GRANTS: Slovenia Announces Production Grants
LJUBLJANA: The Slovenian Film Centre has distributed 5.46 m EUR for the production of seven feature films, including four debut features. The amount represents a 26% increase in total, compared…
Latvia Opens Foreign Film & Major Event Support Call
RIGA: The Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA) has launched the second round call for its Foreign Film Reception and Major Events Support Programme, making 3.26 m EUR available…
Series from FNE Partner Countries Supported by Council of Europe
STRASBOURG: Series from Slovenia, Serbia, Czech Republic and Poland are among the projects supported by the Council of Europe in its Pilot Programme for Series Co-Productions programme.
Year of French Central European Film 2025: Francophone Film Week Underway in Skopje
SKOPJE: Nine films are currently screened in the capital of North Macedonia as part of the Francophone Film Week (23 – 30 June 2025).
Projects from FNE Partner Countries Receive Eurimages Co-production Support
STRASBOURG: New international projects by Radu Jude, Pawel Pawlikovski, Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov, Kornél Mundruczó and Adina Pintilie, among others, received support at the second Eurimages Project Evaluation Session…
CEE Animation Forum 2025 Announces Lineup
PRAGUE: The CEE Animation Forum announced the official selection for its 13th edition. The leading platform for pitching, financing and coproduction in Central and Eastern Europe, and a key meeting…
Top Festival Programmers Head to dok.incubator 2025 to Meet Emerging Talents
OLOMOUC: Selectors from Sundance, CPH:DOX and Visions du Réel will gather at the dok.incubator workshop from 29 June to 7 July 2025 in Olomouc, Czech Republic, to preview upcoming documentaries…
Female Filmmakers Support Programme 2025 Announces Selected Projects
ZAGREB: The UNIQA SEE FUTURE Foundation, in cooperation with the Sarajevo Film Festival and Slano Film Days, announces the five film projects selected for the 2nd edition of the Female…
Year of French Central European Film 2025: French Film Festival in Belgrade Starts Today
BELGRADE: Serbian actress and director Mirjana Karanović is the patron of the 2025 edition of the French Film Festival in Belgrade, which is organised by the French Institute 25 –…
Winners of 2025 Transilvania International Film Festival
CLUJ-NAPOCA: To a Land Unknown by Mahdi Fleifel won the Transilvania Trophy in the official first- and second-time director competition of the 24th Transilvania International Film Festival (13 - 22…
Sashko Micevski Appointed Acting Director of North Macedonia Film Agency
SKOPJE: Editor and sound designer Sashko Micevski has been appointed acting director of the North Macedonia Film Agency by the Macedonian Government. He is replacing Veronika Buchkovska, who had held…
NATPE Budapest 2025 Starts Today
BUDAPEST: Over 100 exhibitors and partners, and over 400 buyers are taking part in NATPE Budapest, the most prominent global TV market focused on the CEE and EMEA regions, from…
Matthias Glasner’s Dying Wins 5th KRAFFT Film Festival
LJUBLJANA: The entire cast of Matthias Glasner’s Dying / Sterben won the Golden Apple Grand Prix for outstanding artistic achievements at the 5th KRAFFT Film Festival, held 13 -20 June…
Winners of UnderhillFest 2025
PODGORICA: Four Daughters by Kaouter Ben Hania won the Maslačak Award for Best Film in the International Competition of the 16th UnderhillFest international documentary film festival. Fiume o morte! by…
Sofia Hosts International Emmy® Awards Judging for the First Time
SOFIA: The International Emmy Awards® Semi-Final Judging was held in Sofia for the first time on 19 June 2025, with an expert jury evaluating projects in the Comedy category. The…
PRODUCTION: Serbian Auteur Mladen Đorđević Enters Postproduction with Love Room
BELGRADE: Arthouse director Mladen Đorđević has completed the shooting of his fifth feature film Love Room / Ljubavna soba, a solely Serbian production supported by Film Center Serbia.
North Macedonia's Cinema Admissions Drop 14% in 2024 Despite Increase in Screenings
SKOPJE: North Macedonia’s cinemas recorded 334,479 admissions in 2024, marking a 14% decrease from the 389,746 admissions reported in 2023, according to newly released data from the State Statistical Office.
PRODUCTION: Viesturs Kairišs’ Biographical Drama Ulya in Postproduction
RIGA: Viesturs Kairišs is currently in postproduction with a new biographical drama about the world famous basketball player Ulyana Semyonova. The film follows her path from an old-believers community on…
GRANTS: Croatia Announces Grants
ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC) has announced its new production grants for feature films, debut features, documentary, animated, short and experimental films, and minority coproductions, as well as its…
Year of French Central European Film 2025: Strong French Presence at Transilvania IFF 2025
CLUJ-NAPOCA: France is taking part in the 24th edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF, 13 – 22 June 2025) with films in several programmes, professionals in juries and…
