Reality is rapidly changing before our eyes and over the past few years the global audiovisual industry has been experiencing a radical transformation with new market trends, consumption habits, digital tools, innovative technologies and unpredicted forms of intelligence. In these ever changing times WEMW 2026 wants to reflect on this (r)evolution and the possible sense of uncertainty that our industry is currently going through.
JURY GRAND PRIX
Awarded for films in the Main Competition. A monetary award in the amount of €1,000.
EXCLUSIVE: Romanian Director Alina Grigore Preps Sophomore Feature Starring Melissa Leo and Vlad Ivanov
Romania 04-12-2025BUCHAREST: Romanian director Alina Grigore is currently in preproduction with her sophomore feature Final Deliberation / Juriul, starring Academy Award–winner Melissa Leo alongside Romanian actors Vlad Ivanov and Dana Rogoz. Gabi Suciu of Romania’s Atelier de Film is producing.
ZAGREB: The shooting of the Sci-Fi fantasy thriller Štriguni (working title) by Croatian director/screenwriter Aldo Tardozzi has started in Završje (Istria).
BERLIN: Romanian producer Ada Solomon is the new chair of the Board of the European Film Academy, as Mike Downey’s term has come to an end. Her new deputy chairs are Dutch producer Leontine Petit and French consultant Matthieu Darras.
Includes new chair Ada Solomon and deputy chairs to be Leontine Petit and Matthieu Darras
LJUBLJANA: The best new short animated films from Central and Eastern Europe are running in the Main Competition of the 22nd Animateka Festival, taking place in Ljubljana from 1 to 7 December 2025.
Filming of Estonian-Latvian-Polish co-produced feature film Serafima has wrapped
Press releases 02-12-2025The gripping drama Serafima by acclaimed director Veiko Õunpuu tells a story of moral choices and survival under authoritarianism in Soviet Estonia in the 1960s. It is a tale of love poisoned by fear, violence, and emotional trauma. The leading roles in the film – based on award winning writer Vahur Afanasjev’s novel Serafima and Bogdan – are played by Estonian actor Priit Võigemast and Georgian actress Tinatin Dalakishvili who is known to the wider public from the Netflix film Extraction 2.
PRODUCTION: Veiko Õunpuu Wraps Filming Estonian/Latvian/Polish Coproduction Serafima
Estonia 02-12-2025TALLINN: Estonian actor Priit Võigemast and Georgian actress Tinatin Dalakishvili play the leads in acclaimed Estonian director Veiko Õunpuu’s new film Serafima, a story of moral choices and survival under authoritarianism in Soviet Estonia.
BERLIN: Agnieszka Holland’s Franz received two new nominations at the 38th European Film Awards in the European Costume Designer and European Make-up & Hair Artist categories.
