The Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) has announced the lineup for the Baltic Competition, featuring eleven titles that reveal a fresh and distinctive voice from the region’s filmmakers.
ZAGREB: Films by Georgi M. Unkovski, Hana Jušić, Nikola Ležaić, and Stefan Đorđević are among the nine films to run in the Feature Film Competition of the 23rd Zagreb Film Festival (ZFF, 10 – 16 November 2025).
SIBIU: The Romanian/French coproduction Still Nia by Paula Oneț won Best Romanian Documentary at the Astra Film Festival. The Dutch coproduction Kabul, Between Prayers by Aboozar Amini won the Emerging Voices competition.
PRAGUE: The French Film Festival in Czech Republic has announced the first titles of its 28th edition set to be held from 20 to 26 November 2025 in Prague, Brno, České Budějovice, Hradec Králové, and Ostrava.
The Astra Film Festival, the international festival of documentary cinema, celebrated the best films of the year on Saturday evening. The 2025 Honor Roll features outstanding titles such as To the West, in Zapata (dir. David Bim, Cuba, 2025), My Dear Théo (dir. Alisa Kovalenko, Ukraine, Poland, Czech Republic, 2025) and Kabul, Between Prayers (dir. Aboozar Amini, The Netherlands, 2025). Two Romanian productions were among this year’s top award winners: Still Nia (dir. Paula Oneț, 2025) and Bright Future (dir. Andra MacMasters, 2025). All prizes were presented during a festive Awards Gala hosted by journalist Amalia Enache.
„SERIES ROUGH PITCH – THE BALKAN WAY 5“, taking place online 30/10/2025 at 12 (CET)!
Press releases 28-10-2025The fifth edition of “Series Rough Pitch – The Balkan Way” will kick off online, 30/10/25 at 12 (CET).
TV Beats, the drama series-focused strand of Industry@Tallinn &; Baltic Event, will showcase a record 31 drama series projects in various stages of development during its 2025 edition alongside insightful panel discussions.
The Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) has announced the lineup for the Baltic Competition, featuring eleven titles that reveal a fresh and distinctive voice from the region’s filmmakers.
RIGA: The Lithuanian majority coproduction The Visitor by Vytautas Katkus won the Feature Film Competition of the 12th Riga International Film Festival (RIGA IFF, 16 – 26 October 2025).
PRODUCTION: Andrija Mugoša in Production with Montenegrin Drama Happiness Is Just a Blue Couch Away
Montenegro 26-10-2025PODGORICA: Montenegrin director/writer Andrija Mugoša will present his debut feature drama Happiness Is Just a Blue Couch Away / Pu Spas Za Sve Nas, backed by the Film Centre of Montenegro, at the upcoming Work in Progress - Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event 2025.
