LOS ANGELES: The Latvian majority coproduction Flow directed by Gints Zilbalodis made history at the Golden Globe Awards 2025 as it beat Inside Out 2 and Moana 2 on its way for the Best Motion Picture – Animated Award. A coproduction between Latvia, Belgium and France, Flow was supported by the National Film Centre of Latvia, among others.

ZAGREB: The Croatian/Italian/Slovenian hybrid documentary Fiume o morte! directed by Igor Bezinović has been picked up by the Swiss-French sales agent Lightdox ahead of its premiere in the Tiger Competition section of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (30 January – 9 February 2025).

TRIESTE: This year’s programme of When East Meets West (WEMW, 19 – 22 January 2025) introduces a whole new series of Talks, targeting a unique variety of topics.

TRIESTE: Seven titles directed by Saulė Bliuvaitė, Sonja Prosenc and Konstantin Bojanov, among others, will compete in the Feature Film Competition of the 36th Trieste Film Festival, which will be held 16 – 24 January 2025.

PLOVDIV: Geri's Wish by Tonislav Hristov and White Shoulder for a Black Man by Anri Kulev won the awards for Best Documentary and Best Animated Film, respectively, at the 28th edition of the Bulgarian Documentary and Animated Film Festival Golden Rhyton, held in Plovdiv.

The 15th edition of When East Meets West kicks off in less than one month and we can’t wait to bring back to Trieste over 550 film professionals from more than 50 different countries. 

KOŠICE: The IFF ART FILM Košice has opened submissions for its 31st edition to be held 20 – 27 June 2025.

Special screening: 18 January 2025, 5 p.m. - Hotel de Ville de Paris

In the fourth and last meeting of 2024, German Films „Distribution Support" awards committee decided to support 31 foreign theatrical releases of German films. In total 257,490 Euro were allocated.

A diverse and exciting programme was unveiled for the 54th edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) on Tuesday, December 17, 2024. The festival’s next edition will be held from January 30 to February 9, 2025. The line-up includes 32 German productions and co-productions, including three films in the competition categories. 

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