LIPIK/DARUVAR: Tena Perišin and Janet Harris are currently filming From the Ashes of Lipik / Iz pepela Lipik, a Croatian documentary set for completion in 2027.

TALLINN: Estonian director/writer Katrin Ruus is currently filming her debut feature A Midnight Pilgrimage / Öised rännakud, which is scheduled to be completed in June 2027.

VIENNA: FNE spoke to Maria-Christine Rieder, programme co-director of Business and Legal Affairs at the International Screen Institute, about the complex intersection of law, finance, and content production, navigating the legal challenges of emerging digital technologies like AI, and how a holistic understanding of legal workflows across a project’s entire lifecycle empowers screen professionals to transform from reactive problem-solvers into strategic industry architects. This podcast is sponsored by the International Screen Institute.

VITEZ: Croatian theatre director Marina Petković Liker is currently in postproduction with her first long documentary Through the Process / Kroz proces (working title). Shot over five years, the project looks at the most vulnerable victims of war: children.

TALLINN: Belgian-Hungarian director/writer Miklós Keleti is currently wrapping up principal photography on his debut feature Soma, a coproduction between Belgium, Canada, Estonia, and the Netherlands, which is set to enter postproduction at the end of September 2026.

VENICE: FNE spoke to Olimpia Pont Cháfer, manager of European Work in Progress (EWIP) and the International Film Distribution Summit (IFDS), about the evolving landscape of international film distribution, the main strategic topics dominating this year’s summit in Hamburg, and the innovative digital tools helping independent films reach global audiences in a fast-changing market.

TALLINN: Estonian director/writer Eeva Mägi is currently in postproduction with her long hybrid documentary Mo Hunt, which is backed by the Estonian Film Institute, the Cultural Endowment of Estonia, and HBO Max through an SVOD licence.

VALLETTA: French director/writer Siegrid Alnoy has wrapped production on her sophomore feature Love Thy Neighbour / L’Amour du prochain, a low budget French/Maltese coproduction backed by Arts Council Malta and the Malta Film Commission, among others.