PRAGUE: Here are the projects selected for the 14th East Doc Platform. The biggest industry event for Central and Eastern European documentaries is scheduled for 13 – 19 March 2025.

PARIS: Flow, The Zone of Interest and The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent received awards at the 50th Césars, held in Paris on 28 February 2025.

POTSDAM: The European Film Business and Law LL.M. | MBA programme has opened the applications for its 4th edition, starting in October 2025. This executive master's programme is a collaborative initiative by the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, the University of Potsdam, and the Erich Pommer Institut.

ZAGREB: Croatian screenwriter and director Sara Hribar has passed away at the age of 39. She is the co-director of Lada Kamenski, a film for which she received the Breza Award for Best Newcomer and Best Screenplay at the 2018 Pula Film Festival.

VALLETTA: The American survival thriller Ascent directed by Adam Green and starring Inanna Sarkis, Gregg Sulkin, Paris Berelc and Timothy Granaderos will launch production in Malta at the end of February 2025.

VILNIUS: The 3rd edition of the SMART7 Competition includes seven films by emerging directors such as Laurynas Bareisa, Eugen Jebeleanu and Kamila Tarabura.

BUCHAREST: Kontinental '25, the new feature by the Romanian agent provocateur Radu Jude started selling in Berlin right after its world premiere and before winning the Silver Bear for Best Script at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival (13 – 23 February 2025).

LOS ANGELES: Gints Zilbalodis’ Academy Award-nominee Flow received the award for Best International Film at the 40th Independent Spirit Awards held on 22 February 2025.

BUDAPEST: The inaugural Hungarian Animation Pitch Forum will be held on 28 March 2025 at the Toldi Cinema in Budapest, organised by the Friss Hús Short Film Festival with support from the National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI).