PRODUCTION: Stanislav Todorov–Rogi Shoots A Sea of Things
SOFIA: Bulgarian director Stanislav Todorov-Rogi has started shooting his new feature film, A Sea of Things, on 20 October 2026. The project is backed by the Bulgarian National Film Center…
BOX OFFICE: Romanian Distributors Rethink Strategy as Domestic Commercial Crowd-Pleasers Dominate Local Charts
BUCHAREST: Paul Negoescu’s family film Atlas of Universe is the first domestic film launched in Romanian cinemas together with a free educational programme for primary school students, while Dan Dinu’s…
Shooting Underway in Dubrovnik for Apple TV Series Disavowed Starring James Marsden
DUBROVNIK: The Mayor of Dubrovnik, Mato Franković, has confirmed on social media that Apple TV action thriller series starring Hollywood actor James Marsden is currently filming in town.
Tallinn Film Studios Complex Launches International Tender
TALLINN: Tallinnfilm Studios has launched an international tender for the design and construction of a 6,000-square-metre film complex in Paljassaare, set for completion in 2028.
Interview with Julia Mitterlehner, Alumna of ProPro – The Producers Programme for Women and the Business & Legal Affairs Programme (International Screen Institute)
VIENNA: FNE spoke with Julia Mitterlehner about her experience with ProPro – The Producers Programme for Women and the Business & Legal Affairs Programme of the International Screen Institute and…
Winners of 2026 Astra Film Festival
SIBIU: If Pigeons Turned to Gold by Pepa Lubojacki won the Emerging Voices of Documentary International Competition, while To Hold a Mountain by Biljana Tutorov and Petar Glomazić is the…
Stefan Đorđević’s Wind, Talk to Me Wins Big at Adriatic Film and TV Awards 2026
PODGORICA: The Serbian/Slovenian/Croatian coproduction Wind, Talk to Me / Vetre, pričaj sa mnom directed by Stefan Đorđević took home the Best Film award of the Adriatic Film and TV Awards…
Winners of CinEast Festival 2026
LUXEMBOURG: The 19th CinEast Festival (Central and Eastern European Film Festival in Luxembourg, 9-25 October 2026) concluded on 24 October at Kinepolis Kirchberg with the closing ceremony. The International Jury…
Winners of RIGA IFF 2026
RIGA: Nipster (Sweden) directed by Sunniva Eir Tangvik Kveum was awarded Best Film in the Feature Film Competition of the 13th Riga International Film Festival (RIGA IFF), whose closing ceremony…
MPM Premium Picks Up Cătălin Mitulescu’s Indian Summer Ahead of Its World Premiere
BUCHAREST: Paris-based sales agent MPM Premium has acquired Romanian director/writer/producer Cătălin Mitulescu’s fifth feature film, Indian Summer / Vara indiană, which has just been finished.
BLEND: Film & Games Conference 2026 Held in Zagreb
ZAGREB: The 3rd edition of the BLEND: Film & Games conference took place on 23 and 24 October 2026 at the Algebra Bernays University in Zagreb, focusing on how film,…
PRODUCTION: Swiss/Hungarian Coproduction The Glass House Filming in Budapest
BUDAPEST: Peter Luisi’s Swiss/Hungarian coproduction The Glass House / Das Glashaus is partly shooting in Budapest with support from the National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI). The film focusing on…
GRANTS: Film Centre of Montenegro Announces Production Grants
PODGORICA: The Film Centre of Montenegro has distributed 1,302,000 EUR as production grants for 22 projects including feature films, long documentaries, minority coproductions, and films already in production.
PRODUCTION: Internationally Renowned Producer Join Kálmán Nagy's Debut Feature
BUDAPEST: Hungarian director/writer Kálmán Nagy has wrapped principal photography on his debut feature, The Shame of the Borbély Family / A Borbély család szégyene.
Tomáš Krupa’s Slovak Survival Doc We Have to Survive Sold to Estonian Public Broadcasting
BRATISLAVA: The Slovak documentary We Have to Survive / Musíme prežiť directed by Tomáš Krupa was sold by Taskovski Films to the Estonian Public Broadcasting (ERR). This coproduction between Slovakia,…
International Screen Institute – Interview with Kira Ruohonen, Alumna of the Sustainability Management Programme
VIENNA: FNE spoke with Kira Ruohonen about her experience with the Sustainability Management programme of the International Screen Institute and how this programme influenced the way she approaches work today.
New Minister of Culture in Romania
BUCHAREST: Ioana Ruxandra Victoria Ciocan was officially invested as the new Minister of Culture of Romania on 20 October 2026 as the new PM’s Luca Niculescu’s Cabinet received the parliamentary…
RIGA IFF SHOWCASE Underway at RIGA IFF 2026
RIGA: Eleven projects are pitched at the RIGA IFF SHOWCASE, which is held from 23 to 25 October 2025 within the RIGA IFF FORUM of the 13th Riga International Film…
CICAE Releases Trailer for European Arthouse Cinema Day 2026
BERLIN: The 11th European Arthouse Cinema Day has released the trailer for its 11th edition on 22 November 2026, and is welcoming cinemas across the world to join as registration…
PRODUCTION: Luka Mihailović Shoots Serbian TV Drama Series City of Pain
BELGRADE: A new Serbian TV drama series City of Pain / Grad bola is currently in production. The script is based on the same-titled bestselling book written by Meti Kamberi…
