BUCHAREST: Until the end of 2023 Romania will start paying the debt of more than 35 m EUR due to international productions shot since the cash rebate scheme was launched in the autumn of 2018.

The directors of Poor Things and The Zone Of Interest will both receive the annual Dennis Davidson (former DDA) Spotlight Award, which shines a light on diversity and inclusion in cinema. Both prizes will be presented at the Closing Ceremony of Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.

ZAGREB: British/Greek How to Have Sex directed by Molly Manning Walker received the Golden Pram for Best Feature Film at the 21st edition of the Zagreb Film Festival (6 – 12 November 2023).

RIGA: Latvia’s participation in the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (3 – 19 November 2023) includes 11 films in several competition programmes and out of competition, as well as five projects at Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event.

PODGORICA: The war drama The Wedding / Svabda (1973) directed by Montenegrin Director Radomir Baja Šaranović will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a screening within the European Film Month in Podgorica on 17 November 2023.

PILSEN: The 11th edition of the CEE Animation Forum 2023, which was held on 8 and 9 November in Pilsen, Czech Republic, has announced its winners.

RIGA: The National Film Centre of Latvia, in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, started a Patriot Week online film festival on 11 November 2023. A selection of 15 films is available free of charge worldwide on the filmas.lv platform till 19 November 2023.

COTTBUS: The Ukrainian/Dutch coproduction Forever – Forever by Anna Buryachkova received the main prize in the Feature Film Competition of the 33rd FilmFestival Cottbus, which was held 7 – 12 November 2023.

The international short film and animation festival announced the winners of its 2023 edition this Saturday, November 11 at the PÖFF Shorts Award Ceremony.

BERLIN: The nominations for the main categories of the 36th edition of the European Film Awards were announced on 6 November 2023. Films by Agnieszka Holland, Anna Hints and Juraj Lerotić are among them.