SOFIA: Garden Alley 08, a Bulgarian/Austrian feature film project directed by Olga Koleva and produced by Pavlina Jeleva of Geopoly, will be showcased at First Features LAB Pitch Session on 21 May 2025 at the Palais des Festivals. The event will be held within the Cannes Film Market and during the 78th Cannes Film Festival (13 – 24 May 2025).

PODGORICA: The Montenegrin film The Tower of Strength / Obraz directed by Nikola Vukčević won the awards for best director and best screenplay at the Zaragoza International Film Festival.

CANNES: Sixteen Romanian production companies are promoted by Creative Romanian Film Makers under the umbrella “Come Film in Romania” at the Cannes Film Market. Meet them at Palais des Festivals, -1, 22.03, from 13 to 21 May 2025.

PRAGUE: Jiří Bartoška, the longtime president of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, has passed away at 78, after a long illness.

BUCHAREST: Buzz House: The Movie by Florin Babei, Part-time Daddy by Letiția Roșculeț, and Death on Holiday by Cristian Iliușan are number 3, 4 and 7 in the admissions top ten 2024 in Romania. Although these three films are independent productions, it is to be noted that the Romanian Film Centre (CNC) collected 3 m EUR more for the Film Fund.

FNE together with UNIFRANCE is launching the Year of French Central European Films 2025 with a special focus on French films in Central and Eastern European countries plus Cyprus and Malta, and our partner countries’ films screening in France.

BUCHAREST: British-Romanian directors Anton and Damian Groves are currently filming their debut feature King Wray in Bucharest. The film is a coproduction between the company the Groves founded in Romania, Studioset, together with France’s Midralgar and Croatia’s Marinis Media.

COTTBUS: The East-West co-production market connecting cottbus is now open for submissions of feature film projects. Its 27th edition will be held 5 - 7 November, during the 35th FilmFestival Cottbus (4 – 9 November 2025).

POTSDAM: Here are the events organised by the Erich Pommer Institut (EPI) in the near future.