Thirteen German films submitted for the 97th Oscar® Competition in the category "Best International Feature Film“
Press releases 13-08-2024German Films received thirteen film submissions for the 97th Oscar® Competition in the category "Best International Feature Film"
A record number of Slovenian films at the 30th anniversary of the Sarajevo Film Festival
Festivals 13-08-2024A total of twelve films with Slovenian participation will be screened.
MPM Films Picks Up Rusudan Glurjidze’s The Antique Ahead of Its World Premiere at Venice IFF
Georgia 11-08-2024TBILISI: Rusudan Glurjidze’s sophomore feature The Antique has been acquired by Paris-based MPM Films ahead of its world premiere in the competition of the 21st Giornati degli Autori section within the Venice Film Festival (28 August – 7 September 2024). The film starring 2024 European Shooting Star Salome Demuria alongside Sergey Dreyden, Vladimir Daushvili and Vladimir Vlovichenkov is a coproduction between Georgia, Switzerland, Finland and Germany.
SOFIA: NOVA’s investigative journalist Marijeta Nikolaeva and cameraman Tasi Asenov received a nomination in the News and Current Affairs category at the 2024 International Emmy® Awards.
TALLINN: Estonian director German Golub is currently in production with his debut feature Our Erika / Meie Erika. This Estonian/Lithuanian/Latvian coproduction tells the story of Olympic track cyclist Erika Salumäe, who won Estonia's first Olympic gold after the country regained its independence.
Film Center Serbia announced the following production grants for debut features, short animated films and student films on 31 July 2024.
LJUBLJANA: The fourth feature film by the Slovenian director Klemen Dvornik has been acquired by the Danish sales agent LevelK. The children's film Block 5, which is a Slovenian/Czech/Croatian/Serbian coproduction, will have its world premiere in the Kids Screenings section of the Locarno Film Festival (7 – 17 August 2024) on 11 August 2024.
The following grants were announced by the Estonian Film Institute in 2024 (January– June). Part of the grants will be financed in two stages, in 2024 and 2025.
TARTU: Eighteen films are screening at the Tartu Love Film Festival Tartuff from 5 to 10 August 2024.
PODGORICA: For the first time in Montenegro, headphones were used for the screenings at the 10th Green Montenegro International Film Festival (GMIFF), to preserve the biodiversity of the Durmitor National Park.
