Powerful human stories from the Baltic Sea region and world premieres of Latvian films – 9 contestants for RIGA IFF's main prize announced
Festivals 11-09-2025The epicenter of the Riga International Film Festival (RIGA IFF, 16–26 October) is the RIGA IFF Feature Film Competition, which this year will have 9 selected features from Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Ukraine, and Sweden competing for the festival’s main prize. Screenings at cinema Splendid Palace will welcome audiences to emotionally intense documentary and fiction films, exquisite examples of auteur cinema, and expressive human stories, representing different film movements, traditions, and screen languages. Tickets to the screenings are available on the festival website, rigaiff.lv or at Biļešu serviss sales points.
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Participants Announced for Lithuania’s First Training Program for Emerging Film Producers ‘UP!’
Press releases 11-09-2025This October, Vilnius will host the first season of ‘UP!’, Lithuania’s only training program designed for emerging film producers seeking to launch their international careers. Taking place on October 6–10, the initiative will bring together seven promising Lithuanian producers for intensive training and networking opportunities. “UP!” is a satellite initiative of the Baltic Pitching Forum, the largest short film industry event in the Baltic States.
RIGA: The Ukrainian/ Norwegian project Missing in Action directed by Kateryna Holovko and Marharyta Melnychuk received the Baltic Sea Docs Award at the 29th Baltic Sea Docs.
HAMBURG: A total of 27 projects have been selected from a record number of over 240 applications for the 8th edition of the industry event European Work in Progress (EWIP). The event will be held in Hamburg from 29 September to 1 October 2025. For the first time, EWIP will be held in Hamburg as part of the Filmfest Hamburg Industry Days in cooperation with Filmfest Hamburg and Moin Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein.
BUCHAREST: The 11th edition of the Pustnik International Screenwriting Residency started at Romania’s Port Cultural Cetate, on the Danube bank, on 9 September 2025.
The 11th edition of Pustnik International Screenwriting Residency, focused on first-time filmmakers, begins today at Port Cultural Cetate, on the Danube bank.
the participants of the upcoming 8th edition of the industry event European Work in Progress (EWIP), which will take place in Hamburg from 29th of September to 1st of October 2025 have
been selected. 27 film projects were chosen from a record number of more than 240 applications. All participating projects are in the final stages of production and are on track to play an important role in the international film industry of the near future.
SIBIU: The acclaimed documentary event Astra Film Festival has announced the selection for its five competition programmes, including a new competition section, DocShorts. The festival will be held 17 – 26 October 2025 in the heart of Transilvania and Romania, Sibiu.
