BULGARIA / The Bulgarian National Film Centre opens an online platform

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The Bulgarian National Film Centre (NFC) has launched a digital platform filmcenter.bg. The free platform, available in English, offers foreign producers a directory of national crews, companies and actors. The goal is to make organising film shoots in Bulgaria easier for foreign companies. It also features a guide to natural locations and monuments. In the …

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BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA / “Evil Eye” the first Bosnian horror film starts post-production

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Evil Eye, the first feature of director Adnan Hrustemović, is starting post-production. It is also the first horror film made in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Evil Eye follows a retired surgeon whose life is turned upside down after meeting a young woman who claims to be the victim of a terrible curse and haunted by a monster. He …

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EGYPT / Cannes Festival: Aisha Can’t Fly Away shown during Critics’ Week

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Egypt returns to Cannes with Morad Mostafa’s Aisha Can’t Fly Away. It is presented in Un Certain Regard at the 78th Cannes Film Festival. This brutal thriller explores Cairo’s underworld. It centres on a young Somali caretaker, Aisha, living in the marginalized neighbourhood of Ain Shams, home to a large community of African migrants. The …

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JORDAN / The Amman International Film Festival launches a platform for web series

The Amman International Film Festival, Awal Film, is launching a new programme to encourage web series: the Spark Series. Developed as part of the Amman Film Industry Days, it will give selected creators of web series the chance to present their projects to an audience of film-makers, producers, distributors and industry professionals. The goal is …

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SLOVENIA – TURKEY / The Turkish series The Ottoman licensed to be shown in Slovenia

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The Turkish company ATV Distribution is marketing the historical series The Ottoman in Slovenia. The 528-episode series is a historical epic retracing the Turkish-Byzantine wars. It has been broadcast in many countries and is available in several languages, including English, Arabic, and Russian. Müge Akar, Sales Manager at ATV Distribution, said: “The Ottoman is one …

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MOROCCO – SPAIN / Cannes Film Festival: filmed in Morocco, Sirat is chosen for the official competition

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Shot in Morocco, Olivier Laxe’ Franco-Spanish film Sirat has been selected for the official competition of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. The story is set in Morocco’s Jbel Saghro mountains where Louis, accompanied by his young son, is searching for his daughter who disappeared at an electronic music festival. Their search takes them across the …

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CYPRUS / Cyprus Film Days announces its winners

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The 23rd Cyprus Film Days International Festival closed on April 12th with the Best Film Award in the International Selection going to the French-Italian-Georgian co-production, April. Directed by Déa Kulumbegashvili, April is about an obstetrician-gynaecologist working in a small hospital in Georgia. When a baby dies during childbirth her professional and moral reputation is called …

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