The organizers of the 77th Cannes Film Festival have announced this year’s selection. The Festival runs from May 14th to 25th. In the Official Competition 19 feature films are competing for the Palme d’Or, with 12 European directors, including the Italian Paolo Sorrentino with his new film Parthenope and the Greek Yorgos Lanthimos with Kinds …
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CROATIA / HRT adapts the Norwegian series “Skam”
First broadcast in 2015 in Norway, NRK’s series Skam will be adapted in Croatia by HRT. After numerous adaptations in France, Spain, the Netherlands, the United States and Belgium, the series will be launched in Croatia next autumn on HRT1. The series follows a group of teenagers, with a different main character for each season. …
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CROATIA / Igor Jelinović’s first feature in post-production
After a 25-day shoot in Zagreb, Split and on the island of Hvar, Igor Jelinović’s first feature, Honey Bunny, is now in post-production. Written and directed by Jelinović, the film tells the story of a woman who, having cheated her sister from inheriting the family home on the island of Hvar, decides to take care …
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BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA / A series about the war in Bosnia, “A Life’s Worth”, is being prepared
The Swedish production company Yellow Bird, affiliated to Banijay Nordic, is in pre-production for A Life’s Worth, a drama series written by Mona Masri and Oliver Dixon and directed by Ahmed Abdullahi. Adapted from Magnus Ernström’s novel of the same name, it is set in late 1993, during the war in Bosnia. Swedish UN soldiers …
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GREECE / The Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival announces the winners
The 26th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival (March 7th to 17th), complete with 250 international documentaries, has announced its award winners. There were 12 documentaries in the international section, competing for three awards. The prestigious Golden Alexander went to My Stolen Planet by director Farahnaz Sharifi and the Silver Alexander to Lidia Duda’s Forest. The jury …
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SLOVENIA / Eight features supported by the Slovenian Film Centre are being made
The Slovenian Film Centre has announced that 8 feature films it is supporting will be shot in 2024. One of the films listed, Girl of the Night, began filming in February. It is about a young kleptomaniac who foolishly steals a bike from a young woman who believes she is a crime-fighting superhero – for …
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GREECE / The festival Beyond Borders presents its poster
The 9th Beyond Borders, the international documentary festival held on the Greek island of Kastellorizo, will run from August 25th to September 1st, and to publicize the event the organisers have revealed the Festival poster. This year’s theme will be the concept “twice a stranger”. As the press release says, this notion reflects “the exchange …
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