Category: BALKANS

News about audiovisual in BALKANS region (Albanie, Bosnie-Herzégovine, Croatie, Serbie, Grèce, Macédoine, Roumanie, Slovénie)

Croatia / Filming the British series “Hotel Portofino” in Zagreb

Hotel Portofino

The second season of Hotel Portofino, a British drama series created by Matt Baker and directed by Adam Wimpenny, is currently filming in Croatia. Broadcast in the United Kingdom on the BritBox platform, the series shows the daily life of wealthy tourists staying in a luxury Italian hotel in the 1920’s. Superficially light and comic, …

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Balkans / A cooperation agreement about a platform for actors

ReActing as a Star

On August 17th, during the Sarajevo Film Festival, the heads of five national film centres – Slovenian, Croatian, Serbian, North Macedonian and Montenegran – signed a three-year cooperation agreement. The agreement concerns a project called ReActing as a Star. Created in June during the second KRAFFT film festival in Slovenia (a festival focused on acting), …

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Serbia / Mila Turajlić presents her new documentary, “Ciné-guérillas: Scenes from the Labudović Reels”

Cine-guerrillas

Previewed at the Toronto International Film Festival, the first part of Mila Turajlić’s new documentary, Ciné-guerrillas: Scenes from the Labudović Reels, introduces the viewer to the work of Serbian cameraman Stevan Labudović (1926-2017). Labudović worked for many years at the Yugoslav state agency Filmske Novostiun. He is particularly known for his coverageof the war in …

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Romania / Filming Marian Crişan’s feature “Warboy”

Affiche Warboy

Romanian director Marian Crişan is currently filming Warboy. With an estimated budget of €700,000, the film is co-produced by two Romanian companies, Rova Film and Chainsaw Europe, and the Moldovan Parmis Film. Written by Marian Crişan, the film takes place towards the end of World War II. Nicu, a teenager, is very attached to his …

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Bosnia – Herzegovina / Winners at the Sarajevo Film Festival

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Created in 1995, the Sarajevo Film Festival aims to promote films from south-eastern Europe. It is now considered the region’s major festival. Its 28thedition ended on August 19thwith the jury announcing the winners. Among their many selections, the jury of the drama film competition, chaired by director Sebastien Meise, gave the Best Feature Film Award …

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Europe / A “green” charter for European film festivals presented in Serbia

Charte-verte

During the 29th Palic European Film Festival in Serbia, the MIOB (Moving Images Opening Borders) presented its Green Charter for film festivals. The MIOB is a platform bringing together 7 European festivals including the Palic European Film Festival and Les Arcs in France. Its aim is to promote discussion and the exchange of ideas between …

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Croatia / “The Uncle” wins the Jury Award at the Karlovy Vary Festival

The Uncle

The Uncle won the Jury Award at the 56thKarlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF). It is the first feature by Croatian directors Andrija Mardešić and David Kapac. Together with 11 other international feature films, The Uncle was shown in the festival’s Proxima competition, a category oriented towards contemporary cinema, focusing as much on the work …

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