Flóra Anna Buda Selected for La Résidence du Festival de Cannes 2025

BUDAPEST: Young Hungarian animator/director Flóra Anna Buda is among the six talents selected for the 49th session of La Résidence du Festival de Cannes.
01-04-2025

Confession Wins Febiofest 2025

BRATISLAVA: The Slovak short film Confession by Rebeka Bizubová was awarded Best Film in the Short Films section, while Hungarian Lesson Learned / Fekete pont by Bálint Szimler was awarded…
30-03-2025

Slovenian Exhibition Is Transforming

LJUBLJANA: Slovenian exhibition is undergoing changes as Cineplexx closed its venue in Maribor, and the City cinema in Kranj, which combined commercial and art film programme, has also closed its…
30-03-2025

BOX OFFICE: Domestic Comedy Mentors is Third Most Successful Title of 2025 in Romanian Charts

BUCHAREST: Romanian director Adrian Tapciuc’s debut feature Mentors / Mentorii is 3rd among the 65 titles released in Romania in 2025, after topping the weekly charts on its first weekend.
30-03-2025

The Celebration Wins Croatian Society of Film Critics Award

ZAGREB: The Croatian Society of Film Critics awarded the Oktavijan Prizes for 2024 on 24 March 2025 at Zagreb’s Kinoteka cinema. The Croatian/Slovenian/Serbian coproduction The Celebration directed by Bruno Anković…
30-03-2025

Urška Djukić’s Little Trouble Girls Sells Abroad

LJUBLJANA: Urška Djukić’s debut feature Little Trouble Girls has been sold to the USA as well UK and some other European countries. This intimate coming-of-age drama, which won the FIPRESCI…
28-03-2025

Matchbox Shoots in Hungary and Slovakia

BUDAPEST: Apple Original Films’ Matchbox, an adaptation of the Mattel car toy brand directed by Sam Hargrave, is currently shooting in Hungary and Slovakia, among other countries.
27-03-2025

Year of French Central European Film 2025: The 13th Francophone Film Festival Held in Slovenia

LJUBLJANA: The 13th edition of the Francophone Film Festival was held at the Kinodvor Cinema and the Slovenian Cinematheque in Ljubljana from 20 to 26 March 2025, organised by the…
27-03-2025

PRODUCTION: Maria Popistașu and Alexandru Baciu Put Final Touches on Y

BUCHAREST: The acclaimed Romanian actress Maria Popistașu and screenwriter Alexandru Baciu are in final postproduction with their debut feature as directors. Y is a Romanian/Greek coproduction supported by the Romanian…
25-03-2025

Kino Pavasaris 2025 Winners

VILNIUS: The French/Italian/Georgian drama April by Dea Kulumbegashvili won the award for best film in the main competition of the 30th Vilnius International Film Festival Kino Pavasaris (7 – 23…
25-03-2025

Winners of 29th Sofia IFF and 22nd Sofia Meetings 2025

SOFIA: Honeymoon by Ukrainian director Zhanna Ozirna received the Sofia City Film Award in the International Competition for First and Second Films at the 29th Sofia International Film Festival.
25-03-2025

Dot.on.the.Map Ιndustry Days’ 2025 Selected Projects and Programme

LIMASSOL: Producers, directors and scriptwriters from the Mediterranean region can still apply to the 6th Dot.on.the.Map Ιndustry Days. The coproduction, training and networking platform of the 23rd Cyprus Film Days…
25-03-2025

ZagrebDox 2025 Announces Competition and Industry Programme

ZAGREB: The 21st ZagrebDox International Documentary Film Festival will take place from 30 March to 6 April 2025 at Kaptol Boutique Cinemas in Zagreb, featuring 107 documentaries across 16 programmes.…
25-03-2025

Songs of Slow Burning Earth Wins One World Film Festival 2025

PRAGUE: The 27th One World International Human Rights Film Festival has announced the winners for its main part held in Prague 12 – 20 March 2025. Songs of Slow Burning…
23-03-2025

Winners of East Doc Platform 2025

PRAGUE: The main award of the 14th East Doc Platform was presented to the Polish project Inner Landscapes by Zofia Sawicka. In all, 19 awards were announced at the biggest…
23-03-2025

Year of French Central European Film 2025: The 15th Francophone Film Days in Hungary Pays Homage to Female Artists

BUDAPEST: The Francophone Film Days took place in Budapest from 27 February to 9 March, and it continues in Hungary till 31 March 2025. This year, the festival presents 23…
23-03-2025

FNE Podcast: Matija Šturm on CEE Animation Conference GO! 2025

NOVA GORICA: FNE spoke to Matija Šturm, programme consultant with CEE Animation Workshop, about this year's programme and the outcomes of the meeting, as well as the most important issues…
23-03-2025

Meeting Point Vilnius 2025 Announces Winners

VILNIUS: Meeting Point Vilnius (MPV) has announced the winning projects of its latest edition held 17 – 20 March 2025.
21-03-2025

GRANTS: Croatia Funds 11 Minority Coproductions

ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Centre has distributed 496,500 EUR for 11 minority coproductions among 58 applications.
21-03-2025

Gopo Awards 2025 Nominations

BUCHAREST: The New Year That Never Came and The Moromete Family 3 lead the nominations for the 19th Gopo Awards with 13 nods each, followed by Three Kilometers to the…
21-03-2025