PODGORICA: The Montenegrin film The Tower of Strength / Obraz directed by Nikola Vukčević won the awards for best director and best screenplay at the Zaragoza International Film Festival.

CANNES: Sixteen Romanian production companies are promoted by Creative Romanian Film Makers under the umbrella “Come Film in Romania” at the Cannes Film Market. Meet them at Palais des Festivals, -1, 22.03, from 13 to 21 May 2025.

PRAGUE: Jiří Bartoška, the longtime president of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, has passed away at 78, after a long illness.

FNE together with UNIFRANCE is launching the Year of French Central European Films 2025 with a special focus on French films in Central and Eastern European countries plus Cyprus and Malta, and our partner countries’ films screening in France.

BUCHAREST: British-Romanian directors Anton and Damian Groves are currently filming their debut feature King Wray in Bucharest. The film is a coproduction between the company the Groves founded in Romania, Studioset, together with France’s Midralgar and Croatia’s Marinis Media.

COTTBUS: The East-West co-production market connecting cottbus is now open for submissions of feature film projects. Its 27th edition will be held 5 - 7 November, during the 35th FilmFestival Cottbus (4 – 9 November 2025).

POTSDAM: Here are the events organised by the Erich Pommer Institut (EPI) in the near future.