The Festival Beat N°1147 focus on RSIFF, Tallinn and AFM wrap

For the first time in the history of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, the winner of both the Grand Prix and the Audience Award is the same film – The Good Daughter, directed by Spanish filmmaker...

 

 

On November 21, the 24th Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event presented its awards at a joint closing ceremony with the Black Nights Film Festival. In total, 15 awards were given to film projects in various stages of scriptwriting, development, or post-production, along with two additional awards recognizing promising producers. Awards were also presented to the talents participating in Discovery Campus.   Discovery Campus Music Meets Film "Director-Composer Lab: Composing the...

 

 

  On the evening of 21 November 2025  at the closing ceremony of the Black Nights Film festival at the Alexela Concert Hall, the jurys announced the films deemed the best, including the winning films of the 25th Youth and Children's Film Festival Just Film. JUST FILM #YOUNGFILMMAKER AWARD The programme consisted of films that have been created during the PÖFF and Just Film scholarship call and are made by international school-kids themselves.  Sunflower Direct...

 

 

> AMERICAN FILM MARKET DAILIES The American Film Market® (AFM®) concluded its 46th edition in the new LA venue at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel

The American Film Market® (AFM®) concluded its 46th edition on Sunday, November 16, 2025 marking the Market’s return home to Los Angeles and its first-ever staging at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Century City.

AFM brought together sales and production companies, buyers, financiers, film commissions, and representatives from every corner of the independent industry across 83 countries for a dynamic week of dealmaking, screenings, conferences, networking, and events.

A total of 6,132 attendees visited the Market. Exhibition space at the Fairmont sold out and featured 285 registered companies from 35 countries, with the largest exhibitor presence after the United States (124) coming from the United Kingdom (23), France (20), Italy (17), Thailand (17), and Germany (11). AFM welcomed both returning companies and first-time exhibitors, contributing to a diverse mix of established and emerging players. 

 

500 buying companies from 61 countries, representing every major avenue of distribution participated in the Market, with most sending multiple representatives. Buyer attendance was consistent with 2024 overall, with a 17% increase in U.S. representation, which remained the highest among all territories. The United States was followed by Germany, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Italy, Canada, Japan, Turkey, Brazil, Australia, China, Mexico, India, Belgium, Hungary, Ukraine, and the Netherlands.

 

A new initiative of the Market was the Innovation Hub, developed in collaboration with Marché du Film / Cannes Next, which featured nine companies and guided AFM’s first slate of AI-focused sessions. These conversations brought to the stage leading voices shaping technology and entertainment, including Darren Frankel (Adobe), Will French (Fallbrook), Scott Greenberg (Othelia Technologies), Peter Leeb (Veritone), Scott Martin (Aspen IP Consulting and former Deputy General Counsel, Paramount Pictures), Lori McCreary (Revelations Entertainment), Bryn Mooser (Asteria/Moonvalley), Ted Schilowitz (Futurist, former Paramount & 20th Century Fox), and Todd Terrazas (FBRC.ai). Together, they explored how AI is reshaping creation, financing, legal frameworks, and production workflows across film and television.

Last American Film Market for Prewitt set to depart from IFTA at end of 2025

>  VENTANA SUR with Cyril Melcher and Bruno Chatelin

Palacio Libertad the new venue for the 17ᵗʰ edition of Ventana Sur to be held in Buenos Aires from 1 to 5 December

Ventana Sur Series selection announced for the 17th edition of Ventana Sur (Buenos Aires, December 1–5)

IFFI Goa 2025, 07: On the trail of the opening film, The Blue Trail, Berlinale Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize-winner Hoping to start with a bang, IFFI 2025 has chosen The Blue Trail s its opening film. Released in 2015, it is directed by Gabriel Mascaro. A Mexico-Chile-Netherlands-Brazil co-production, it is in Portuguese, with English sub-titles, and runs for 86 minutes. The Blue Trail can be categorised both as riding the twin genres of drama and sci-fi. Let us see what is known about the fi...

 

 

The Festival des 3 Continents, international event dedicated to cinema from Africa, Latin America and Asia announced its winners this evening in Nantes after eight days of encounters and discoveries without borders. The Festival is delighted to have welcomed 23 000 festival-goers for a record-breaking edition.   In a social and economic context significantly weakened by budget cuts, this 47th edition of the Festival des 3 Continents was pleased to see even larger..