News about audiovisual in BALKANS region (Albanie, Bosnie-Herzégovine, Croatie, Serbie, Grèce, Macédoine, Roumanie, Slovénie)
At the 70th Cannes Film Festival, the Greek Film Centre (GFC) and the French Centre National du Cinéma (CNC) renewed a three-year agreement to finance Franco-Greek co-productions. A first agreement was signed for the period 2014-2016. This was followed by an agreement for 2017, now this latest contract has extended the duration of the co-production …
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For several years Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Public Radio and Television (BHRT) has been experiencing serious financial difficulties. Now it looks as though the country’s only national public channel could soon close. For over a year the situation has been dramatically worsening. BHRT initiated a new method of financing, based on a tax paid by …
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The Short Film Festival “C’è un tempo per…l’integrazione” will take place in May, split between the towns of Sarnico and Bergamo (northern Italy). As well as the usual short film programme, the festival is also organizing various events (screenings, exhibitions) to mark the 25th anniversary of the start of the war in former Yugoslavia. As …
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My Happy Family, a Georgian film by Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross, won the Golden Olive Tree, the Best Cinematography Award and the FIPRESCI at the 18th Festival of European Film in Lecce, southern Italy. It is about an ordinary Georgian family, with three generations living together under the same roof. In this patriarchal society, …
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For the first time the Association du Cinéma Indépendant pour sa Diffusion (ACID) will organize three screenings at the Cannes Film Festival. These screenings, called collectively the ACID Trip, will be on May 19th, 20th and 21st. The idea is to give a free hand to a foreign independent film body for three screenings. The …
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The Romanian Cinematographic Centre has published a study showing that between 2015 and 2016 the audience for films produced in Romania more than doubled. Over the past two years, the number of tickets sold for Romanian films has risen from 204,000 to 428,000. Takings total €1.45 million, an increase of 140% for 2016. Paul …
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Submissions are now open for the 24th Astra Film Festival, taking place in Sibiu, Romania, from October 16th to 22nd 2017. The festival is organized by Astra Film (Centre for Documentary and Visual Education), the National Museum Astra in Sibiu, and the Astra Film Foundation. The aim of the festival is to encourage cultural and …
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