Two films co-produced with Lithuania – Solomamma and Becoming – have been selected for competition programs at this year’s Locarno Film Festival, while several Lithuanian industry professionals will participate in prestigious international networking initiatives.
MESTIA: The Georgian short film Tragedy without a Hero by Revaz Nasidze, and the French production Sophie Lavaud - The Final Summit by François Damilano won the Grand Prix, and Best Mountain Film, respectively, at the 5th Mestia International Short and Mountain Film Festival (29 July – 3 August 2025).
TBILISI: One of the most famous Georgian directors, Eldar Shenghelaia, has died at 92. He was known for Blue Mountains, or An Unbelievable Story, Unusual Exhibition, The Eccentrics, and Samanishvili’s Stepmother.
The program of the 20th Cinematik will be enriched with exclusive premieres of new Slovak and co-production films
Festivals 05-08-2025The Cinematik International Film Festival, which is one of the most important and most visited film events in Slovakia, has traditionally been profiled as a place for exclusive premieres of Slovak and co-produced films. It will be no different during its 20th anniversary year, which will take place in Piešťany from September 10 to 15. The festival will open with the Slovak premiere of director Tereza Nvotová's new film Father, but the program will also offer other titles with the participation of filmmakers such as Caravan, Hore je nebo, v doline som ja, Radeji zešílet v divočine, Veľký plastenecký výlet, Summer School 2001 and many others.
VALLETTA: The winners of the 65th Malta Cine Circle’s National Film Competition were officially presented at an event that included the screenings of some of the best Maltese short film productions.
RIGA: The Architect’s Cut section of the Riga International Film Festival’s (RIGA IFF, 16 - 26 October 2025) will be dedicated to the image and architecture of Paris on screen.
NICOSIA: HBO Max, the global streaming service from Warner Bros. Discovery, has expanded to 12 new countries including Cyprus, Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Malta.
Unconventional Parisian scale over nearly a century – feast of the metropolis image on screen in RIGA IFF programme section ARCHITECT’S CUT
Festivals 31-07-2025This October, Riga International Film Festival’s (RIGA IFF, 16-26 October) programme section ARCHITECT’S CUT will be dedicated to the image and architecture of Paris on screen. On the first weekend of the festival, at the Ziedonis Hall of the National Library of Latvia, the audiences will have a chance to experience two special screenings – The Great Arch, the Cannes-screened biographical drama on the making of the Grande Arche of Paris, and in collaboration with the prestigious Cinémathèque française (French Cinematheque), a selection of shorts by francophone cinema masters, Paris, As Seen By… La Cinémathèque française. Tickets to ARCHITECT’S CUT screenings are available on the festival website, rigaiff.lv or at Biļešu serviss sales points. More information: rigaiff.lv/architectscut.
The following production grants were announced by the Arts Council Malta on 4 July 2025.
ZAGREB: Sore: Istri dari Masa Depan by Yandy Laurens had over 1.5 m admissions in Indonesia in its first ten days in cinemas. The film starring Indonesian and Croatian actors was shot in Croatia in 2024, within the Filming in Croatia programme.
