Released in 2020, “Oaza” (Oasis) is a co-production between France, Slovenia, Bosnia Herzegovina and the Netherlands. Presented at the Venice Film Festival, this dramatised film takes us to the heart of an unusual love triangle: Marija, Dragana and Robert are three young people with learning disabilities, living in a specialized institution. The audience becomes immersed in …
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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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In mid-July, during an official visit to Serbia by French President Emmanuel Macron, a co-production treaty was signed by the Serbian Minister of Culture, Vladan Vukosavljevic and the French Ambassador Frédéric Mondolini, to strengthen exchanges between the film sectors of both countries. The aim of the agreement is to facilitate co-productions between Serbia and France …
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For the last five years RE-ACT (Regional Audiovisual Co-Operation and Training) has been connecting broadcasting professionals in Croatia, Slovenia and Friuli Venezia Giulia, a region in northeastern Italy. It has breathed life into many co-productions between these two countries and this region. Now Serbia is also a member, through the Serbian Film Centre. Anyone working …
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The 2019 budget for financial incentives for production has increased to €7.5 million from €6.7 million in 2018. The incentives in question are rebates of 25% offered to foreign producers who shoot their films in Serbia. More than 100 projects have benefited since its creation in 2016. Thanks to these tax incentives, productions spent a …
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On January 22nd Serbian director Želimir Žilnik received the CEI award (Central European Initiative) at the Trieste Film Festival, an event dedicated to films from Central and Eastern Europe. This annual award, worth €3,000, is for films which look at our contemporary world and focus on dialogue between cultures. In 2018 the award went to …
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A training programme aimed at women directors in South East Europe, Circle Women Doc Accelerator, has launched a call for candidates. The programme was first tried out in 2017 at Montenegro’s international film festival, the Underhill Fest. Then called RAD, it was an intensive training programme offered by audiovisual professionals and intended for women directors …
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