TALLINN: Released in cinemas on 11 September 2026, the new Estonian coming-of-age drama Morten, written and directed by Ivan Pavljutškov, has shown strong legs at the domestic box office. Over the course of its first three weeks in Estonian cinemas, the film has amassed 33,044 admissions and grossed 211,298 EUR.

NICOSIA: Unsettled (My Sea), an upcoming long documentary directed by Argyro Nicolaou, is currently in its final stages of production. The Cypriot project is wrapping its multi-year production timeline ahead of entering postproduction in early 2027.

LIPIK/DARUVAR: Tena Perišin and Janet Harris are currently filming From the Ashes of Lipik / Iz pepela Lipik, a Croatian documentary set for completion in 2027.

TALLINN: Estonian director/writer Katrin Ruus is currently filming her debut feature A Midnight Pilgrimage / Öised rännakud, which is scheduled to be completed in June 2027.

VIENNA: FNE spoke to Maria-Christine Rieder, programme co-director of Business and Legal Affairs at the International Screen Institute, about the complex intersection of law, finance, and content production, navigating the legal challenges of emerging digital technologies like AI, and how a holistic understanding of legal workflows across a project’s entire lifecycle empowers screen professionals to transform from reactive problem-solvers into strategic industry architects. This podcast is sponsored by the International Screen Institute.

VITEZ: Croatian theatre director Marina Petković Liker is currently in postproduction with her first long documentary Through the Process / Kroz proces (working title). Shot over five years, the project looks at the most vulnerable victims of war: children.

TALLINN: Belgian-Hungarian director/writer Miklós Keleti is currently wrapping up principal photography on his debut feature Soma, a coproduction between Belgium, Canada, Estonia, and the Netherlands, which is set to enter postproduction at the end of September 2026.

VENICE: FNE spoke to Olimpia Pont Cháfer, manager of European Work in Progress (EWIP) and the International Film Distribution Summit (IFDS), about the evolving landscape of international film distribution, the main strategic topics dominating this year’s summit in Hamburg, and the innovative digital tools helping independent films reach global audiences in a fast-changing market.