CinExpress and Finland in South Caucasus present a retrospective of the Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki.
36th FilmFestival Cottbus: YOU DON’T BELONG HERE Wins Main Prize – Best Director Award Goes to MEMORY
Festivals 08-11-2026A father-son conflict in Romania, childhood memories of the Chechen War and a friendship overshadowed by racial prejudice: The awards of the 36th FilmFestival Cottbus were presented on Saturday evening, 7 November. The Main Prize for Best Film went to YOU DON’T BELONG HERE by Florin Șerban. Vladlena Sandu received the Special Prize for Best Director for MEMORY, while DREI KAMERADINNEN by Milena Aboyan won the inaugural GenNext Award.
The anniversary edition of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) holds a focus on the Baltic countries, and Latvia is widely represented: nearly 20 films across competitions and programmes along with projects and Latvian professionals at the industry section.
Tallinn Black Nights Honours Priit Pärn, Sven Grünberg and Hilmar Oddsson with Lifetime Achievement Awards
Festivals 07-11-2026The 30th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) has presented Lifetime Achievement Awards to Estonian animation director Priit Pärn, Estonian film composer Sven Grünberg and Icelandic filmmaker Hilmar Oddsson. The awards were presented at the festival’s opening ceremony on 6 November at Alexela Concert Hall in Tallinn.
Just Film Industry Days returns for its fourth edition from 18 to 20 November, built on one idea: Young audiences should take part in film culture, not only be marketed to.
COTTBUS: The Dutch short film Beyond Silence, directed by Marnie Blok, has won the MIOB In Shorts Award 2026, presented by the European film festival network MIOB: Moving Images – Open Borders. European audiences honour Marnie Blok’s Dutch short film addressing sexual abuse, institutional silence and the struggle to be heard.
Three Nominations for British Independent Film Awards for Romanian/British Doc Something Familiar
Romania 05-11-2026BUCHAREST: The first long documentary by the Romanian-born UK-based film director Rachel Taparjan, Something Familiar, scooped three nominations for the British Independent Film Awards, in the Best Feature Documentary, Best Debut Director – Feature Documentary, and The Raindance Maverick Award categories.
TBILISI: Georgian actor Kakha Kintsurashvili will play one of the lead roles in the new project of the Hungarian director Kornél Mundruczó The Revolution According to Kamo, whose shooting has been postponed from 2025.
The following minority coproduction grants from the Cypriot Deputy Ministry of Culture were approved between May and October 2026.
ZAGREB: The Croatian Minister of Culture and Media, Dr. Nina Obuljen Koržinek, has appointed Danijel Pek as Artistic Director of the Pula Film Festival for a new term of four festival editions, based on the Decision on Financing the Pula Film Festival and the opinion of the Festival Council.
