Come Film in Romania Showcase: Romania Named First Country of Focus at American Film Market 2026
LOS ANGELES: The American Film Market (AFM, 2026) has invited Romania as its first Country of Focus at the 2026 edition, held 10 – 15 November, and it is partnering…
FNE at Film Festival Cottbus 2026: Q and A with Programme Director Bernd Buder and Programmer Joshua Jádi
COTTBUS: FNE spoke with FilmFestival Cottbus’ Programme Director Bernd Buder and Programmer Joshua Jádi about AI, emerging filmmaking trends, the future of arthouse cinema and the international prospects of Central…
Vikki Bardot’s A Woman Asleep Makes International Premiere at FilmFestival Cottbus 2026
COTTBUS: Vikki Bardot’s AI-driven feature film A Woman Asleep premiered internationally in the Main Competition of the 36th FilmFestival Cottbus (3 – 8 November 2026), bringing the debate around artificial…
OBITUARY: Slovak Writer, Scriptwriter and Dramaturg Peter Jaroš
BRATISLAVA: Acclaimed Slovak writer, scriptwriter and dramaturg Peter Jaroš, the author of the novel The Millennium Bee, which he converted into a script for the eponym film directed by Juraj…
Lionsagate Acquires U.S. and U.K. Rights to Hungarian Minority Coproduction Rise of the Raven
BUDAPEST: Beta Film has sold the epic European period drama Rise of the Raven to Lionsgate for the US and UK. Produced by acclaimed producer Robert Lantos, the series immediately…
No Paradise If You Are Killed by a Woman Wins Restarted Skopje Film Festival
SKOPJE: The Norwegian/Iraqi/Swedish coproduction No Paradise If You Are Killed by a Woman, directed by Halkawt Mustafa, won the Best Film Award at the 26th Skopje Film Festival, which ran…
The Invisible Storyteller: How can sound make your documentary more powerful?
PtD hosts the next online session in the Ask About format. - Tuesday, 10 November 2026, 15.00 CET, online registration link: https://forms.gle/id8YNhCXXcbKWsue8
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…
