Category: BALKANS

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

SERBIA / Winners at the Belgrade International Film Festival

FEST

The 51st Belgrade International Film Festival, FEST, ran from February 24th to March 5th. Described by its organizers as “one of the most important festivals on the continent and a pillar of Belgrade’s cultural life”, this festival has screened many international films since it was created in 1971. Film-makers like Theo Angelopoulos, Bob Rafelson and …

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EUROPE / SkyShowtime’s European launch

SkyShowtime

On February 14th the video-on-demand platform SkyShowtime completed its largest expansion to date. Nearly 8 countries in Central and Eastern Europe now have access to its services. These countries are Albania, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. Since February 28th Spain and Andorra have also been part of this expansion, …

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SERBIA – FRANCE / Shellac buys the international rights for “Music”

Music Angela Schanelec

The international rights for the Serbian film Music have been bought by the French company Shellac. The film premiered at the 73rd Berlinale. Written and directed by Angela Schanelec, it is freely inspired by the Oedipus myth. Abandoned at birth on a stormy night in the Greek mountains, without having known either his father or …

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GREECE / The 25th TiDF names the films in competition

Festival International du Documentaire de Thessalonique

The 25th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival (TiDF) will take place from March 2nd to 12th. The organizers have named the 34 films selected in the various competitions. This year’s programme explores many themes including female emancipation and the environment. In the International category, there are twelve films competing for the Gold and Silver Alexanders. Among …

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GREECE / Episodic Program, a writing course

Oxbelly

The Greek non-profit organization Oxbelly has announced a training course, Episodic Program, for international writers wanting a career in television. It will take place from June 3rd to 11th in Costa Navarino, Greece. Over the course of a week, 10 to 12 scriptwriters will attend masterclasses and take part in collective exercises in the “writer’s …

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EUROPE / Going European; a writers’ training programme for series

Going European

The French Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC) is launching a training programme for pairs of French and non-French writers, focussing on issues specific to co-authoring international series. It is doing this in partnership with the Séries Mania Festival (France), the Conecta Fiction & Entertainment co-production and networking market (Spain) and the …

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SLOVENIA / Slovenian Film Centre: assessment of 2022 and news for 2023

Slovenian-Film-Center

On January 26th the Slovenian Film Centre (SFC) held a press conference in Ljubljana to announce the results of its activities in 2022 and its projects for 2023. Following the 2022 call for applications, the SFC financed seven fiction features, including Marko Naberšnik’s Whites Wash at Ninety, Damjan Kozole’s 20 Metres and FC Freedom by …

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