Eastern Neighbours Film Festival

Groundbreaking stories and new voices

The seventeenth edition showcases award-winning and promising films, most of which are having their Dutch premiere. With urgent themes, new voices and in-depth panels, ENFF offers five days of film that transcend borders, cultures and generations.

Theme 2025

This year's theme is grief: How do filmmakers and (post-)conflict societies deal with personal and collective loss? In the Grief panel, Andamion Murataj (Man of the House) and Vladimir Tagić (Yugo Florida), among others, discuss how cinema can provide space for healing.

Highlights from the programme

• Broken Voices – raw drama about power and ambition in a girls' choir (winner at Karlovy Vary).
• Yugo Florida – a poignant portrait of a country in moral stagnation (Sarajevo award).
• Crickets, It's Your Turn – thriller from Kazakhstan about vulnerability and resistance.
• Blum – Masters of Their Own Destiny – documentary by Jasmila Žbanić about ideals, labour and progress.
• Where Have You Been – commemoration of Srebrenica, 30 years later.

There are also sections for experimental cinema (Between Film and Art) and the New Talents Competition, in which eight debutants compete for the audience award.

View the full programme here