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«It’s not about building a slogan or a topic. It’s about building trust between the films.»
TRIESTE FF: The Trieste Film Festival is Italy’s key window onto Central and Eastern European cinema, and its 2026 documentary competition arrives as ten Italian premieres shaped by war, migration, labour, and the afterlives of institutions.
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«Intensity alone doesn’t create value»
INTERVIEW: East Doc Platform returns to Prague 19–25 March 2026 as Central and Eastern Europe’s key documentary industry meeting point. New manager Hana Kulhánková outlines a sharper, more human approach to matchmaking, time, and creative integrity.
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Pitch@Moldox: building a documentary pipeline in Chișinău
MOLDOVA: MOLDOX’s Pitch@Moldox 2025 turns emerging Moldovan docs into European-ready projects, from healthcare breakdown to VHS memory, war-scarred identity and landfill soundscapes.
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«Through cinema and films, she can talk more about her problems and about everything women face»
INTERVIEW: In Gaza, Dr Ezzalden Shlah stages cinema under a broken truce, where rubble replaces venues and women’s stories refuse to stay buried.
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«We are ten years old, but we are still young»
INTERVIEW: At ten years old, MOLDOX meets Moldova’s EU horizon and the war’s shadow with «Chaos. Reinventing Reality,» testing whether documentary can fortify a fragile public sphere.
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«The European glitch works on many levels»
ONE WORLD SK: Festival director Eva Križková speaks about funding cuts, access-first programming, and a new section called The European Glitch.
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«We do not believe in neutrality»
INTERVIEW: Inside Doclisboa 2025, Hélder Beja outlines political choices, funding hurdles, and urgent premieres across Portugal and Benelux this October in Lisbon.


