EXCLUSIVE: Radu Jude to Start Shooting Love Diptych Next Month
BUCHAREST: Daring Romanian helmer Radu Jude is prepping his new feature film, Love Diptych / Cum vine blînda noapte (working title), whose shooting is scheduled to take place in June…
GRANTS: Latvia Announces Grants
RIGA: The National Film Centre of Latvia announced the results of its annual production grant competition on 6 May 2026. A total of 1,257,775 EUR was distributed to 14 projects…
PRODUCTION: Marko Nikolić in Final Stages of Postproduction with Long Live the Factory!
BELGRADE: Serbian director Marko Nikolić is in final postproduction with his 80-minute documentary Long Live the Factory! / Fabrika ne sme da stane, a coproduction between Serbia and Bosnia and…
More Than a Dream Expected to Start Production This Month
ZAGREB: Emmy Award-winning Croatian-American director Jack Baric is set to begin production on a documentary about the Croatian national basketball team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona in May…
Tet Launches Channel Dedicated to Latvian-Produced Content
RIGA: Latvian technology and entertainment company Tet has launched Tet+ Classic, the first TV channel dedicated entirely to content produced in Latvia.
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…
