry professionals including decision-makers from European broadcasters, festivals, leading distributors and production houses.
Works in Progress, showcasing films currently in production or post-production and seeking sales agents or festival premieres, introduces 18 promising projects across three categories: Baltic Event Works in Progress, International Works in Progress, and Just Film Works in Progress. The lineup features both debut filmmakers and acclaimed directors presenting their latest works.
Works in Progress, showcasing films currently in production or post-production and seeking sales agents or festival premieres, introduces 18 promising projects across three categories: Baltic Event Works in Progress, International Works in Progress, and Just Film Works in Progress. The lineup features both debut filmmakers and acclaimed directors presenting their latest works.
Pitch the Doc and Film Expanded invites for an online session in the Ask About format. Don't Leave It Until the Premiere! | mapping your documentary’s road to the audience
Press releases 21-10-2025Wednesday, 22 October 2025, 15.00 CEST, online
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The 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) has announced the selection for its Critics’ Picks and Rebels With a Cause competitions — two of its boldest and most forward-looking programs celebrating daring cinema and fearless storytelling.
PÖFF29 Kicks Off with They Will Be Dust and a Celebration of Catalan Cinema External
Festivals 21-10-2025PÖFF opens with They Will Be Dust — a bold, moving tragicomic musical by acclaimed Catalan director Carlos Marqués-Marcet, starring Ángela Molina and Alfredo Castro in a deeply human story of love, loss, and reconciliation.
NICOSIA: The Deputy Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Cyprus and the Rialto Theatre have launched a call for submissions of feature films in the two Competition Sections of “Cyprus Film Days”, the official international film festival of Cyprus.
István Szabó and Hungary as Guests of Honour, Restored Films from FNE Partner Countries at Lumière Festival 2025
Hungary 19-10-2025LYON: Hungarian veteran István Szabó was a Guest of Honour at the Lumière Festival held in Lyon, France from 11 to 19 October 2025, while Hungary was a Guest of Honour in the festival’s market. Restored films from Slovakia, Estonia, Bulgaria, Poland, and Czech Republic were screened in the festival.
BUCHAREST: Over 40 new films, most of them presented at the Cannes Film Festival 2025, will screen at the 16th edition of Les Films de Cannes à Bucarest, a film festival founded by the acclaimed director/writer/producer Cristian Mungiu.
LIMASSOL: Blue Heart (France, Haiti) directed by Samuel Frantz Suffren won the First Prize for Best Short Film in the International Competition of the 15th International Short Film Festival of Cyprus (ISFFC), held 11 – 17 October 2025 at the Rialto Theatre, in Limassol. The award for Best Cypriot Short Film in the National Competition went to Prelude to a Supernova by Christos Artemiou, alongside the "Dinos Katsouridis" Directing Award, and Best Acting (for Naria Athanasopoulou).
