LOS ANGELES: Gints Zilbalodis' Flow scooped two nominations at the Academy Awards 2025 in the categories of Best International Feature Film and Best Animated Feature Film. Croatian/Bulgarian/French/Slovenian The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent was nominated in the Live Action Short Film category.
RIGA: Gints Zilbalodis’s long animated film Flow, made as a coproduction between Latvia, Belgium and France, has had over 2 m admissions outside Latvia, according to the film's producer Matiss Kaza. It is also the first Latvian film to be nominated at the Oscars and to win a Golden Globe. The Golden Globe trophy is currently on display from 21 to 28 January 2025 at the Latvian National Museum of Art.
The feature film THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG by Mohammad Rasoulof has been nominated for an Oscar® in the Best International Feature Film category. This was announced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) on Thursday, January 23, 2025. This is the third time in a row that the German entry has entered the race for the Foreign Oscar®.
'TALES OF FRUITS AND MONSTERS' AND 'KLÁRA IS HERE' ARE THE WINNERS OF THE 2025 EDITION OF WHEN EAST MEETS WEST
Press releases 23-01-2025The 15th edition of When East Meets West came to an end after four intense full days of pitching sessions, works in progress, inspirational labs, talks, meetings and hugs. During the closing award ceremony, the WEMW Co-Production Forum Jury consisting of Jean-Baptiste Bailly-Maitre (Alpha Violet), Svetlana Cherrier (Ciclic Center-Val de Loire) and Edvinas Puksta (Black Nights Film Festival) announced the two top winners of this year.
TRIESTE: The CIRCLE Awards, the RE-ACT Awards and the Italian-Baltic Awards were announced at When East Meets West in Trieste on 21 January 2025.
TALLINN: Rasmus Merivoo’s Alien 2 or The Return of Valdis in 17 Chapters / Tulnukas 2 ehk Valdise tagasitulek 17 osas, based on his cult classic short film, was the third most watched film in Estonian cinemas in 2024, while Life and Love / Elu ja armastus by Helen Takkin was number nine.
BUDAPEST: Fourteen films by Márta Mészáros have been purchased by the French Coproduction Office for global distribution. This is the first time that the Hungarian director's oeuvre has been remastered.
BELGRADE: The 18th edition of the Kustendorf Film and Music Festival, which is dedicated to both young and established filmmakers, will screen 16 short films in its Competition. The festival will be held in Mećavnik (Kustendorf) from 22 to 25 January 2025.
TBILISI: The National Archives of Georgia scanned and digitised 129 film materials over 2024.
Major appearance of German productions and co-productions at the anniversary edition of the Berlinale 2025
Festivals 21-01-2025From February 13 to 23, 2025, Berlin will once again become the center of the film world. The Berlin International Film Festival is inviting audiences and the industry to its 75th anniversary edition this year. A total of 66 German productions and co-productions will be screened in the sections of one of the three largest international film festivals. In addition to the screenings in the cinemas, the European Film Market will once again open its doors.
