Slovak cinema has a strong presence at the 2025 edition of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), which started yesterday. The festival programme includes three Slovak films: Action Item by Paula Ďurinová, Better Go Mad in the Wild by Miro Remo, and Bardo by Viera Čákanyová.

From 14 November, the 24th edition of Industry@Tallinn &; Baltic Event – the largest gathering for audiovisual professionals in Northern Europe – kicks off in Tallinn and online. Over eight days, the event will host around 200 lectures, workshops, masterclasses, and market meetings, bringing together a vibrant community of film and drama series professionals.

ZAGREB: Croatian/Slovenian/Serbian joint The Second Diary of Pauline P. / Drugi dnevnik Pauline P. by Neven Hitrec had one of the most successful openings of a children's film in Croatian cinemas ever with 23,965 admissions and 141,697 EUR gross in its first weekend.

BUCHAREST: Catane, the first feature film by innovative Romanian writer/director Ioana Mischie, has been nominated for Emiliano Mazzenga’s Outstanding Original Score at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards, in the Independent Foreign Film category.

LOS ANGELES / BUCHAREST / ROME The long-anticipated foreign feature CATANE, written and directed by Ioana Mischie, earns its first-ever nomination at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA) for Emiliano Mazzenga’s breathtaking original score — nominated among the five best film scores worldwide in the Independent Foreign Film category.

ZAGREB: Thirteen new Croatian video games were presented by Zagreb GameDev and the Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC) at a special event held on 7 November 2025.

TALLINN: Just Film, the youth and children’s film festival of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF), celebrates from 7 to 23 November 2025 its 25th anniversary with a record number of premieres.

What's Slovak in Tallinn?

Today, we bring you the news about the Slovak representation at the 29th edition of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF), one of the most important film events in Northern Europe, taking place from November 7 to 23, 2025.

PILSEN: CEE Animation Forum, the leading regional pitching, financing, and co-production market for European animated projects, announced its winners in Pilsen on 6 November 2025 after two days of pitching sessions, one-on-one meetings, networking, and a panel discussion focused on co-development funding for European animation.

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