RIGA: Thirty best short films from Latvia and worldwide will screen in the Short Film Competition of the Riga International Film Festival (RIGA IFF, 16 – 26 October 2025). The films and this year’s thematic concept were introduced by the French film critic and longtime RIGA IFF Short Film Competition curator Léo Soesanto.
30 short films from Latvia and the world, united only by length – RIGA IFF announces five competition screenings
Festivals 04-09-2025The best shorts from Latvia and all over the world in five different screenings on 22, 23, and 24 October will unite the audiences and the jury in the Short Film Competition at Riga International Film Festival (RIGA IFF, 16–26 October). 30 carefully selected works will be screened in the presence of the filmmakers in the Large Hall of the festival’s main venue, cinema Splendid Palace, and in the DELFI LUX auditorium of Forum Cinemas. Tickets to the screenings are available on the festival website, rigaiff.lv or at Biļešu serviss sales points.
Since Saturday, director Maja Weiss has been shooting her new live-action short, titled The Hanging Bridge, at various locations in Goriška Brda, Nova Gorica, Gorizia, and Solkan. The film explores a longstanding rift and attempted reconciliation within a family that split in 1947, when the inhabitants of the Gorizia region were separated by an impassable national border. The events are triggered by two young artists: Martina from Gorizia and her peer Mark from Ljubljana. Although they are related, they did not know each other before. They made contact via social media and are now arranging a meeting between Boris, Mark’s grandfather, and Giulia, Martina’s grandmother and Boris’s niece. The family, torn apart for decades, is reunited by its third generation of descendants – a generation free from cultural, linguistic, and ideological barriers.
Invitation to the press conference of the 20th Cinematik IFF and the opening and highly anticipated film Father
Festivals 04-09-2025You are invited to a press conference
September 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM at the Lumière Cinema
What's cooking?
- The first Serial Bridges Baltics calls for applications until 8 September
- Submissions for Works in Progress are open until 15 September
- Boost your skills at the various labs during Industry@Tallinn &; Baltic Event - send your application by 15 September!
- Get your accredittion and join us at Industry@Tallinn &; Baltic Event
What's cooking?
- The first Serial Bridges Baltics calls for applications until 8 September
- Submissions for Works in Progress are open until 15 September
- Boost your skills at the various labs during Industry@Tallinn &; Baltic Event - send your application by 15 September!
- Get your accredittion and join us at Industry@Tallinn &; Baltic Event
VILNIUS: A Baltic remake of the popular Italian comedy Perfect Strangers / Perfetti sconosciuti has wrapped shooting in Vilnius. Three national versions were shot at the same location in Vilnius.
PODGORICA: Lori Balton, one of Hollywood’s most prominent location scouts, has recently visited Montenegro at the invitation of the Film Centre of Montenegro.
Year of French Central European Film 2025: French audiovisual exports: sales exceeded €200 million once again despite difficult market conditions
Press releases 02-09-2025As part of the 31st edition of the Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Le Havre, from September 1 to 5, 2025, the the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC) and Unifrance will present their annual report on the export of French audiovisual programs.
The North Macedonia Film Agency announced the following grants on 27 August 2025.
