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The 18th edition of the Eastern Neighbours Film Festival (ENFF) takes place from 4 to 8 November 2026 in Filmhuis Den Haag. For five days, the festival presents the best of new cinema from Eastern Europe and the former Eastern Bloc, with many films screening in the Netherlands for the first time
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Stuttering Fluidity – How My Father became a Sea Creature won the Cannes Docs Award and the Tënk Post Production Award at the Visions du Réel pitch, Nyon, April 2026.
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ENFF‘s festival section Between Film and Art of experimental and artist-driven cinema is hosted at De Balie in Amsterdam on March 21 and 28 at 17:00! Two films of patient attention and tender politics; and two film works where cinema becomes a brings. Including a dual 16mm live projection performance, followed by filmmaker Q&As.
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ENFF ON TOUR
27 October 7 p.m. LHC Utrecht
The Swan Song of Fedor Ozerov
by Yuri Semashko
Lithuania, Germany | 2025 | 78 min
premiere
Amid rumours of World War III, a young Minsk musician embarks on a frantic search for his lucky sweater. Although dressed in a whimsically surreal coat, the film becomes a poignant exploration of art, love, and resistance in a world teetering on the edge.
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ENFF ON TOUR
12 October 2 p.m. De Balie Amsterdam
Blum
by Jasmila Žbanić
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Germany | 2024 | 76′
Award-winning director Jasmila Žbanić presents Blum, Masters of Their Own Destiny, an extraordinary documentary about vision, resilience, and solidarity. Through the life of Emerik Blum, a post-WW2 socialist and founder of modern Sarajevo, the film recalls a time when workers believed progress belonged to everyone. Followed by a Q&A with the director.
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ENFF ON TOUR
2 October 7 p.m. Kino Rotterdam
Karavan
by Zuzana Kirchnerová
Slovakia, Czechia, Italy | 2025 | 100′
Join us in Rotterdam for the Dutch premiere of
Karavan by Zuzana Kirchnerová! In this poetic yet raw road movie, Ester, overwhelmed by motherhood, steals a caravan and flees to southern Italy with her intellectually disabled son David. A warm and deeply personal film inspired by the director’s own experience.
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ENFF ON TOUR
27 september 2.45 p.m. Rialto Amsterdam
Pavilion 6
by Goran Dević
Croatia | 2025 | 70′
We’re kicking off our festival season with a very special Dutch premiere! Pavilion 6, directed by Goran Dević, is set in a Zagreb vaccination centre during the COVID-19 pandemic. This quietly hilarious documentary captures ordinary people swapping jokes, voicing fears, and spinning wild theories—offering both a vivid portrait of a nation and a masterclass in observational humour. The screening will be followed by a video interview with the director and a glass of fine Croatian wine, kindly provided by the Croatian Embassy.
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The 17th edition of Eastern Neighbours Film Festival (ENFF) took place from 5 to 9 November 2025 in Filmhuis Den Haag. Five days celebrating the best of today’s cinema from across broader Eastern Europe — with focus sections, panels, Q&A’s, wine tastings, the New Talents Competition, a youth film, classics and film art and much more.
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Now Instant presented the Los Angeles première of Looking for Horses by Stefan Pavlovic on April 24, 2025. Following the screening, audiences enjoyed a discussion with director Stefan Pavlovic and writer/director Courtney Stephens.
