News about audiovisual in BALKANS region (Albanie, Bosnie-Herzégovine, Croatie, Serbie, Grèce, Macédoine, Roumanie, Slovénie)
A new five-part drama series, broadcast by the Serbian national television RTS, has split the country. Based on archive images and documents, “Porodica” (The Family) shows the controversial arrest of Slobodan Milošević, former president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and his extradition to the International Court of Justice at The Hague exactly twenty years …
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The Annecy International Animation Film Festival’s Short Film Competition will feature “All These Sensations in My Belly” by Marko Dješka. Released in 2020, this 13-minute short follows Matia’s transition from male to female and her struggles to establish an intimate relationship with a heterosexual man. A graduate of Zagreb’s Academy of Fine Arts, director Marko …
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The Sarajevo Festival, Zagreb Festival, Belgrade Auteur Film Festival and Montenegro Film Festival are jointly setting up the first regional Balkan film festival. Organised by the newly-created Network of Festivals of the Adriatic Region and with funding from the European Creative Europe programme, this Balkan film festival is the “first gathering of four major film …
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Romanian director Radu Jude won the Golden Bear at the 2021 Berlinale for “Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn”. The 71st Berlinale took place online between March 1st to 5th, reduced from its usual eleven days to just five. “A vitriolic portrait of contemporary society, from the military to the religious, not forgetting the nouveau riche and …
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Croatian film-maker Dalibor Bari’s “Accidental Luxuriance of the Translucent Watery Rebus” is a surprise nomination for the 2021 Oscars. This Croatian feature is an experimental film, a rarity in the animation category. The film is about Martin and Sara, fleeing from an oppressive system they have been fighting against. Together they are trying to escape …
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Thanks to a collaboration between Courrier International and Gledam.bg, major Bulgarian films will be available for free. Contemporary works, Bulgarian classics, documentaries and children’s films will all be subtitled in French. Cinephiles will have privileged access to films such as “Дами канят” (Women’s Choice), “С деца на море” (With the Children at Sea) and “Крадецът на праскови” (The …
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Released in 2020, “Oaza” (Oasis) is a co-production between France, Slovenia, Bosnia Herzegovina and the Netherlands. Presented at the Venice Film Festival, this dramatised film takes us to the heart of an unusual love triangle: Marija, Dragana and Robert are three young people with learning disabilities, living in a specialized institution. The audience becomes immersed in …
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