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.
RIGA: Latvian technology and entertainment company Tet has launched Tet+ Classic, the first TV channel dedicated entirely to content produced in Latvia.
On 6 May 2026, the National Film Centre of Latvia announced the results of its 2026 annual film production grant competition.
BUCHAREST: The continuation for another three years of Romania’s cash rebate scheme was approved on 4 May 2026, minister of Culture Demeter András announced on stage at the Gopo Awards gala, held in the evening of 4 May 2026 at the National Theatre “Ion Luca Caragiale” in Bucharest.
BUCHAREST: Radu Jude’s Kontinental 25 was awarded Best Long Film at the 20th edition of the Gopo Awards. Igor Cobileanski was voted Best Director for Comatogen, while TATA by Lina Vdovîi and Radu Ciorniciuc received the award for Best Documentary.
ZAGREB: Projects from countries including Slovakia, Georgia, Bulgaria, and Romania are among the eight projects chosen for the 12th European Genre Forum, a six-month development programme aimed at emerging European genre filmmakers and organised by the Imagine Fantastic FF (the Netherlands), Fantastic Zagreb FF (Croatia) and Industry@Tallinn &; Baltic Event (Estonia).
Eight projects have been chosen for the 12th European Genre Forum, a six-month development programme aimed at emerging European genre filmmakers. The selected projects represent eight different countries.
IAȘI: Romanian Creative Week 2026, the largest event dedicated to the creative industries in the European Union, held for the first time under the High Patronage of the President of Romania, brings to Iași from 13 to 24 May contemporary art, cinema, and entrepreneurship.
RIGA: To celebrate the 36th anniversary of the restoration of independence of the Republic of Latvia on 4 May, Riga’s Splendid Palace will host a Latvian Film Marathon throughout the day.
ZAGREB: Emmy Award-winning Croatian-American director Jack Baric is set to begin production on a documentary about the Croatian national basketball team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona in May 2026. Baric plans to premiere More Than a Dream at the LA28 Olympics.
