ZAGREB: God Will Not Help / Bog neće pomoći (Croatia, Italy, Romania, Greece, France, Slovenia) by Hana Jušić has been selected by the Filmmakers’ Association of Croatia as Croatia’s candidate for the 99th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards in the Best International Feature Film category.

HERCEG NOVI: FNE spoke with Montenegrin producer and director Marija Perović about the Montenegro Film Rendezvous and its importance in developing a strong network of professionals in Montenegro and the region.

Dear EPI community,

This September marks the start of a new stretch of Essential Legal Framework workshops and seminars. ELF is our professional training series for film and media professionals across Europe, built around a mix of residential workshops, online seminars, and self-paced eTrainings that combine practical learning with expert insight and networking opportunities.

ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC) has distributed 344,000 EUR to ten minority coproductions. The list includes two feature films, three debut features in postproduction, two long documentaries, two short fiction films, and one animated film.

The following grants were announced by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC) on 31 August 2026.

SKOPJE: Kosara Mitić’s debut feature 17  has been selected as North Macedonia’s candidate for the 99th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards in the Best International Feature Film category. The film is a coproduction between North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia.

Leading short film industry event, to be held in Vilnius on 6-9 October, reveals slate of 12 projects from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and – guest country – Italy.

In connection to its 2026 theme, “Vanishing Futures,” Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival – BIEFF is organizing a series of events that extend the festival experience beyond the cinema halls and invite audiences to reflect, together with invited artists and filmmakers, as well as journalists, researchers, activists, and members of various local communities, on possible futures for Bucharest.

We kindly invite you to submit your film to the 20th edition of One World Romania International Documentary & Human Rights Film Festival, which will take place between April 16–25, 2027, in Bucharest, Romania.

The Film Centre of Montenegro is organizing the third edition of the Montenegro Film Rendezvous, which will bring together prominent film authors and professionals, representatives of national film centres, European funds, festivals and leading organizations from the film and audiovisual industry in Herceg Novi starting August 22. The international industry programme takes place within the 39th Herceg Novi Film Festival.