Call for entries for the CEE Animation Workshop 2024 is now open! The 6th edition of the year-long training programme will consist of 4 modules and will help develop 12 animated projects and enhance the skills of producers and creative teams in the field of animation. The deadline for submissions is 20 October 2023.

VENICE: FNE teamed up with FIPRESCI critics attending the Venice Film Festival to rate the films in the Main Competition, Orizzonti, Venice Days and Critics Week giving the films 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 stars. 5 is the best and 1 is the worst. The ratings give an overview of critics’ opinions from a large number of countries and provide insights to what critics in many different countries think about the programme.

MISKOLC: Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry by Elene Naveriani received the main award, Imre Pressburger Prize at the 19th edition of the CineFest Miskolc International Film Festival, held 1 – 9 September 2023.

HERCEG NOVI: The Croatian/Slovenian coproduction Safe Place by Juraj Lerotic received the awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor as well as the FEDEORA Award and the "Zoran Živković" Plaque for Best Film at the 36th edition of the Herceg Novi - Montenegro Film Festival.

WARSAW: Selected short productions of Munk Studio SFP are presented in a special evening programme within the 4th edition of the KINO 2023 Film Festival. The festival is running from 4 to 17 September 2023 on TVN Fabuła and from 7 to 17 September 2023 on vod.pl.

On September 4, the KINO 2023 Film Festival - Munk's Debut - started on TVN Fabuła. Selected short productions of Studio Munk SFP will be presented in a special evening programme until September 17, and from September 7 to 17 on vod.pl. The festival winner will be selected by viewers voting online.

RIGA: Eight films from the Baltic Sea region and the Nordic countries will compete for the festival’s main award at the 10th edition of the Riga International Film Festival, which will be held 12 – 22 October 2023.

La Biennale di Venezia is delighted to announce the successful conclusion of the Venice Production Bridge (VPB), the market dedicated to selected projects. This event took place from August 31 to September 6, 2023, coinciding with the 80th Venice International Film Festival.

ZAGREB: The Croatian/Lithuanian/Serbian coproduction Traces / Tragovi directed by Dubravka Turić has been selected as Croatia’s candidate for the 96th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award in the Best International Feature Film category.

ZAGREB: The Bulgarian/German coproduction Blaga's Lessons / Urotcite na Blaga directed by Stephan Komandarev has been selected as Bulgaria’s candidate for the 96th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award in the Best International Feature Film category.