News about audiovisual in BALKANS region (Albanie, Bosnie-Herzégovine, Croatie, Serbie, Grèce, Macédoine, Roumanie, Slovénie)
Igor Šeregi’s Serbian-Croatian co-production The Wedding has been released in over 20 countries, including France, Italy, the United States, Australia and New Zealand. Produced by Eclectica (Croatia) and Viktorija Film (Serbia), The Wedding is Šeregi’s second feature. The central character is a successful Croatian entrepreneur. On his fiftieth birthday he learns that his company is …
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At the European Film Market during the Berlinale, the Maltese feature Żejtune, directed by Alex Camilleri, attracted buyers from 14 countries. Among others the film will be distributed in France, Italy, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro and Albania. Written and directed by Alex Camilleri, Żejtune follows the journey of a young woman …
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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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Wanting to increase its appeal as host for national and international film productions, Bulgaria is expanding its cash rebate scheme. The cap on rebates, initially set at €1 million, has been raised to €5 million per project. The percentage remains unchanged: productions can still be reimbursed up to 25% of their eligible expenses. This rebate …
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The 28th Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival took place from March 5th to 15th in cinemas and online. This year a total of 252 documentaries were screened, feature-length and short, including a record 80 world premieres, 32 international premieres and 11 European premieres. Greek documentaries were also well represented with 57 across the various categories. …
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Having closed in 2019, Zagreb’s much-loved Kino Europa cinema is currently being restored. With €6 million from the European Regional Development Fund, the total cost of the project is €11.6 million, covering building, restoration and conservation work plus modernising the technical side. At the project launch, Zagreb Mayor Tomislav Tomašević said: “We are finally gathered …
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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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