ENFF 2025 programme announced

Welcome to the 17th Edition of the Eastern Neighbours Film Festival!

The Eastern Neighbours Film Festival celebrates its seventeenth edition with an ambitious expansion of our curatorial vision. Over five days this November, we present bold cinema from across the wider Eastern Europe – films that challenge, provoke, and illuminate urgent questions of our time.

This year marks a significant step in the festival’s programmatic development. Our new section East of East debuts with three films from Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan, amplifying cinematic voices from the Caucasus and Central Asia – regions whose powerful storytelling has long deserved broader international recognition. Meanwhile, Between Film and Art returns for its second edition with an expanded focus on cinema at the intersection of visual arts and experimental filmmaking – a testament to the festival’s commitment to pushing boundaries. 

Our renewed curatorial team of four – Marko Grba Singh and Stefan Malešević leading main programming, Temra Pavlović curating “Between Film and Art“, and Stefan Pavlović overseeing the “New Talents Competition” – combines social urgency with artistic vision. This year’s selection spans a wide array of genres and forms: feature films and documentaries, essay films, comedies, youth cinema, shorts, animation, and more. From established masters such as Jasmila Žbanić and Želimir Žilnik, to emerging filmmakers featured in “New Female Voices” (Olga Korotko, Marina Sulima, Zuzana Kirchnerová, Luàna Bajrami) – these outstanding films intertwine pressing contemporary issues with deeply personal stories and inventive filmmaking.

This edition also carries special significance as we mark thirty years since the Srebrenica massacre, with a dedicated programme that honours remembrance and reflection.

ENFF is more than its screenings. Our programme includes thematic panel discussions, intimate talks with visiting directors, Q&A sessions, and social gatherings that have become integral to our festival’s spirit. Here, cinema becomes conversation; audiences become community – bridging our shared and diverse histories.

Join us from 5–9 November at Filmhuis Den Haag. And throughout the year, discover festival highlights across the Netherlands through our ENFF On Tour programme.

With gratitude to the incredible ENFF team – here’s to a beautiful festival edition ahead.

Koštana Banović, 
Festival Director