Tales from the Magic Garden Makes Its World Premiere at Berlinale Generation Kplus 2025: The animated feature film Tales from the Magic Garden will have its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival 2025 in the Generation Kplus competition. The stop-motion film, inspired by the children’s fairytale book Of Unwanted Things and People by Czech author Arnošt Goldflam, celebrates the art of storytelling. With a unique blend of fantasy, humor and a sensitive exploration of loss, it shows how imagination can help families stay close and find joy even in tough times.
WEMW 2025 | First GMM Residency for Ukrainian filmmakers launches in Trieste
Press releases 19-01-2025FILM INDEPENDENT, WEMW AND EAVE ANNOUNCE THE FIRST GLOBAL MEDIA MAKERS RESIDENCY IN EUROPE FOR UKRAINIAN FILMMAKERS
BRATISLAVA: American editor Jay Rabinowitz, Romanian producer Ada Solomon and French editor Juliette Welfling are special guests of the 12th edition of the Visegrad Film Forum (VFF), which will be held in Bratislava from 19 to 22 March 2025.
The 12th edition of the Visegrad Film Forum will unveil the behind-the-scenes world of cinema in Bratislava from March 19–22. Among the event's highlights is a special appearance by acclaimed editor Jay Rabinowitz, renowned for his work on 8 Mile, Requiem for a Dream, and The Tree of Life, who has collaborated with well known directors like Jim Jarmusch and Darren Aronofsky.
LOS ANGELES: The Latvian majority coproduction Flow directed by Gints Zilbalodis made history at the Golden Globe Awards 2025 as it beat Inside Out 2 and Moana 2 on its way for the Best Motion Picture – Animated Award. A coproduction between Latvia, Belgium and France, Flow was supported by the National Film Centre of Latvia, among others.
ZAGREB: The Croatian/Italian/Slovenian hybrid documentary Fiume o morte! directed by Igor Bezinović has been picked up by the Swiss-French sales agent Lightdox ahead of its premiere in the Tiger Competition section of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (30 January – 9 February 2025).
TRIESTE: This year’s programme of When East Meets West (WEMW, 19 – 22 January 2025) introduces a whole new series of Talks, targeting a unique variety of topics.
TRIESTE: Seven titles directed by Saulė Bliuvaitė, Sonja Prosenc and Konstantin Bojanov, among others, will compete in the Feature Film Competition of the 36th Trieste Film Festival, which will be held 16 – 24 January 2025.
PLOVDIV: Geri's Wish by Tonislav Hristov and White Shoulder for a Black Man by Anri Kulev won the awards for Best Documentary and Best Animated Film, respectively, at the 28th edition of the Bulgarian Documentary and Animated Film Festival Golden Rhyton, held in Plovdiv.
WEMW UNVEILS ALL THE SECRETS OF THE WORKS IN PROGRESS SECTIONS, EAVE SLATE AND INSPIRATIONAL LABS
Press releases 22-12-2024The 15th edition of When East Meets West kicks off in less than one month and we can’t wait to bring back to Trieste over 550 film professionals from more than 50 different countries.
