BUCHAREST: The 9th edition of the Bucharest International Dance Film Festival (BIDFF, 7 – 10 September 2023) is built around the theme of Clusters and is structured into five sections, conceived as “clusters”: Films, VR, Expand, Community, and, for the first time, Exchange.
BUDAPEST: The 6th edition of the Budapest Classics Film Marathon, organised by the National Film Institute – Hungary, will screen over 100 films in various locations in Budapest from 12 to 17 September 2023.
The upcoming 4to edition of Cinema Parallels film festival takes place in Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina from September 6th to 9th
Festivals 06-09-2023The theme for the 2023 edition is Documenting Realities: The Facto Fiction Films.
VENICE: FNE has teamed up with FIPRESCI critics attending the Venice Film Festival to rate the films in the Main Competition, Orizzonti, Venice Days and Critics Week giving the films 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 stars. 5 is the best and 1 is the worst. The ratings give an overview of critics’ opinions from a large number of countries and provide insights to what critics in many different countries think about the programme.
TALLINN: Anna Hints' documentary Smoke Sauna Sisterhood is among the five finalists for the 2024 LUX European Audience Film Award, presented by the European Parliament and the European Film Academy, in partnership with the European Commission and Europa Cinemas.
SOFIA: Sofia Animation Lab has announced a call for Bulgarian projects for the second edition of the Annecy-Bulgaria Animation Pitching Workshop 2023, which will be held in Sofia 30 October – 3 November 2023. The submission deadline is 30 September 2023.
COTTBUS: The 33rd edition of FilmFestival Cottbus will present the latest and best 150 Eastern European films from 7 to 12 November 2023. Accreditations are open and include a great offer for students.
Dear friends of the FFC, not long now - 9 more weeks, then it's that time again: we show the latest and best from the Eastern European film world! 150 extraordinary, unknown and exciting films will be shown in our cinemas from November 7 to 12. We are already looking forward to numerous guests who will make Cottbus even more international.
The North Macedonia Film Agency announced the following grants on 24 August 2023.
Films from FNE Partner Countries in European Film Awards’ Documentary Film Selection 2023
Region 31-08-2023BERLIN: Five documentaries from FNE partner countries are among the 14 long documentaries picked by the European Film Academy for the Documentary Film Selection of the European Film Awards 2023.
