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CROATIA / Two Croatian co-productions win awards at the Trieste Film Festival

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Two Croatian co-productions, Between Revolutions and The Sea in Between, won awards at the Trieste Film Festival ( January 19th to 27th). The Sea in Between, a short drama film by Lun Sevnik, won the PAG platform Jury Award. The Slovenian, Croatian and Czech co-production was recognized for its ability to capture “the soul of …

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SERBIA / The 17th Kustendorf Festival of Film and Music closes

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Created by the director Emir Kusturica, the Kustendorf Film and Music Festival ran from January 23rd to 27th. 536 short films were submitted to the festival, with just 17 selected for the competition – but a selection containing a wide diversity of films, such as Maša Šarović’s 9-5 (Serbia), Nikos Kyritsis’ Highway of a Broken …

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EUROPE / The Council of Europe supports seven series co-productions

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The results of the first evaluation session of the Council of Europe’s Pilot Programme for Series Co-production have been announced. Seven co-productions will be supported for a total of €3 million. Among the titles selected, the Greater Adria series (Croatia, Italy, Germany and Belgium) will receive €500,000. It is the first series co-production involving Croatia …

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SERBIA / Vladimir Tagić’s Yugo Florida starts post-production

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Vladimir Tagić, known for two television series, Morning Changes Everything and Children of Evil, has begun post-production on his first feature film, Yugo Florida. Co-scripted with Milan Ramšak Marković, the scenario was inspired by the last seven months of Tagić’s father’s life. At first the film follows the monotonous routine of a night-shift worker on …

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

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

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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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BALKANS / Launching a regional academy for film and television

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During the 3rd Ponta Lopud Film Festival (June 20th– 24th), the organisers launched the Regional Film and TV Academy together with their colleagues at the Sarajevo Film Festival. Their aim is to develop the mentoring, exchange and promotion of film and television projects produced in all the countries of former Yugoslavia. It will organise professional …

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