Cannes
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Trieste announces opening/closing films for 2026 festival
The 37th Trieste Film Festival, billed by organizers as Italy’s leading showcase for Central and Eastern European cinema, will run from January 16–24, 2026, with a double opening led by new films from Agnieszka Holland and Kirill Serebrennikov, and a closing-night screening of Ildikó Enyedi’s latest feature. The festival will open on January 16 with…
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DOK Leipzig unveils full 2025 competition lineup
DOK Leipzig (27 October – 2 November) has confirmed 78 films competing across four strands in 2025, including 30 world premieres. In the International Competition Documentary Film (feature-length), nine titles include five world premieres and three international premieres. The slate spans Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain and Switzerland. Selections include Melt…
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The Long Road to the Director’s Chair
GENDER: Restored 1973 footage from Berlin’s Women’s Film Seminar amplifies women’s voices on authorship abortion rights and power still urgent in today’s media.
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Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
GAZA: Another journalist killed… but this time in the spotlight of the Cannes Film Festival.
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Oberhausen 2025: Nature, demons, and us
REPORT: From mystical birds to salt mines, Oberhausen’s films question human-nonhuman boundaries and challenge cinematic conventions
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MIA Market 2025 launches at Cannes, emphasising international collaboration in audiovisual industry
The upcoming eleventh edition of MIA | Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo was officially launched on May 19th at the Italian Pavilion during the #Cannes Film Festival. The event brought together prominent figures from the global audiovisual sector to outline the strategic direction and expanded international scope of the 2025 edition, which will take place in Rome…
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DOCU/UKRAINE 2025 showcases five groundbreaking films amid a flourishing national cinema
The national competition program DOCU/UKRAINE at the 22nd edition of #Docudays UA# (6–13 June 2025) will present five critically acclaimed documentaries that reflect the rapid evolution and growing global presence of Ukrainian cinema. These films, already recognised at major international festivals such as Cannes, Venice, Berlinale, and Visions du Réel, return to Ukrainian screens with…
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My Armenian Phantoms
NOSTALGIA: Private family memories and collective cinematic captions intertwine in this intimate exploration of a dissolving past, which, if not captured in time, can easily disappear in the frenetic pace of our amnesiac digital era.
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Deadlines approaching for two major IDF documentary opportunities for Central and Eastern European filmmakers
Filmmakers from Central and Eastern Europe have two crucial Institute of Documentary Film opportunities to develop and present their documentary projects on an international stage as deadlines approach for the Ex Oriente Film Workshop 2025 and the Short Pitch Program at Millennium Docs Against Gravity. The Ex Oriente Film Workshop, a highly regarded training initiative,…