All articles by Vladan Petkovic – Page 9
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NewsFirst Grader producers Sixth Sense develop $25m Libya-set film
Story based on true story of Bulgarian medics tortured to confess about crimes against children.
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NewsSerbian, Slovenian box office hits coming to EFM
Miha Hocevar’s Going Our Way, the highest local grosser ever in Slovenia, and Dragan Bjelogrlic’s Montevideo, Taste Of A Dream, the highest local grosser in Serbia since 2005, will be sold at the European Film Market in Berlin.
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NewsFox switches distributors in Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia
20th Century Fox has switched local theatrical distributors in three territories of former Yugoslavia: Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia.
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XDC International to digitise Balkan screens under Eurimages scheme
Theatres are in Turkey, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Albania.
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NewsHeisenberg’s The Robber wins in Zagreb
Benjamin Heisenberg’s The Robber won the Golden Pram award for the best feature film at the eighth Zagreb Film Festival.
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Slovenia picks 9:06 for Oscar race
The Slovenian Film Fund announced today that the country’s submission for the best Foreign Language film Academy Award is Igor Sterk’s 9:06.
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Besa joins Oscar race for Serbia
The Serbian Academy Of Film Arts And Sciences has chosen veteran director Srdjan Karanovic’s Besa (Solemn Promise) as Serbia’s candidate for best foreign language film at the Academy Awards.
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NewsBosnia selects Cirkus Columbia; Bulgaria submits Eastern Plays for Oscars
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s candidate for best foreign language film at the Academy Awards will be Danis Tanovic’s Cirkus Columbia. Kamen Kalev’s Eastern Plays will represent Bulgaria
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Croatia selects The Blacks as Oscar submission
The Film Artists’ Association of Croatia has announced that The Blacks, directed by Zvonimir Juric and Goran Devic, has been selected as Croatia’s entry for the Best Foreign Language Film category at next year’s Academy Awards.
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NewsLezaic's Tilva Rosh wins Hearts of Sarajevo for best film, actor
Tilva Rosh, the feature debut of Serbian director Nikola Lezaic won the Heart of Sarajevo for the best film at the 16th Sarajevo Film Festival.
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NewsOctober and The Blacks take Motovun prizes
The 12th Motovun Film Festival (July 26-30) closed last night with Diego and Daniel Vega’s October (Octubre) winning the main Propeller Award in the international competition.
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Grlic's Just Between Us triumphs at Pula
Rajko Grlic’s Just Between Us won seven Golden Arenas at the Croatian national Pula Film Festival, including best film and best director.
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NewsBlacks, Donkey, Technotise up for new Motovun award
The Motovun Film Festival has established the new regional Bauer award for the best film in theatrical distribution in the countries of former Yugoslavia.
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FeaturesSarajevo preview: Filmmakers join forces
As south-eastern Europe’s film-makers join forces with each other and with producers and financiers from outside the region, Vladan Petkovic explores their rising ambitions and the key role of the Sarajevo Film Festival (July 23-31)
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Sarajevo jurors to include Cristi Puiu, Christine Vachon
Sarajevo Film Festival has announced its feature, documentary and short film competition juries.
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NewsFour world premieres in Sarajevo feature competition
The 16th Sarajevo Film Festival has revealed a nine-strong line-up for its feature film competition.
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Sarajevo documentary premieres include Cycles, The Flood
The Sarajevo Film Festival’s documentary competition will include six world premieres, seven international premieres, and four Bosnian premieres.
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NewsCroatia includes minority co-productions in Pula national competition
Croatia’s national event Pula Film Festival will for the first time accept minority co-productions for awards consideration, in a separate competition category.
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NewsMission: London breaks Bulgarian records
Dimitar Mitovski’s film has become the highest local grosser ever.
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NewsSarajevo Film Festival to combine fiction and documentary Panorama sidebars
Sarajevo first introduced fiction Panorama in 1999, and Panorama Documentaries in 2001, and now, following the suggestion by festival director Miro Purivatra, they have been combined into one umbrella Panorama.