The sixth edition of the European Arthouse Cinema Day is set to take place in over 600 cinemas across the world on Sunday, 14 November 2021.

Slovak film The Golden Land wins the Festival President's Award

From 28 October to 4 November, the first retrospective of Slovenian films shot between 1956 and 2020 will take place in China. A total of six Slovenian feature films will be screened. The retrospective will open in the Chinese capital of Beijing, at the local Film Archive. All films will be subtitled in Chinese and English and will later be screened in other major Chinese cities as well.

The 31st FilmFestival Cottbus returns to local cinemas from 2nd to 7th of November and presents its programme of 170 films from 40 (co-)production countries, for the first time, in seven venues and on a total of ten screens. In addition, there will be digital cinema in streaming, parallel to the festival and extended until 16th of November. The festival opens with the competition entry ABTEIL NR. 6, a railroad movie between East and West, metropolis and province and two opposing people, which won several prizes in Cannes.
In addition to the four competitions and traditional programme sections, the 31st FFC highlights Slovakian cinema, the Turkish film landscape and the transformation processes after the collapse of the Soviet Union. From Slovak classics from 1946 to current genre and auteur films to full-dome films. From film heritage to science fiction, from slapstick to interactive film games, from the quirky horror comedy to the crisis of meaning of a dissatisfied mainstream director, from new works by old masters like Srdjan Dragojević, Petr Bebjak or Levan Koguashvili to masterful debuts by new talents. Female characters often take centre stage, often the unusual surprises - from the family comedy about a family mother's lesbian coming out, which became a box office hit in Poland, to the contemplative concept film about a mother and son who brought their husband and father out of a coma after a stroke through sheer empathy and togetherness.

On the occasion of the 34th European Film Awards on 11 December, the European Film Academy proudly announces the nominations for the award category EUROPEAN SHORT FILM 2021.

The official selection of the Baltic Event Co-Production Market 2021, taking place on 24-25 November proves that, despite the challenging times, filmmakers have continued to put hard work and dedication into the development of their projects. As Industry@Tallinn &; Baltic Event's focus country this year is the United Kingdom, the UK is represented with two projects.

The jubilee 25th Ji.hlava IDFF kicks off tomorrow and we are sharing with you the latest news about the festival’s opening film, awards, juries as wells as the film sections, which have not yet been introduced – Czech Joy and Constellations.

A dramedy “Troubled Minds” (dir. Raitis Abele and Lauris Abele) will have its World premiere at the Tallinn Black Nights Film festival, the First Feature Competition on the 20th of November. The film is selected together with other 20 debuts from the whole world.

NEW: the documentaries section becomes competitive