The submission deadline for all open calls — work-in-progress sections (Last Stop Trieste and This Is IT), EAVE Slate, Inspirational Labs and the Films x Games Connection Hub — has been extended to November 5 at 23.59 CET, to allow as many producers as possible to finalise their applications to the following programmes.
The Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) has announced the full programme for its 30th edition, featuring 230 feature films and 259 shorts from 87 countries. Taking place in Tallinn and Tartu from 6–22 November 2026, PÖFF and its youth and children’s film festival Just Film and PÖFF Shorts, dedicated to short films, together present 107 world premieres and 47 international premieres. Tickets are now on sale.
ZAGREB: Boris Kolar, one of the founders of the Zagreb School of Animated Film, a prominent director, animator, cartoonist, screenwriter and set designer, and one of the key authors of the legendary Professor Baltazar, passed away in Zagreb at the age of 94.
TALLINN: Tallinn's Old Town has recently played early 20th-century London for the historical Indian drama The India House directed by Ram Vamsi Krishna. Producers chose Estonia over competing locations, including Lithuania, Bulgaria, and even the UK.
BOX OFFICE: Romanian Distributors Rethink Strategy as Domestic Commercial Crowd-Pleasers Dominate Local Charts
Romania 27-10-2026BUCHAREST: Paul Negoescu’s family film Atlas of Universe is the first domestic film launched in Romanian cinemas together with a free educational programme for primary school students, while Dan Dinu’s new documentary Wild Delta is offering discounted tariffs for children groups within the Școala altfel and the Green Week programmes of the Ministry of Education.
Shooting Underway in Dubrovnik for Apple TV Series Disavowed Starring James Marsden
Croatia 27-10-2026DUBROVNIK: The Mayor of Dubrovnik, Mato Franković, has confirmed on social media that Apple TV action thriller series starring Hollywood actor James Marsden is currently filming in town.
TALLINN: Tallinnfilm Studios has launched an international tender for the design and construction of a 6,000-square-metre film complex in Paljassaare, set for completion in 2028.
SIBIU: If Pigeons Turned to Gold by Pepa Lubojacki won the Emerging Voices of Documentary International Competition, while To Hold a Mountain by Biljana Tutorov and Petar Glomazić is the winner in the Eastern Europe Competition at the 33rd Astra Film Festival, held in Sibiu 17 - 25 October 2026. A Train Passes Every Day and It Never Stops by Vlad Petri won the Romania Competition.
At the Awards Ceremony for the 19th CinEast Festival (Central and Eastern European Film Festival in Luxembourg, 9-25 October 2026) held on Saturday 24 October at Kinepolis Kirchberg, the International Jury awarded the Grand Prix to Dua by Blerta Basholli and the Special Jury Prize to Tell Me What You Feel by Łukasz Ronduda. The Jury also decided to give a Special Mention to the film Only the Beautiful Things To Look At by Ivan Ostrochoský. The Critics' Prize, awarded by the Press Jury, went to Shame and Money by Visar Morina. The Young Talents Award went to I Matter by Alina Şerban. Finally, the Audience Award for Best Feature Film went to In Hell with Ivo by Kristina Nikolova. Photos from the Ceremony.
The CinEast 2026 Opening night on 14 October, with the screening of Fatherland by Paweł Pawlikowski at Kinepolis Kirchberg, was a great success with over 600 spectators, warmly received by our audience. A selection of photos and video from the evening is available on our Facebook page: photos, video.
