TALLINN: The new Apollo Plaza entertainment centre opened in Tallinn's Rotermann Quarter, on the premises of the former Coca-Cola Plaza. It is now home to Estonia's biggest cinema, a bookstore, a cinema shop, and restaurants.
SOFIA: The European Film Academy will offer Bulgarian schools free access to 74 European films from 33 countries via its European Film Club digital platform.
We’re happy to announce the six international jury members of this year’s 8th European Work in Progress (EWIP).
PODGORICA: The novelties of the 38th edition of the Montenegro Film Festival (23 – 29 August 2025) are a selection of TV series, a focus on female directors, and workshops for young filmmakers, all of them organised together with the Film Centre of Montenegro.
TBILISI: The National Archives of Georgia continue a large-scale digitalisation process that started in 2013. The institution managed to digitalise 250 film records in the first half of 2025, and also to launch several multimedia pages.
SOFIA: Milko Lazarov’s third feature film Tarika has been selected as Bulgaria’s candidate for the 98th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award in the Best International Feature Film category.
48 participants from 22 countries on all continents and 19 Trainers, tutors, and speakers: On Monday, 18 August, the 22nd edition of the Arthouse Cinema Training kicked-off in Berlin, Germany. The renowned initiative gathers arthouse exhibitors and industry experts for a seven-day intensive programme of talks, panels and interactive workshops surrounding arthouse cinema exhibition. It will conclude on Sunday, 24 August.
VALLETTA: The three-episode National Geographic series Surviving Pompeii, narrated by Tom Hiddleston and set to stream on Disney+, is currently being filmed in Malta within the local cash rebate programme.
BERLIN: The 22nd edition of the intensive one-week programme Arthouse Cinema Training, organised by the International Confederation of Arthouse Cinemas (CICAE), successfully started in Berlin on 18 August 2025.
TALLINN: Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event (14 – 21 November 2925), the region’s leading platform for the audiovisual industry, has opened submissions for Works in Progress projects.

