Totem Films Picks Up Kosara Mitić’s Berlinale Perspectives Participant 17
SKOPJE: The French outfit Totem Films has acquired Kosara Mitić’s debut feature 17 ahead of its world premiere in the Berlinale’s competitive Perspectives section 2026.
PRODUCTION: Ivan Pavljutskov in Postproduction with Coming-of-Age Youth Drama Morten
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…
BOX OFFICE: Domestic Films Break into Bulgaria’s 2025 Top Ten Despite Falling Admissions
SOFIA: Social teen drama One Gram of Life / Edin gram zhivot by Atanas Mihailov was the most-watched domestic film in Bulgarian cinemas in 2025. The film produced by Cinema…
TV Series My Aphrodite Starts Shooting in Cyprus
NICOSIA: The pilot episode of the mythology-inspired TV series My Aphrodite will start shooting during the Limassol Carnival (12 – 22 February 2026).
PRODUCTION: Katarina Morano Shoots Slovenian/Greek Drama Seaview
LJUBLJANA: Slovenian director Katarina Morano is currently shooting her awaited debut feature Seaview / S pogledom na morje. The Slovenian/Greek coproduction follows 24 hours in the life of a young…
BOX OFFICE: Igor Šeregi’s The Wedding, the Most-Watched Film in Croatian Cinemas after Titanic
ZAGREB: The Croatian/Serbian comedy The Wedding / Svadba directed by Igor Šeregi gathered 374,213 admissions in its first 12 days of release, becoming the most-watched Croatian film in history, and…
MK2 Films Picks Up Kornel Mundruczó’s At the Sea
BUDAPEST: The new English language film by Hungarian helmer Kornel Mundruczó, At the Sea, was acquired by Paris-based MK2 Films ahead of its world premiere in the main competition of…
Rise & Shine 2026 Launches Call
PRAGUE: Emerging European talents with animated short projects are invited to apply to Rise & Shine, the animation development and pitching lab organised by Animafest Zagreb in collaboration with Animateka…
Winners of 11th RE-ACT Co-Development Funding
TRIESTE: Six projects, selected out of 27 applications, received 10,000 EUR each for their coproduction development at the 11th edition of RE-ACT (Regional Audiovisual Cooperation and Training).
Films from FNE Partner Countries Win Big at Sundance Film Festival 2026
PARK CITY: To Hold a Mountain by Biljana Tutorov and Petar Glomazić won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival held 22 January – 1…
Success Story of To Hold a Mountain - Winner of Best International Doc at Sundance
BELGRADE/PODGORICA: Sundance Film Festival’s World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary went to Biljana Tutorov and Petar Glomazić’ To Hold a Mountain, where a mother and daughter defend their mountain and…
Tudor Cristian Jurgiu’s On Our Own Acquired by True Colours
BUCHAREST: The new feature film by Romanian director Tudor Cristian Jurgiu, On Our Own / De capul nostru, has been picked up by Italy’s sales agent True Colours ahead of…
East Doc Forum 2026 Announces Selected Projects
PRAGUE: A total of 21 projects have been selected for the 25th edition of East Doc Forum, which will be held at the French Institute in Prague on 24 March…
PRODUCTION: Serbian/Croatian/Swedish Doc Reborn in Postproduction
BELGRADE: Serbian director Narcisa Darijević Marković and Croatian-Swedish director Marija Ratković Vidaković are currently in postproduction with their long documentary Reborn, a project backed by Film Center Serbia and the…
Budapest International Documentary Festival 2026 Underway in Hungary
BUDAPEST: The 12th Budapest International Documentary Festival (BIDF) is currently held (24 January - 1 February 2026) in Budapest and also in Békéscsaba, Debrecen, Eger, Győr, Jászberény, Kecskemét, Pécs, Sopron,…
GRANTS: Croatia Announces Video Games Grants for 2025
ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC) has announced its grants for the production and development of video games for 2025.
New Artistic Director for Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
TALLINN: The 30th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) will be held 6 – 22 November 2026 with significant leadership changes. Triin Tramberg has been appointed as Artistic Director.
Croatia’s Slano Film Days 2026 Announces Participants
ZAGREB: Fourteen established directors and actors from the Balkan region have been selected for the 3rd edition of Slano Film Days, announced for 16 – 20 June 2025 in Croatia.
BOX OFFICE: The Wedding Breaks Historic Records in Croatia
ZAGREB: Igor Šeregi's Croatian/Serbian comedy The Wedding / Svadba registered the best cinema opening for a Croatian film ever, with 170,496 admissions. The Wedding surpassed Avengers: Endgame (2019), which attracted…
BOX OFFICE: Fränk Ranks Second in Overall Estonian Box Office in 2025
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…
