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Fest Anča’s Winning Films – Our Bodies in a Collapsing World
The 18th Fest Anča International Animation Festival has announced its award-winning films and directors. The Anča Award for Best Animated Short went to I Died in Irpin, while the Best Slovak Animated Short was awarded to Overture. These winning titles are now one step closer to the Oscar® Award, as…
International collaborations and exciting prizes – RIGA IFF Baltic Music Video Competition call for entries still open
One of the four Riga International Film Festival (RIGA IFF) competition sections, the regionally unique celebration of the audiovisual art and music, has taken a new shape this festival edition, with expanded geographical reach and an exciting host of prizes. This year, music videos created by Baltic artists or produced…
KVIFF Central Stage Spotlights the Future of Central European Co-production: Fourteen Acclaimed Directors Unveil Their Next Films
Following up on the enhanced Central-European co-production focus announced earlier this month, the KVIFF Film Industry Office has just unveiled the films selected for this year’s brand-new KVIFF Central Stage showcase. The 14 projects from 8 different countries of Central Europe, seeking co-production and financing opportunities, sales, distribution or festival…
Transilvania IFF.24 Winners: Stories of Survival and the Past Claim the Festival’s Top Honors
The winners of the 23rd edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival were announced Saturday evening during the Closing Gala at the National Theatre in Cluj-Napoca. The Transilvania Trophy, worth €10,000, was awarded to To a Land Unknown (UK), an intense drama about two Palestinian refugees living in Athens, caught…
Golden Apples Award Performances That Blur the Line Between Reality and Fiction
Grand Prix goes to the cast of Dying, Special Mention to Slovenian debutante Jara Sofija Ostan
RIGA IFF FORUM opens submissions for feature and series market and short film feedback sessions
RIGA IFF FORUM – the expanding industry programme of the Riga International Film Festival – opens submissions for its upcoming edition to be held in Riga, cinemas K.Suns and Splendid Palace from 23 to 25 October. Starting 17 June, projects will be accepted for RIGA IFF SHOWCASE, an efficient pitching…
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival to Present the World Premiere of a Cinematic Cut of the Successful Video Game Kingdome Come: Deliverance II
This year, KVIFF is expanding its range to include new trends combining various areas of the audiovisual industry. To this end, the festival’s Special Screenings section will show the world premiere of a cinematic cut of Warhorse Studios’ internationally successful video game – Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Cinematic Cut.
KVIFF's Industry Days Expand with New Small-Screen Showcase and Enhanced Central European Co-Production Focus
The 2025 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival’s Industry Days programme, which will take place from Sunday, July 6 to Wednesday, July 9 – adding an additional full day of activities – will offer a lot of significant innovations, including a sharpened focus on Central European co-production opportunities in an updated…
Karlovy Vary IFF Unveils Official Selection and Juries of the 59th Edition
„The 59th Karlovy Vary IFF’s Official Selection offers an exciting display of the diversity of contemporary arthouse cinema. Answering exclusively to their artistic integrity, the filmmakers who have accepted the invitation to premiere their brand new works in Karlovy Vary fearlessly protect the right to challenge expectations, to disrupt stereotypes…
Last Days for Early Bird: Industry Accreditation at Transilvania IFF.24
FILM INDUSTRY ACCREDITATIONS for TRANSILVANIA IFF.24
Year of French Central European Film 2025: Tribute to Hungarian Animation, from 8 to 14 June in Annecy
The International Animation Film Festival highlights Hungary's rich heritage of animated films, as well as the dynamism of contemporary Hungarian production, which has won awards around the world in recent years.
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BIDFF #11 Open Call: Short Dance Films
Submissions for the 11th edition of Bucharest International Dance Film Festival are now open! Filmmakers, dance artists, animators, visual artists and digital art makers are invited to submit their works for the International Short Film Competition of the festival set to take place between September 11–14, 2025, under the theme…
Short animated Silent Cinema by Macedonian Krste Gospodinovski will premiere in the official selection of Annecy FF
The new short animated film by the Macedonian author Krste Gospodinovski, "Silent Cinema", produced by Focus Pocus Films, in co-production with Flip Book Productions and Opal Production, and supported by the Film Agency, will have its premiere in the official selection of this year's edition of the most prestigious and…
Romanian Films @ Transilvania IFF.24
The most compelling Romanian films of the past year will be screened at the 24th edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival, in the much-anticipated Romanian Days section. This year's competition features eight feature-length films — including an impressive six documentaries — and 20 short films, competing for the Best…
The animated short film "The Magician", written, directed and produced by Bogdan Mureșanu, will have its world premiere in Annecy!
The animated short film "The Magician", written, directed and produced by Bogdan Mureșanu ("The New Year That Never Came") will have its world premiere in France, during the most prestigious and largest annual event dedicated to animation - the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, which will take place in June…
CONNECTING COTTBUS 2025: CALL FOR PROJECTS
The East-West co-production market connecting cottbus is now open for submissions of feature film projects for its 27th edition (5-7 November 2025).
23rd Cyprus Film Days International Festival - 4 - 12 April 2025 (Rialto Theatre, Limassol – Zena Palace, Nicosia)
Final frame with powerful stories and distinctive awards- April by Déa Kulumbegashvili (Georgia, Italy, France) and Smaragda by Emilios Avraam won Best Film Awards at the International and Cypriot Competition Section, respectively, at the 23rd Cyprus Film Days International Festival 2025.
Oscar® Fest Anča Presents the Best Animated Films
The 18th edition of the Fest Anča International Animation Festival brings a fresh selection of the most intriguing, diverse, and offbeat animations from the past two years. The festival will showcase films you won’t find in cinemas, online, or on Netflix—only in Žilina, from June 24 to 29, 2025.
