CLUJ-NAPOCA: The Transilvania International Film Festival has open submissions for its 22nd edition, set to take place in June 2023.

Submissions for the 22nd edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival are now open! The festival will take place in June 2023, in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

PRAGUE: Petr Vachler’s labour of love The Meaning and Mystery of Life, which took 10 years to be made, will have its premiere in Prague on 23 November 2023.

BRATISLAVA: The Slovak/Czech historical drama The Chambermaid / Slúžka by the Slovak director Mariana Čengel Solčanská has been picked-up by Picture Tree International (PTI).

JIHLAVA: Romanian producer Ada Solomon received the APA World Excellence Award at the 26th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, which started on 25 October 2022.

The 26th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival has been officially launched and its opening evening featured the presentation of the first festival awards. The best Short Joy section film is selected by the online viewers of DAFilms.com, this year going to Blue Bed by Belgian director Lize Cuveele. This year, Ji.hlava presents almost four hundred films and the festival will continue until October 30.

WARSAW: Pawel Pawlikowski's new film, The Island (working title), will star Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara, and it will be a British/Italian/Polish coproduction with Ewa Puszczynska coproducing through Extreme Emotions.

TALLINN: The Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) announced the 15 films selected for the Baltic Competition. The festival will be held 11 – 27 November 2022.

Second round of calls for the EAVE Slate and Inspirational LABS!

TRIESTE: When East Meets West has launched the call for applications for the second edition of the EAVE Slate and also for its new Inspirational Labs. WEMW 2023 will take place 22 - 25 January 2023 within the Trieste Film Festival (21 – 30 January 2023).