News about audiovisual in BALKANS region (Albanie, Bosnie-Herzégovine, Croatie, Serbie, Grèce, Macédoine, Roumanie, Slovénie)
At the closing ceremony of the 66th Pula Film Festival on July 21st, Dana Budisavljevic received four Golden Arenas for her docu-drama The Diary of Diana B. Her film won the top award, the Grand Golden Arena for Best Festival Film, and she herself won the Golden Arena for Best Director. Her musicians, Nenad and …
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The 25th Sarajevo Film Festival will take place from August 16th to 23rd. 53 films have been selected from the 950 sent in – all from south-eastern Europe, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Each is in the running to win a Heart of Sarajevo in one of the four categories: feature film, documentary, short film and …
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The industry component of the Astra Film Festival, Doc Tank @AFF, will run on the festival sidelines from October 17th to 19th in Sibiu. Every year it brings together local and European documentary professionals to meet and develop projects together. Round tables and conferences about documentary production and distribution will be on offer. This year …
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The two journalists Thomas Iacobi and Angélique Kourounis continue their investigation into the Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn, shooting a new documentary on the subject — Golden Dawn: a Public Affair. Their first documentary, Golden Dawn, a Personal Affair, tried to get inside the workings of the party which is the third political force in …
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The city of Zagreb has announced that the Kino Europa cinema, which it owns and which is the only art cinema in the Croatian capital, will close on June 1st. The city’s contract with the Zagreb Film Festival (ZFF), which manages the cinema, will not be renewed so that renovation work can be carried out. …
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Sibel, the new film by the Franco-Turkish duo, was released in French cinemas on March 6th. Çağla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti’s third feature is about a young farmer, Sibel, beautifully portrayed by Turkish actress Damla Sönmez, and once again they explore themes dear to them, such as difference and emancipation within a patriarchal society. Sibel …
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Two Croatian minority co-productions: God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya, and Stitches, won awards at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival, which took place from February 7th to 17th. Both were co-produced by the Croatian production company Spiritus Movens. Directed by Macedonian film-maker Teona Strugar Mitevska, God Exists, Her Name is Petronya won the Ecumenical …
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