Category: BALKANS

News about audiovisual in BALKANS region (Albanie, Bosnie-Herzégovine, Croatie, Serbie, Grèce, Macédoine, Roumanie, Slovénie)

OPENING OF REGISTRATIONS FOR THE 28th EDITION OF PriMed

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PriMed, the International Festival of Mediterranean Documentary and Reportage is launching film registrations for the 28th edition. Directors can register their documentaries for free, directly online on the festival website www.primed.tv. The deadline to send the works is April 14, 2024. The PriMed – International Documentary and Mediterranean Reportage Award is open to all authors, …

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CROATIA / The animated short “Eeva” preselected for the Oscars

Eeva

Out of an initial list of ninety three, Eeva, a Croatian animated short directed by Lucija Mrzljak and Morten Tšinakov, is one of 15 international films preselected to compete for an Oscar in the Best Animated Short Film category. Producer Draško Ivezić attributes this success to the quality of Croatian animation and the Croatian Audiovisual …

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MEDITERRANEAN / LabDoc: call for projects open

MEDITALENTS

MEDITALENTS has opened the project call for its 5th LabDoc. Registration is open until December 3rd 2023. Each year, LabDoc chooses eight writers from the Mediterranean region and supports them as they work on their first or second documentary. The projects are selected by a committee of six producers and writers. The aim is to …

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BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA / Filming “The Pavilion”

The Pavilion

Director Dino Mustafić has started production on his second feature film, The Pavilion. Principal photography took place in September in Zenica and the rest is planned for March 2024. Written by Croatian journalist Viktor Ivančić, in collaboration with Emir Imamović, the screenplay is about an armed rebellion by residents of a retirement home who feel …

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CROATIA / For the first time Netflix includes 12 Croatian films in its catalogue

Netflix

Although it arrived in Croatia in 2017, this is the first time the streaming platform Netflix has included 12 contemporary Croatian films in its catalogue, all from the distributor Blitz.The films were released online gradually between August 18th and September 15th. The first film offered by Netflix, The Diary of Paulina P. by Neven Hitrec …

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SERBIA / Filming “Frost”

Frost

Director Pavle Vučković began shooting his film Frost on September 7th, wrapping in October. The main location was the Pavlovac Monastery on Mount Kosmaj, near Belgrade, plus some days in Negotin and Lepenski Vir. Also scripted by Vučković, the film is about a detective, Mirjana, sent to eastern Serbia to investigate the disappearance of a …

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ROMANIA / The Astra Film Festival celebrates its 30 years

Astra film festival

Created in 1993, the Astra Film Festival this year celebrates 30 years of showing documentary films from Romania, Eastern Europe and more broadly from around the world. The festivities will take place from October 15thto 22nd in Sibiu. Astra has become one of the main platforms for documentary cinema in Romania and Eastern Europe and …

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