Category: BALKANS

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

MONTENEGRO / Director Srđan Vuletić shooting his new feature

Otter

Bosnian director Srđan Vuletić has started shooting The Otter in Montenegro’s capital, Podgorica. In an interview with Cineuropa, Vuletić explains that his new feature “is about an introverted 16-year-old girl, Hana, who is supposed to have the happiest day of her life when the boy she is in love with invites her for a trip …

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CROATIA / Winner at Zagreb Dox

Zagreb Dox

The winners of the 20th ZagrebDox were announced at its awards ceremony on April 21st. During the previous 8 days 102 films in 12 sections had been screened at this international documentary festival. From the 19 films in the International Competition, the main award, Big Stamp, went to a Tunisian film, Kaouther Ben Hania’s Les …

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FRANCE / Cannes Film Festival, the Offical Selection

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The organizers of the 77th Cannes Film Festival have announced this year’s selection. The Festival runs from May 14th to 25th. In the Official Competition 19 feature films are competing for the Palme d’Or, with 12 European directors, including the Italian Paolo Sorrentino with his new film Parthenope and the Greek Yorgos Lanthimos with Kinds …

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CROATIA / HRT adapts the Norwegian series “Skam”

HRT

First broadcast in 2015 in Norway, NRK’s series Skam will be adapted in Croatia by HRT. After numerous adaptations in France, Spain, the Netherlands, the United States and Belgium, the series will be launched in Croatia next autumn on HRT1. The series follows a group of teenagers, with a different main character for each season. …

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CROATIA / Igor Jelinović’s first feature in post-production

Honey Bunny

After a 25-day shoot in Zagreb, Split and on the island of Hvar, Igor Jelinović’s first feature, Honey Bunny, is now in post-production. Written and directed by Jelinović, the film tells the story of a woman who, having cheated her sister from inheriting the family home on the island of Hvar, decides to take care …

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BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA / A series about the war in Bosnia, “A Life’s Worth”, is being prepared

A Life’s Worth d'Ahmed Abdullahi

The Swedish production company Yellow Bird, affiliated to Banijay Nordic, is in pre-production for A Life’s Worth, a drama series written by Mona Masri and Oliver Dixon and directed by Ahmed Abdullahi. Adapted from Magnus Ernström’s novel of the same name, it is set in late 1993, during the war in Bosnia. Swedish UN soldiers …

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GREECE / The Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival announces the winners

Festival International du Documentaire de Thessalonique

The 26th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival (March 7th to 17th), complete with 250 international documentaries, has announced its award winners. There were 12 documentaries in the international section, competing for three awards. The prestigious Golden Alexander went to My Stolen Planet by director Farahnaz Sharifi and the Silver Alexander to Lidia Duda’s Forest. The jury …

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