News about audiovisual in BALKANS region (Albanie, Bosnie-Herzégovine, Croatie, Serbie, Grèce, Macédoine, Roumanie, Slovénie)
This year, PriMed celebrates its 30th edition. Thirty years dedicated to Mediterranean documentary film. Thirty years of showcasing the diversity and intensity of a region where the world’s stability is at stake. Our festival remains passionately committed to promoting documentary filmmaking through a rich and unique program, curated especially for this occasion. It takes place …
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In September Bulgarian film-makers and employees gathered to protest outside Nu Boyana Studios. Their concern: the potential closure of the studios when the privatisation agreement ends. In the mid-2000’s, the studio was privatised and purchased by Nu Image. A 20-year agreement was signed containing specific clauses preventing the buyer from dismantling the historic studio or …
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In collaboration with the Sarajevo Film Festival, which ran from August 14th to 21st, Macedonian director Teona Strugar Mitevska has launched a project called “Sister Sister”. Her aim is to draft a collective manifesto on the role of women in the audiovisual industry in all the countries of former Yugoslavia. According to its originator the …
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According to a statistical report from the Romanian Film Centre, the country’s cinemas achieved a record revenue of €63 million in 2025. Admissions remained stable compared to 2024, with a total of 11.2 million tickets sold. According to Film New Europe the increase in revenue appears to be primarily driven by an 8.8% increase in …
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Romanian director Cristian Mungiu, twice winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes for his films 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007) and Fjord (2026), has spoken about the problems plaguing the Romanian film industry and called for its restructuring. In a public address the director revisited what he considers to be the “ten …
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The Film Centre of Montenegro becomes an associate member of the RE-ACT fund for 2026-2028. The RE-ACT initiative, launched in 2015 by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the Friuli-Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund and the Slovenian Film Centre, strengthens co-production ties between Croatia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia (Italy) and Slovenia. This year marks RE-ACT’s expansion to other European regions, …
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The winners of the 19th Beldocs International Documentary Film Festival, which took place in Belgrade from May 20th to 26th, were announced at the closing ceremony. Among the nine films in the International Competition, the Best Film Award was presented to Srđan Kovačević for his documentary The Thing to Be Done (Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia). Set …
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