Romania to Extend Cash Rebate Scheme for Another Three Years
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…
Winners of 20th Anniversary Gopo Awards
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…
Tarika Wins Best Film at Vasil Gendov Awards 2026
SOFIA: Milko Lazarov’s Tarika received the Best Feature Film and Best Director awards, among others, at the 5th edition of the National Film Festival “Vasil Gendov” - Union of Bulgarian…
Slovak Film Week 2026 Merges into Slovak Film Day
BRATISLAVA: The traditional Slovak Film Week will squeeze this year into the Slovak Film Day, which will take place on 12 May 2026 at Kino Lumiere in Bratislava.
Projects Announced for 12th European Genre Forum
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…
Arts Meet Entrepreneurship at Romanian Creative Week 2026
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…
Latvian Film Marathon
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…
Free Screenings of Hungarian Films on FILMIO
BUDAPEST: FILMIO, the streaming platform of the National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI), is celebrating the Hungarian Film Day screening domestic films free of charge from 27 April to 10…
Baku Evenings at Green Theatre
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.
FNE at Cannes Film Festival 2026: Paradise City Sales Picks Up Romanian Minority Coproduction Titanic Ocean Ahead of UCR Premiere
BUCHAREST: Greek director Konstantina Kotzamani’s debut feature Titanic Ocean, which was partially filmed in Romania as a Romanian minority coproduction through deFilm, has been acquired by Paradise City Sales (formerly…
Nino and Hold Onto Me Win Cyprus Film Days 2026
LIMASSOL/NICOSIA: The French production Nino by Pauline Loquès, and Hold Onto Me (Cyprus, Denmark, Greece) by Myrsini Aristidou received the main awards in the Glocal Images – International Competition, and…
Malta Releases Cinema Statistics for 2025
VALLETTA: New data detailing Malta’s theatrical performance in 2025 reveals a stable exhibition market, with total box office earnings surpassing the 4.2 m EUR mark.
Big Time Celebration of Our Film Month in Croatia
ZAGREB: The 4th edition of Our Film Month will screen 25 Croatian long films to domestic audiences in May 2026. To celebrate the extraordinary 2026 box office results, the lineup…
New Film School Opens in Estonia
TALLINN: Jõhvi Film School will open in the autumn of 2026, run by the Ida-Virumaa Vocational Education Center (IVKHK) and the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF).
PRODUCTION: István Szabó Shoots Embers with Viggo Mortensen and Ralph Fiennes
BUDAPEST: Filming has begun in Budapest on Oscar-winning István Szabó’s new period drama Embers / A gyertyák csonkig égnek, an adaptation of Sándor Márai’s 1942 novel or, more precisely, an…
A Fox under a Pink Moon and The Mountain Won’t Move Win 2026 ZagrebDox
ZAGREB: Iranian A Fox under a Pink Moon by Mehrdad Oskouei and Soraya Akhlaghi, and Petra Seliškar’s The Mountain Won’t Move (Slovenia, North Macedonia, France) got the Big Stamps in…
FNE Podcast: Nia Marinova, Production Designer and Founder of Grey Pigeon Studios
SOFIA: FNE spoke to Nia Marinova, production designer and founder of Grey Pigeon Studios, about bridging the gap between European locations and the Indian film industry.
Flow Voted Latvia’s Coin of the Year 2025
RIGA: The silver colector’s coin Flow has been voted with almost 12,000 out of 29,000 votes as "Latvian Coin of the Year 2025” in a public poll organised by the…
Historical Sites from FNE Partner Countries Added to EFA’s Treasures of European Film Culture
BERLIN: Stalker’s Path in Tallinn, Splendid Palace in Riga, and Roman Well in Belgrade are among the ten new places added by the European Film Academy to the Treasures of…
Mediterrane Film Festival 2026 Announces Dates and New Features
VALLETTA: The Malta Film Commission proudly announces the return of the Mediterrane Film Festival for its fourth edition, taking place between 21 and 28 June 2026 across Valletta and a…
