CLUJ-NAPOCA: Ten projects in development will be presented to industry professionals within the 8th edition of Transilvania Pitch Stop (TPS) on 29 July 2021, during the Transilvania International Film Festival.

TALLINN: The Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) is working with the European Film Academy (EFA) and FIPRESCI to promote directors nominated as European Discovery as part of PÖFF’s new Discovery Campus, starting from November 2021.

WARSAW: Kids Kino Industry hosts a talk with the team behind the Czech/Slovak/Belgian animated film Journey to Yourland on 19 July 2021, its final webinar before the Kids Kino Industry forum.

CLUJ-NAPOCA: The Transilvania International Film Festival (23 July 23 – 1 August 2021) is launching Drama Room, a programme dedicated to drama series creation and financing. The first edition will take place 26 – 28 July in a hybrid format.

ZILINA: The Fest Anča International Animation Festival 2021 awarded its Best Animated Short award to the French film Polka Dot Boy directed by Sarina Nihei.

BUCHAREST: FILM +, the workshop, consultancy and support lab for independent small budget film productions, is accepting applications for the 6th edition of the programme from emerging short and feature film directors from Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria and the Republic of Moldova. All genres (fiction, animation, documentary, experimental) and stages of the project (development, production, post-production) at the time of the application are eligible.

Romanian films at the 74th edition of the Cannes Film Festival - Village International - Riviera position 109

BUCHAREST: The acclaimed Romanian actress Luminița Gheorghiu, one of the most cherished actors of the Romanian New Wave, died after a long illness on 4 July 2021 at the age of 71. She starred in The Death of Mr. Lăzărescu by Cristi Puiu (2005, Mandragora) and The Child’s Pose by Călin Peter Netzer (2013, Parada Film).