PRAGUE: The International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival One World will launch a competition for virtual reality projects at its 25th edition, set to take place in Prague 22 – 30 March 2023.

BUCHAREST: Avatar: The Way of Water has become the highest grossing film in Romania of all time, with 6.89 m EUR / 33,901,068 RON.

REGION: New European streaming service SkyShowtime will launch in the Czech Republic, Hungary, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia on 14 February 2023.

BELGRADE: The 16th Kustendorf International Film and Music Festival, initiated by Emir Kusturica, has handed its Golden Egg Award to Letter to a Pig (Israel) directed by Tal Kantor.

BUDAPEST: The Hungarian Motion Picture Festival is prepping a special 3rd edition from 7 to 10 June 2023 as one of the three towns hosting the screenings, Veszprém, is the 2023 European Capital of Culture.

BERLIN: Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are Countries in Focus at the upcoming Berlinale European Film Market (16 – 22 February 2023), the industry platform of the Berlin International Film Festival (16 – 26 February 2023).

PARIS: EO by Jerzy Skolimowski, My Sunny Maad by Michaela Pavlátová, and Granny’s Sexual Life by Urška Djukić and Émilie Pigeard have been nominated for the 48th César Awards.

ZAGREB: The co-development funding RE-ACT (Regional Audiovisual Cooperation and Training) announced the eight winning projects for 2022.

WARSAW: Estonian director Anna Hints was presented with the Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary for Smoke Sauna Sisterhood, while Lithuanian director Marija Kavtaradze received the Directing Award: World Cinema Dramatic for Slow at the Sundance Film Festival, which wrapped 29 January 2023.