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    • New Talents Open Call 2025
      As the only competitive program at ENFF, the New Talents Competition invites filmmakers or artists with their first, second or third short film, to compete for an Audience Award. Submit your film till 21 August 2025.
    • On Tour: Chajdas’s Imago at Cavia, Amsterdam
      ENFF lands in Cavia, Amsterdam for the first time! On Friday 28 February, we screen the post-punk psychological drama Imago by Polish director Olga Chajdas.
    • NTC Award Ceremony
      New Talent Competition gives young filmmakers from Central, Eastern and Southern Europe the opportunity to present their outstanding debut or second film to the public. Join us on Sunday 1 December at 19h
    • Music at ENFF
      The Eastern Neighbours Film Festival welcomes special musical guests each year to enrich our program. For this 16th edition, we’re thrilled to present two talented young musicians: guitarist Antonio Peršak (CR) and violinist İdil Yunkuş (TR). Together, they will perform a traditional Balkan dance and folk song, highlighting the beauty of this music through the… Read more: Music at ENFF

New Talents Competition

This year we introduce our first ever competitive program! Eastern Neighbours Film Festival invited young filmmakers with their first or second film after school to compete for an Audience Award (€1000).

We were delighted to receive a total of 83 submissions from all over Eastern and South Eastern Europe. We were truly impressed by the great quality and variety of films.

The final selection consists of 8 films: the black-and-white poetic essay BOUNDARIES from Belarus; the experimental video work NUIT (Austria, Poland); a dark comedy from Russia – CREW 3,14; two family stories from Poland – CAMOUFLAGE and BORDER CROSSING; the observational documentary THEN COMES THE EVENING from Serbia; a neighbourhood story COMMUNITY GARDENS from Lithuania and a musical poem situated in the Chernobyl area – PRIPYAT PIANO from Czech Republic.

Watch these beautiful films from 1 til 8 November and vote for your favourite one on our social media! The films will be accessible for the viewers in The Netherlands only – don’t miss this chance!

And last but not least, we will hold two moderated zoom discussions with the filmmakers on November 6 & November 7, which will be free and open to the public. Stay tuned for more information. We hope to see you soon!

Kristina Daurova & Stefan Pavlovic