The International Film Festival of Rotterdam (IFFR), from January 25th to February 5th, is premiering 4 Croatian productions. Two experimental films, Igor Grubić’s Ingresso Animali Vivi and Boris Poljak’s Horror Vacui, are in the Short and Mid-length category. Igor Grubić’s film looks at the towns of northeastern Italy, where animals from Eastern Europe are brought …
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During its third project evaluation session, the Eurimages committee decided to support 24 feature-length films, including 4 documentaries and 3 animated films, for a total of €6,707,000. Among those chosen, director Ivan Salatić received €170,000 to develop his second feature, Melting of the Ruler. Combining several stories, Salatić’sfilm is set in 19thcentury Montenegro, at the …
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The call for projects for the next ZagrebDox Pro programme is open until January 31st. Entitled Dox of War, this year’s focus will be on documentaries dealing with war. Through a one-year online mentorship and a five-day workshop (March 27th-31st), ZagrebDox Pro offers film-makers with a documentary project the chance to develop their work with …
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After the success of two features, The Tree (2014) and History of Love (2018), Slovenian director Sonja Prosenc has started filming her new film Redemption. With an end of November deadline, it takes place in Ljubljana, on the Karst plateau and in Italy’s Friuli-Venezia Giulia region. Developed during a residency in Paris at the Pop …
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The second season of Hotel Portofino, a British drama series created by Matt Baker and directed by Adam Wimpenny, is currently filming in Croatia. Broadcast in the United Kingdom on the BritBox platform, the series shows the daily life of wealthy tourists staying in a luxury Italian hotel in the 1920’s. Superficially light and comic, …
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The Centre Cinématographique Marocain (CCM) has published its 2021 cinema report. Looking at the statistics it is clear there has been a significant drop in the number of cinema admissions across the country. Between 2017 and 2019 admissions increased, with 1,883,425 in 2019, the year before cinemas had to close because of the Covid pandemic. …
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The theatre and film actor Hichem Rostom has died at the age of 75 on June 28th in Tunisia. When announcing his death, the Tunisian Ministry of Cultural Affairs paid tribute to him and described him as “one of Tunisia’s most eminent actors.” In the spotlight for nearly 50 years, Rostom was well-known internationally. Born …
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