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  • Meeting Point for Eastern European Cinema: FFC at the 37th Trieste Film Festival

    Meeting Point for Eastern European Cinema: FFC at the 37th Trieste Film Festival

    2026-01-22
    For the 37th time, the Trieste Film Festival is taking place in the northern Italian city of Trieste. Like the FilmFestival Cottbus, it focuses primarily on cinema from East Central and Eastern Europe. For 16 years now, the co-production market “When East Meets West” has been held in parallel—an event…
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  • FFC attends the Black Nights Film Festival in Tallinn

    FFC attends the Black Nights Film Festival in Tallinn

    2025-11-21
    The FilmFestival Cottbus was represented for the first time this year at the Black Nights Film Festival in Tallinn, one of Europe’s most important A-festivals and a central meeting point for filmmakers from around the world. Following the successful FFC focus Close-Up: Estonia, the visit to the Estonian capital offered…
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  • European Film Award nominations and Eastern European Oscar hopes

    European Film Award nominations and Eastern European Oscar hopes

    2025-11-19
    Yesterday, the nominations for the 2026 European Film Awards were announced, and two films that were screened just two weeks ago in the programme of the 35th FilmFestival Cottbus are now in the spotlight: the animated film DOG OF GOD (Raitis Ābele, Lauris Ābele, LV/US, 2025, 95 min), shown in…
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  • Impressions from the 35th FFC

    2025-11-18
    Here you can discover impressions from the 35th FilmFestival Cottbus:
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  • The Award Winners of the 35th FFC

    The Award Winners of the 35th FFC

    2025-11-12
    Director Ivona Juka has been awarded the Main Prize of the 35th FilmFestival Cottbus. Her Croatian production BEAUTIFUL EVENING, BEAUTIFUL DAY received the main award worth €15,000. The film impressed the International Festival Jury for its courage “to address untold stories, to open dialogue, to look at old wounds with…
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Impressions from the 35th FFC

Here you can discover impressions from the 35th FilmFestival Cottbus:
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Throughout the year, the team of the filmfestival cottbus are guests at numerous European film festivals.
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