Baltic Pitching Forum 2025 Announces Selection
VILNIUS: Twelve short film projects from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the guest country Hungary will be pitched at the upcoming Baltic Pitching Forum (BPF), which will be held in Vilnius…
INVITATION: VENICE 2025: FNE FIPRESCI CRITICS' POLL
Invitation for all FIPRESCI and SNCCI Members attending the Venice Film Festival 2025 During the Venice Festival critics will be able to rate any feature length films screening in the…
FNE TV at Venice 2025: Pascal Diot, head of the Venice Production Bridge
FNE asked Pascal Diot how the Venice Production Bridge has evolved since it started 14 years ago.
FNE at Venice Film Festival 2025: Cercamon Picks Up Mihai Mincan’s Milk Teeth ahead of its World Premiere in Venice’s Orizzonti Competition
BUCHAREST: Romanian director Mihai Mincan’s sophomore feature Milk Teeth / Dinți de lapte has been acquired by Cercamon before its world premiere in the Orizzonti competition of the 82nd Venice…
Cinematik 2025 Announces Lineup
BRATISLAVA: Ten titles have been selected for Meeting Point Europe, the main competition of the 20th IFF Cinematik Piešťany, which will take place in the Slovak spa city of Piešt'any…
Baltic Film Days 2025 Held in Estonia
TALLINN: The 9th edition of the Baltic Film Days festival is being held in Estonia on 26 and 27 August 2025, celebrating the richness and uniqueness of Baltic cinema.
A Look Back at 22nd CICAE Arthouse Cinema Training
BERLIN: The 22nd edition of CICAE Arthouse Cinema Training (ACT) welcomed in Berlin, 18 - 24 August 2025, 48 participants from 22 countries and five continents for seven days of…
The 8th European Work in Progress (EWIP) Announces Jury
HAMBURG: The European Work in Progress (EWIP) has announced the six international jury members of this year’s 8th edition. In cooperation with Filmfest Hamburg and MOIN Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein,…
Wind, Talk to Me Wins 2025 Sarajevo Film Festival
SARAJEVO: Wind, Talk to Me / Vetre, pričaj sa mnomby Serbian director Stefan Đorđević received the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Feature Film at the 31st edition of the Sarajevo…
Bulgarian Schools Get Access To European Films
SOFIA: The European Film Academy will offer Bulgarian schools free access to 74 European films from 33 countries via its European Film Club digital platform.
Estonia’s Largest Cinema Opens in Tallinn
TALLINN: The new Apollo Plaza entertainment centre opened in Tallinn's Rotermann Quarter, on the premises of the former Coca-Cola Plaza. It is now home to Estonia's biggest cinema, a bookstore,…
Montenegro Film Festival 2025 Kicks Off 38th Edition with New Additions
PODGORICA: The novelties of the 38th edition of the Montenegro Film Festival (23 – 29 August 2025) are a selection of TV series, a focus on female directors, and workshops…
FNE at Venice Film Festival 2025: Dogwoof Acquires Tamara Kotevska’s New Doc Ahead of Its World Premiere at Venice Film Festival
SKOPJE: Tamara Kotevska’s new documentary The Tale of Silyan / Siljan has been picked up by Dogwoof. The Macedonian writer/director and the London-based company’s first collaboration was on Honeyland /…
FNE Oscar Watch 2026: Bulgaria Selects Tarika as Oscar Contender
SOFIA: Milko Lazarov’s third feature film Tarika has been selected as Bulgaria’s candidate for the 98th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award in the Best International Feature Film…
National Archives of Georgia Continue Massive Digitalisation Process
TBILISI: The National Archives of Georgia continue a large-scale digitalisation process that started in 2013. The institution managed to digitalise 250 film records in the first half of 2025, and…
PRODUCTION: Igor Šterk Starts Shooting Slovenian/Italian/Croatian Tartufferies
LJUBLJANA: Igor Šterk just started shooting his ninth feature film Tartufferies / Tartuferije on 18 August 2025. The first part of the 33-days shooting is taking place in Ljubljana, while…
Malta Hosts National Geographic Series Shoot
VALLETTA: The three-episode National Geographic series Surviving Pompeii, narrated by Tom Hiddleston and set to stream on Disney+, is currently being filmed in Malta within the local cash rebate programme.
Arthouse Cinema Training 2025 Starts in Berlin
BERLIN: The 22nd edition of the intensive one-week programme Arthouse Cinema Training, organised by the International Confederation of Arthouse Cinemas (CICAE), successfully started in Berlin on 18 August 2025.
PRODUCTION: Aleksandar Radivojević Readies Karmadonna for Toronto
BELGRADE: Serbian playwright and screenwriter Aleksandar Radivojević is currently in final postproduction with his debut feature Karmadonna / Karmadona. This independent production will have its world premiere in the Midnight…
MakeDox 2025 Announces Full Lineup
SKOPJE: A total of 75 documentaries in four competition programmes will be screened at the 16th MakeDox Creative Documentary Film Festival, which will be held across five venues in Skopje…
