BETA CINEMA PICKS UP ENCOUNTERS PREMIERE ARCADIA, DIRECTED BY AWARD-WINNING DIRECTOR YORGOS ZOIS (INTERRUPTION), STARRING ICONIC GREEK ACTRESS ANGELIKI PAPOULIA (DOGTOOTH, THE LOBSTER) AND VANGELIS MOURIKIS (DIGGER)

The following grants were announced by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC) on 28 December 2023.

ZagrebDox Pro (15/04/2024 – 20/04/2024) is a five-day program that combines analysis of submitted projects, recommendations and suggestions for their further development. The program includes case studies, group and individual discussions with industry experts, master lectures, special film screenings and round tables.

Tariq Anwar, editor of such films as American Beauty, Revolutionary Road, or The King’s Speech, laureate of two BAFTAs and two-time Academy Award nominee; Rúnar Rúnarsson, one of the most awarded short film directors of our time, holder of the Palme d’Or, the European Film Award, and one Oscar nomination. These and many other acclaimed filmmakers will be coming to Bratislava for the Visegrad Film Forum, a four-day event filled with informal meetings and discussions, lectures, and film screenings.

BELGRADE: Seventeen titles selected from among 536 submitted films will take part in the Competition programme of the 17th edition of the Kustendorf Film & Music Festival, which will be held in Drvengrad, Serbia 23 – 27 January 2024. The festival was initiated by Emir Kusturica.

PRAGUE: The intensive rough cut workshop dok.incubator has opened applications for Czech and Slovak filmmakers. The deadline is 14 February 2024.

NICOSIA: Countryside Animafest Cyprus Views of the World, one of the longest-running film festivals in Cyprus, has opened the call for film submissions for its 23rd edition, which will be held in August 2024.

The intensive rough cut workshop dok.incubator opens applications for its regional programs and calls for Czech and Slovak filmmakers. Submit your film until February 14 and work with international tutors on editing and dramaturgy and discuss your distribution strategy with festival and sales representatives!

LONDON: The Polish minority coproduction The Zone of Interest directed by Jonathan Glazer has been nominated in nine categories for the British Academy Film Awards 2024.

TRIESTE: Films by Janez Burger, Vladimir Perišić and Elene Naveriani are among the seven titles selected for the Feature Film Competition of the 35th edition of the Trieste Film Festival, which takes place 19 – 27 January 2024.