FNE at FilmFestival Cottbus 2026: Prize Winners
COTTBUS: The 36th edition of FilmFestival Cottbus (FFC) announced its awards with Florin Șerban’s You Don’t Belong Here receiving the Main Prize for Best Film. The Romanian drama follows a…
FNE at Connecting Cottbus 2026: Award Winners Announced
COTTBUS: The 28th edition of coco - connecting cottbus, the East-West coproduction market at FilmFestival Cottbus, announced the winners of its cocoPITCH and cocoWIP awards during its closing ceremony. The…
FNE at Connecting Cottbus 2026: cocoPITCH Projects – Part One
COTTBUS: Part One of FNE’s coverage of the 28th connecting cottbus cocoPITCH presents projects exploring identity, historical trauma and family ties, from Turkish psychological drama to Kazakhstani supernatural stories and…
FNE at Connecting Cottbus 2026: cocoPITCH Projects – Part Two
COTTBUS: The second part of FNE’s coverage of the 28th connecting cottbus cocoPITCH showcases projects exploring female identity, social expectations, family ties and political change. From the magical realism of…
Beyond Silence Wins the MIOB In Shorts Award 2026
COTTBUS: The Dutch short film Beyond Silence, directed by Marnie Blok, has won the MIOB In Shorts Award 2026, presented by the European film festival network MIOB: Moving Images –…
Winners of Cinelibri 2026
SOFIA: The Black Ball / La bola negra by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi won the Cinelibri Award for Most Powerful Adaptation in the Feature Film Competition of the 12th…
Martin Steblovnik Takes Over Slovenian Film Centre as Nataša Bučar Concludes Her Mandate
LJUBLJANA: Martin Steblovnik has been named acting director of the Slovenian Film Centre (SFC) as Nataša Bučar, who led the main film institution in Slovenia for a decade, has concluded…
Three Nominations for British Independent Film Awards for Romanian/British Doc Something Familiar
BUCHAREST: The first long documentary by the Romanian-born UK-based film director Rachel Taparjan, Something Familiar, scooped three nominations for the British Independent Film Awards, in the Best Feature Documentary, Best…
Kakha Kintsurashvili to Play a Lead Role in The Revolution According to Kamo
TBILISI: Georgian actor Kakha Kintsurashvili will play one of the lead roles in the new project of the Hungarian director Kornél Mundruczó The Revolution According to Kamo, whose shooting has…
GRANTS: Cypriot Minority Coproduction Grants in 2026
NICOSIA: The Cypriot Deputy Ministry of Culture has approved a total of 270,000 EUR for the production of three minority coproductions between May and October 2026.
PRODUCTION: Péter Karácsony in Postproduction with Chili Pepper and Gunpowder
BUDAPEST: Filming has wrapped on the new Hungarian feature film Chili Pepper and Gunpowder / Paprika és Puskapor by first-time director Péter Karácsony and backed by the Incubator Programme of…
Danijel Pek Reappointed as Artistic Director of Pula Film Festival
ZAGREB: The Croatian Minister of Culture and Media, Dr. Nina Obuljen Koržinek, has appointed Danijel Pek as Artistic Director of the Pula Film Festival for a new term of four…
PRODUCTION: Mirjana Karanović in Postproduction with Third Directorial Feature Folk Play
BELGRADE: Renowned Serbian actress Mirjana Karanović is currently in postproduction with her third feature film as a director, Folk Play / Narodna drama. Earlier this month, this drama project won…
Films by Myrsini Aristidou and Alina Șerban Nominated for EFA’s European Young Audience Award
BERLIN: Young European viewers aged 12–19 will select the winner of the European Young Audience Award, which has partnered for the first time with the International Film Festival Glasgow (IFFG)…
Croatian Where the Old Gods Sleep Wins Best Pitch Award at Series Rough Pitch – The Balkan Way 2026
ZAGREB: The sixth edition of Series Rough Pitch – The Balkan Way gave away eight awards after the pitch held online on 30 October 2026. The Best Pitch Award went…
FNE Podcast: Michele Crocchiola, Vice President of CICAE and FICE
FLORENCE: FNE spoke to Michele Crocchiola, vice president of CICAE (International Confederation of Arthouse Cinemas) and FICE (Federazione Italiana Cinema d'Essai), about the 11th edition of the European Arthouse Cinema…
The Reality Check: Are you really as ready for the pitch as you think you are?
PtD hosts the next online session in the Ask About format. Thursday, 5 November 2026, 15.00 CET, online registration link: https://forms.gle/id8YNhCXXcbKWsue8
CIRCLE Fiction Orbit Incubator 2026 Wraps in Montenegro
HERCEG NOVI: The CIRCLE Training Initiative wrapped its third CIRCLE Fiction Orbit incubator in Herceg Novi, Montenegro, on 1 November 2026. The participants of the five selected projects, who took…
Pustnik International Screenwriting Residency 2026 Announces Selected Projects
BUCHAREST: TETA has announced the projects selected for the 12th edition of Pustnik International Screenwriting Residency, which will take place 13 – 20 November 2026 at the Bethlen-Haller Castle in…
FilmFestival Cottbus Opens Tonight with Latvian Box Office Hit ESCAPE NET
An award-winning sports drama to kick things off, 147 films from 43 countries and numerous premieres: The 36th FilmFestival Cottbus opens tonight, Tuesday, at the Cottbus State Theatre. The opening…
