BUDAPEST: While Orosz Dénes’ 2024 romantic musical comedy How Could I Live Without You?  / Hogyan tudnék élni nélküled? (produced by IKO Műsorgyártó Kft) has exceeded 1 m admissions and 5 m EUR gross (while still in Hungarian cinemas), the shooting for a sequel is currently underway. Directed by Dyga Zsombor, How could I live without you? 2 is backed by the National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI).

BELGRADE: Young Serbian editor Jelena Maksimović has entered postproduction with her first feature film as a director, Until The Day Ends / Do kraja dana. The film is a coproduction of Serbia, Bulgaria, Montenegro and Slovenia.

WARSAW: Polish director/writer/producer Beata Migas is currently in postproduction with Restaged, a Polish/Estonian drama supported by the Estonian Film Institute.

SKOPJE: Macedonian director Senad Abduli has wrapped shooting on his debut feature The Agreement / Dogovorot after one and half month of filming that started on 2 July 2025. The drama is produced by Arnel Production with the support of the North Macedonia Film Agency.

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 the second part is set for the Istrian region, Croatia and Italy, in October 2025.

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 Madness section of the 50th Toronto International Film Festival (4 – 14 September 2025).

TALLINN: Estonian director Jaak Kilmi wrapped the shoot for Dirt in Your Face / Musta pori näkku on 10 August 2025. This late-'80s coming-of-age road film is an Estonian/Latvian coproduction.

BRATISLAVA: Slovak director Juraj Štepka has started production on his historical drama General Golian / Generál Golian, which is based on the true story of Ján Golian, one of the main organisers and commanders during the Slovak National Uprising.

BUDAPEST: Gábor Herendi is currently in postproduction with the romantic comedy Passionate Women / Szenvedélyesnők, an adaptation of one of the most successful Czech films, Women in Temptation / Ženy v pokušení (2010) directed by Jirí Vejdelek and produced by Infinity Prague.

BELGRADE: Serbian filmmaker Goran Stanković is prepping the feature film Our Father / Oče naš for its world premiere in the Discovery section of the 50th Toronto International Film Festival (4- 14 September 2025). The debut feature is a coproduction between Serbia, Italy, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

LJUBLJANA: Peter Bratuša has started shooting Gaja’s World – Follow me / Gajin svet 3, the second sequel to the adventure comedy and Slovenian 2018 box-office hit Gaja’s World. The shooting will wrap up in August 2025.

SKOPJE: Venice Golden Lion and Academy Award winner director Milcho Manchevski is currently shooting his eighth feature film Leaving Copacabana / Zbogum, Kopakabano in the capital city of North Macedonia.

BUDAPEST: The Hungarian director Lili Horvát will start shooting My Notes on Mars / Jegyzeteim a Marsról this summer in Budapest and Vienna. The Hungarian/Austrian/French/Bosnian coproduction stars Mackenzie Davis and Rupert Friend.

BRATISLAVA: The acclaimed Slovak director Jonáš Karásek is finishing production on his new sports comedy Dream Team. The film is inspired by a true story from the Paralympics in Sydney 2000.

TBILISI: Acclaimed Georgian-French director Géla Babluani will start shooting his highly anticipated biopic Young Stalin, starring Cosmo Jarvis, in Tbilisi on 24 July 2025. The British/Georgian coproduction will then move to Bucharest. Los Angeles-based Upgrade Film Sales has already acquired its international sales.

NICOSIA: Cypriot director/writer Christos Georgiou is currently in postproduction with his feature film Worthy / Axios, a Cypriot/Greek comedy supported by the Cyprus Deputy Ministry of Culture.