WARSAW: Home Sweet Home / Dom dobry by Wojciech Smarzowski emerged as the biggest winner at the 28th Polish Film Awards (Orły / Eagles), taking the top prizes including Best Film and Best Director. The drama about domestic violence in contemporary Poland also secured acting awards for its leads, as well as the prize for Best Music.

WARSAW: Polish director Paweł Podolski is currently in postproduction with A Bit of Meaning / Trochę sensu, a feature film coproduced by Poland and Cyprus. 

VILNIUS: Lithuanian/American director/writer/editor Tomas Vengris is currently in postproduction with Barracuda, which he calls "a film about judgement of others and judgement of ourselves". Barracuda is a Lithuanian/Italian/Latvian coproduction.

ZAGREB: The Turkish/Canadian director Sibel Guvenc is currently in postproduction with her debut feature Loya, which is a Canadian/Irish/Croatian coproduction.

TALLINN: Estonian director Evar Anvelt is in final stages of postproduction with Something Real, a crime thriller backed by the Estonian Film Institute, among others.

VALLETTA: Alex Camilleri's Zejtune will screen on 12 and 14 February 2026 at the Berlin International Film Festival, as part of the European Film Market. Its international sales are handled by Films Boutique.

TALLINN: Estonian director Ivan Pavljutskov is in final postproduction with his Estonian/Lithuanian coming-of-age drama Morten. The film is based on the popular Estonian youth novel Morten, Emilie, and the Lost Worlds (2020) by Reeli Reinaus.

TALLINN: Tõnis Pill’s Fränk is the only Estonian film in the overall box office in Estonia in 2025, ranking second with 112,104 admissions, after The Minecraft Movie, which had 127,475 admissions.

ZAGREB: Croatian cinema achieved one of its most successful box-office years in 2025, with total admissions for domestic films reaching 328,526, the second highest attendance figure since the founding of the Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC) in 2008.

PRAGUE/LJUBLJANA: FNE spoke to the producers of the stop motion animated film Tales from the Magic Garden / Pohádky po babicce, directed by Patrik Pašš, David Súkup, Jean-Claude Rozec, Leon Vidmar: Mrs. Alena Vandasová and Mr. Martin Vandas from Maurfilm company (Prague) and Mr. Kolja Saksida from ZVVIKS company (Ljubljana), about the uniqueness of this animated film, the festival's success, storytelling and the future of the animation industry in the region.