News about audiovisual in BALKANS region (Albanie, Bosnie-Herzégovine, Croatie, Serbie, Grèce, Macédoine, Roumanie, Slovénie)
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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In Beijing, the China Media Group (CMG) has signed a series of cooperation agreements with various public institutions from the Republic of Serbia, including Film Centre Serbia. Demonstrating the importance of these agreements, Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China, and Aleksandar Vučić, President of the Republic of Serbia were both present in …
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Romanian director Radu Jude is currently preparing to film his new feature Love Diptych, which is scheduled to begin in June. In an interview with Film New Europe (FNE), Jude explains that this project is a “dialogue with Roberto Rossellini’s L’Amore” and he hopes the film will express his indebtedness to his country, to the …
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The feature-length documentary Yugo Goes to America, directed by Filip Grujić and Aleks Borković, had its world premiere at the 23rd CPH:DOX, a film festival which took place in Copenhagen from March 11th to 22nd. This Serbian-Croatian co-production follows the film-makers’ journey as they cross the United States in their Yugo, a well-known car produced …
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