The Apulia Film Commission Foundation, in collaboration with the Film Centre of Montenegro, has published a call for applications to a new fund co-financing film projects in the southern Adriatic region. Projects for feature films, television series and documentaries originating in Montenegro, Italy or Albania can be submitted until April 20th 2026. The fund will …
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At the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, the documentary To Hold a Mountain directed by Biljana Tutorov and Petar Glomazić, won the Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema category. In the words of the jury: “This visually and emotionally stunning film transported us to a remote mountain top and into the most intimate moments of …
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Currently being organised, the third Slano Film Days will run from June 16th to 20th in the Croatian port town of the same name. Slano Film Days connects young film-makers with established professionals, to encourage dialogue and foster support for the participants as they develop their projects. The programme includes discussions, screenings, meetings and workshops …
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Five projects have been selected as part of the Female Film-makers Support Programme. Created in 2024 in conjunction with the Sarajevo Film Festival and Slano Film Days, this initiative supports and empowers the work of women film-makers from six southeastern European countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Romania and Bulgaria. As well as guidance it offers …
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During the Cannes Film Festival the Association of European Cinematheques launched their 6th Season of Classic Films. During the event a restoration grant of €70,000 was allocated to restore Bosnian director Ivica Matić’s Landscape with a Woman plus five of her experimental shorts. A director and cinematographer, Ivica Matić died aged 28 in 1976. She …
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The Balkan Documentary Centre has extended its call for applications for a training programme, BDC Discoveries. You have until March 10th to submit your projects. BDC Discoveries is a training initiative for professionals who are either from the Balkans or working on a Balkan-related topic and looking for a regional co-producer. Supported by Creative Europe …
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This year’s Fipadoc, which runs from January 24th to February 1st, will devote its Territorial Focus to the Balkans, with 22 documentaries. Among the first titles announced, Maja Novaković’s At the Door of the House Who Will Come Knocking? (Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina) takes us to the heart of Bosnia where an elderly and solitary man, Emin, …
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