BUCHAREST: The continuation for another three years of Romania’s cash rebate scheme was approved on 4 May 2026, minister of Culture Demeter András announced on stage at the Gopo Awards gala, held in the evening of 4 May 2026 at the National Theatre “Ion Luca Caragiale” in Bucharest.
BUCHAREST: Radu Jude’s Kontinental 25 was awarded Best Long Film at the 20th edition of the Gopo Awards. Igor Cobileanski was voted Best Director for Comatogen, while TATA by Lina Vdovîi and Radu Ciorniciuc received the award for Best Documentary.
ZAGREB: Projects from countries including Slovakia, Georgia, Bulgaria, and Romania are among the eight projects chosen for the 12th European Genre Forum, a six-month development programme aimed at emerging European genre filmmakers and organised by the Imagine Fantastic FF (the Netherlands), Fantastic Zagreb FF (Croatia) and Industry@Tallinn &; Baltic Event (Estonia).
Eight projects have been chosen for the 12th European Genre Forum, a six-month development programme aimed at emerging European genre filmmakers. The selected projects represent eight different countries.
IAȘI: Romanian Creative Week 2026, the largest event dedicated to the creative industries in the European Union, held for the first time under the High Patronage of the President of Romania, brings to Iași from 13 to 24 May contemporary art, cinema, and entrepreneurship.
RIGA: To celebrate the 36th anniversary of the restoration of independence of the Republic of Latvia on 4 May, Riga’s Splendid Palace will host a Latvian Film Marathon throughout the day.
ZAGREB: Emmy Award-winning Croatian-American director Jack Baric is set to begin production on a documentary about the Croatian national basketball team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona in May 2026. Baric plans to premiere More Than a Dream at the LA28 Olympics.
BAKU: The Ojag Contemporary Art Center will launch a new cultural project, "Baku Evenings", at the open-air Green Theatre in Baku on 20 and 21 June 2026.
goEast 2026 – Prize Winners at Festival of Central and Eastern European Film: Main Award for CLOUDS MOVE WITH GREAT SPEED by Roman Ostrovskyi // Best Director for Ivana Mladenović for SORELLA DI CLAUSURA
Festivals 03-05-2026CLOUDS MOVE WITH GREAT SPEED (UKR 2025), directed by Roman Ostrovskyi and produced by Iryna Kyporenko for MONS Production, has been honoured with the Golden Lily for Best Film (endowed with prize money in the amount of 10,000 euros) at the 26th edition of goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film in Wiesbaden. The International Jury, chaired by Salomé Alexi, explained its selection with the following statement: “From the entire competition, one film stood out with unquestionable urgency. It highlights the importance of documenting Russian war crimes in Ukraine. Created by a filmmaker who became a soldier out of necessity and personal responsibility, it bears witness to the unbearable and portrays humanity under inhuman circumstances. For their courage as director and producer, the jury awards the Golden Lily for Best Film to Roman Ostrovskyi and Iryna Kyporenko for CLOUDS MOVE WITH GREAT SPEED. We hope the clouds will move with great speed towards the sky of a peaceful and free Ukraine.”
