ZAGREB: Igor Šeregi's Croatian/Serbian comedy The Wedding / Svadba registered the best cinema opening for a Croatian film ever, with 170,496 admissions. The Wedding surpassed Avengers: Endgame (2019), which attracted 90,000 viewers in Croatia during its opening weekend.
BUCHAREST: The Yellow Tie, a Romanian/British biopic of the famed Romanian composer Sergiu Celibidache directed by his son, Serge Ioan Celebidachi, and starring John Malkovich, is second in the overall 2025 box office in Romania. Other domestic films are in the fifth, ninth and tenth spots.
STRASBOURG: On 22 January 2026, Malta has become the 40th member country of the Council of Europe’s Eurimages fund.
Cercamon Picks Up Hold Onto Me, the First Cypriot Film Selected for Sundance Film Festival
Cyprus 25-01-2026NICOSIA: Myrsini Aristidou’s debut feature Hold onto Me / Krata Me, which has its world premiere on 26 January in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, has been acquired by Cercamon.
FNE at Berlinale 2026: Two Restored Films by Judit Elek in Berlinale 2026 Selection
Hungary 25-01-2026BERLIN: Two films by Judit Elek, A Hungarian Village / Istenmezején and Encounter / Találkozás, which were restored by the National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI) through its Film Archive division, will screen in the Forum Special Programme of the 76th Berlin IFF (12 – 22 February 2026).
BUCHAREST: The Apollo 111 Cinema will open in Romania’s capital city on 29 January 2026.
The triumph at the most prestigious international movie festivals of Hungarian classics restored by the National Film Institute Hungary just keeps on going! Organizers of Berlinale starting on 11 February have announced that restored versions of Judit Elek pictures A Hungarian Village (Istenmezején 1972-73-ban) and Encounter (Találkozás) starring Iván Mándy are to be screened in the Forum Special Programme.
“Fantasy” by Kukla wins the Trieste Award for the best feature film at the 37th Trieste Film Festival
Festivals 25-01-2026The feature film debut of the Slovenian director (shot, in part, in Trieste) tells the story of love, desire and the self-discovery of three rebellious young girls, starting from their encounter with a transgender woman.
ZAGREB: Igor Šeregi's Croatian/Serbian comedy The Wedding / Svadba had its Croatian premiere simultaneously on 13 screens at CineStar - Branimir Mingle Mall in Zagreb, a first-time ever for a Croatian film.
RIGA: Ten films will compete for the Herz Award in the Baltic Focus competition of the 6th international documentary film festival ArtdocFest/Riga (28 February - 8 March 2026). Nineteen titles have been selected for the ArtdocFest Open competition.
