PODGORICA: Supermarket by Nemanja Bečanović has been selected as Montenegro’s candidate for the 97th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award in the Best International Feature Film category.

VALLETTA: Abigail Mallia’s feature film Castillo has been selected as Malta’s candidate for the 97th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award in the Best International Feature Film category.

BERLIN: Films directed by Dea Kulumbegashvili, Bogdan Mureșanu, Saulė Bliuvaitė and Pavel G. Vesnakov are among the 16 titles added by the European Film Academy to the 37th European Film Awards’ Feature Film Selection.

BUDAPEST: International projects continue to arrive in Hungary and benefit from the local 30% tax rebate. Inspector Maigret starring Benjamin Wainwright and Stefanie Martini, and Ballerina Overdrive starring Uma Thurman and Lana Condor are among the recent ones.

WARSAW: Damian Kocur’s sophomore feature Under the Volcano / Pod vulcanem has been selected as Poland’s candidate for the 97th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award in the Best International Feature Film category.

VALLETTA: The leading Maltese telecommunication company GO will invest 5 m EUR in original content for the TV channel TOKIS over the coming years.

All active journalists, film critics, bloggers, photographers, influencers and other social media content producers are welcome to apply. In 2023, the festival hosted 115 journalists from 46 countries. Let's see if we can top the numbers this year.

SHORT RIGA Test Screenings – a one of a kind industry event in the Baltic region focusing specifically on the in-depth evaluation of short films – that will celebrate its 10th edition this October (25–26 October) announces the lineup of 2024.

COTTBUS: The 26th edition of the East-West co-production market connecting cottbus (coco) has announced the selection for cocoPITCH (projects in development) and cocoWIP (works in progress). coco will take place 6 - 8 November 2024 during the FilmFestival Cottbus (5 – 10 November 2024).

PRAGUE: CEE Animation Workshop has opened applications for its 7th edition, which will be held in 2025. The deadline for submissions is 8 November 2024.