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BALKANS / The festivals of Sarajevo, Zagreb, Belgrade and Herceg Novi unite

Festival régional des Balkans

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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CROATIA / An experimental Croat film selected for the 2021 Oscars

Film croate 2021

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 CROATIA / Tensions between Serbia and Croatia: a film about the extermination camp at Jasenovac causes controversy

Dara iz Jasenovac

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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CROATIA / The Croat series “Maličke” chosen for the 2021 Berlin Film Festival

Maličke

Production company Antitalent and Croatian film-maker Dora Šustić have been selected to present “Maličke” (Afterparty), a television drama series, at the 2021 Berlinale. The series is set in present-day Zagreb, where Lucija, Iva, Ruža and Maja lurch from odd jobs, unbridled parties and tumultuous relationships. When a friend of hers gets pregnant and decides to …

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CROATIA / A move to build a Croatian film studio

At the end of October, the Croatian Audiovisual Centre presented two online business studies. The first, carried out by the Institute of Public Finance, analyses the economic and fiscal effects of the Croatian audiovisual industry and the subsidies it receives. The second looks at the potential for a complex of film studios. Chris Marcich, CEO …

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CROATIA / The Croatian Audiovisual Centre unblocks €660,000 for feature films

The Croatian Audiovisual Centre has announced it has secured a further €660,000 for financing feature film projects. Development projects planning to enter production in 2020 or 2021 can receive up to €72,000, with the proviso that they are ready to start filming before December 31st 2021.Post-production projects will be eligible for €13,000 provided their film …

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CROATIA / Extracurricular candidate for the Oscars

The Croatian Audiovisual Centre has chosen Ivan Goran-Vitez’ Extracurricular to be the country’s Oscar nominee in the category of Best International Feature Film. It was chosen from 6 films. Goran-Vitez’ film is about a recently divorced father who, incensed at not being able to be with his daughter on her ninth birthday, bursts into her …

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