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The Croatian film company Zagreb Film, which has been making animated films since 1953, has launched a competition for short films and documentaries about the recent Zagreb earthquake. Candidates must submit a scenario dealing with the direct or indirect consequences of the quake. It should not exceed 30 pages while the final film should not …
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Since September the Croatian public radio and television company HRT has been broadcasting “NDH”, the first documentary series about the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) which was governed by the Ustaše during World War II. A subject which, 45 years after the end of the war, remains extremely sensitive. NDH and the Ustaše Created after the …
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The documentary “Cinema under Siege” won the Best Project Award in the Talent Hub Central & Eastern Europe section at the 2021 Sunny Side of the Doc co-production market. The film by Srđan Šarenac is about a group of artists in 1993 determined to organize the first Sarajevo Film Festival despite the siege of Sarajevo. …
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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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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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Serbia’s first film participating in the Oscars, Dara iz Jasenovca (Dara from Jasenovac), has created tension in Serbo-Croat diplomatic relations. Croatia heavily criticises Predrag Antonijević’s film for its portrayal of the Holocaust in the country, accusing it of serving a political agenda. The feature film is set in the Croatian extermination camp of Jasenovac during World War …
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