HERCEG NOVI: An inaugural Montenegro Film Rendezvous will take place 24 – 27 August 2024 within the 37th Herceg Novi Film Festival, organised by the Film Centre of Montenegro. The event is designed to nurture a lasting bond between the Montenegrin, regional and European film industries.

VILNIUS: Lithuanian director Laurynas Bareisa’s sophomore feature Drowning Dry / Sesės has been selected as Lithuania’s candidate for the 97th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award in the Best International Feature Film category.

TALLINN: Paramount+  series The Agency produced by George Clooney and Grant Heslov, and starring Michael Fassbender and Richard Gere, will start shooting in Estonia in September 2024 using the local rebate scheme. The first two episodes will be directed by Joe Wright.

BERLIN: The 21st edition of the Arthouse Cinema Training, organised by the International Confederation of Arthouse Cinemas (CICAE) kicked-off in Berlin on 19 August and till 25 August 2024 will involve 48 participants from 27 countries and over 20 trainers from nine countries.

BUCHAREST: The documentary TATA written and directed by Lina Vdovîi and Radu Ciorniciuc has been acquired by Autlook Filmsales before its world premiere at the 49th Toronto International Film Festival (5 – 15 September 2024). The film is a Romanian/German/Dutch coproduction.

BUCHAREST: Eight projects have been chosen from among 93 submissions from 39 countries for the 10th anniversary edition of Pustnik International Screenwriting Residency, which will return to Port Cultural Cetate, on the Danube bank, from 17 to 24 September 2024.

LOCARNO: Films from FNE partner countries finished the 77th Locarno Film Festival (7 – 17 August 2024) with several awards, including the Golden Leopard in the Concorso Internazionale for Lithuanian debut feature Toxic by Saulė Bliuvaitė and the Golden Leopard in the Concorso Cineasti del Presente for the Georgian majority coproduction Holy Electricity directed by another first time director, Tato Kotetishvili.

BERLIN: Ten films (co)produced by FNE partner countries are among the 29 titles chosen by the European Film Academy for the European Film Awards Feature Film Selection – Part 1. The European Film Awards ceremony will be held on 7 December 2024 in Lucerne, Switzerland.