Welcome to the European Award Season with the Best of European Cinema
The European Film Month, now under a new name European Award Season returns to Chișinău. This year marks the festival’s third edition, offering audiences a selection of three 2025 films and three classic movies. Screenings will take place from December 5–14 at Cineplex Loteanu, with the opening film being It Was Just an Accident by Jafar Panahi, which won the Palme d’Or at the most recent Cannes Film Festival.
Alongside It Was Just an Accident, the premiere lineup includes Romeria by Carla Simon, also nominated for the Palme d’Or, and Joachim Trier’s new film, Sentimental Value, which took home the second prize at Cannes – the Grand Prix 2025. These three new releases will be paired with three European classics: Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blowup, Jacques Demy’s The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, and Wim Wenders’ Paris, Texas – all shown on the big screen in Chișinău for the first time.
This year, moviegoers can purchase a festival pass, allowing them to attend all six screenings with a single ticket. Additionally, the festival introduces a new format: “Double Bill”– two thematically linked films (one from 2025 and one classic) screened together, with a single ticket granting access to both.
The European Award Season in Chișinău is organized by Legur Films, under the auspices of the European Film Academy, in collaboration with the cultural project ПроЧтение, and with financial support from the National Cinematography Center and the European Union. Media partners include Moldova.org, NewsMaker, and Diez. Digital partner: Shifty Ads. Tickets are available exclusively on Unde.io.
Originally launched in 2022 as the European Film Month, the European Award Season aims to promote and celebrate films made in Europe or by European directors. The festival takes place simultaneously in over 100 cities across Europe, with the film selection drawn from a list of more than 20 nominees for the best European film of the year. It also gives audiences the chance to discover the finest European films of all time. The Chișinău edition began in 2023, and the first two Moldovan editions featured titles such as Anatomy of a Fall, Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World, The Girl with the Needle, La Dolce Vita, The Color of Pomegranates, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, All About My Mother, and many others.
