BUCHAREST: Daring Romanian helmer Radu Jude is prepping his new feature film, Love Diptych / Cum vine blînda noapte (working title), whose shooting is scheduled to take place in June 2026. This independent project is a coproduction between Romania, Brazil, Greece, and Ukraine.

BELGRADE: Serbian director Marko Nikolić is in final postproduction with his 80-minute documentary Long Live the Factory! / Fabrika ne sme da stane, a coproduction between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina supported by Film Center Serbia and the Audio-visual Centre of the Republic of Srpska.

BUDAPEST: Filming has begun in Budapest on Oscar-winning István Szabó’s new period drama Embers / A gyertyák csonkig égnek, an adaptation of Sándor Márai’s 1942 novel or, more precisely, an adaptation of the novel’s stage adaptation, which premiered in London in 2006.

BRATISLAVA: The acclaimed Slovak filmmaker Mariana Čengel Solčanská has started shooting her new project, the historical drama Autobus (working title). The story set during the Slovak National Uprising (1944) is a reverence to the founding generation of Slovak theatre and cinema.

RIGA: Stanislavs Tokalovs is teaming up with producer Aija Bērziņa of Latvian Tasse Film on a new series set in the Communism era, after their big hit dramedy series Soviet Jeans / Padomju džinsi, which was directed by Tokalovs together with Juris Kursietis. The 6-part drama series The Last Divorce of Communism / Pēdējā šķiršanās is built as a Latvian/Lithuanian/Bulgarian coproduction directed by Teodora Markova, Stanislavs Tokalovs, and Tomas Vengris.

BUDAPEST: Dénes Orosz, the director of the box office hit How Could I Live Without You?, will release his new film It’s Okay to Cheat! / Félrelépni szabad! theatrically on 11 February 2027. The film is currently in postproduction.

VALLETTA: Maltese media company Attardville Productions and animation specialists Toontuloon Animation Studio are currently in final production with their 2D animated series Best of Friends with Fonzu the Rabbit / Ħbieb Tassew ma' Fonzu l-Fenek. The first season of the 3-season animated series, which comprises 13 episodes, will be completed by the end of summer 2026, in time for broadcasting on television in the autumn of 2026.

BUDAPEST: Very Merry / Úri muri, megazisten! directed by Attila Vidnyánszky, which brings Zsigmond Móricz’s 1928 classic novel to life on the big screen, is currently in postproduction with the theatrical release set for November 2026. The film was partially shot at the NFI Studios in Fót.

TALLINN: Latvian animator/director Anna Zača is currently in postproduction with the puppet animation Nesting / Ligzda, which is the first short animated film produced by all three Baltic countries. The film plays figuratively and attractively on the changes in the life of a young couple from the moment a crib appears at home.

WARSAW: Polish director Paweł Podolski is currently in postproduction with A Bit of Meaning / Trochę sensu, a feature film coproduced by Poland and Cyprus. 

ZAGREB: Mom, Dad and I / Mama, Tata i Ja directed by Vanja Juranić and starring Zrinka Cvitešić, Rade Šerbedžija, Alma Prica, and Goran Bogdan, has started postproduction. It is backed by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC), HRT, and the Film Centre of Montenegro.

VILNIUS: Lithuanian/American director/writer/editor Tomas Vengris is currently in postproduction with Barracuda, which he calls "a film about judgement of others and judgement of ourselves". Barracuda is a Lithuanian/Italian/Latvian coproduction.

ZAGREB: The Turkish/Canadian director Sibel Guvenc is currently in postproduction with her debut feature Loya, which is a Canadian/Irish/Croatian coproduction.

TALLINN: Estonian director Evar Anvelt is in final stages of postproduction with Something Real, a crime thriller backed by the Estonian Film Institute, among others.

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 Worlds (2020) by Reeli Reinaus.

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 family as they spiral deeper and deeper into precariousness.