The following grants were announced by the Georgian National Film Center on 13 August 2021.
‘Otar’s Death’, the feature debut by Georgian director loseb “Soso” Bliadze, will celebrate its world premiere on Saturday, August 21 in the East of the West Competition at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, running August 20 - 28.
Croatian titles and minority Croatian productions to screen in competition and non-competitive programmes, including some world premieres, at this year’s edition of the Sarajevo Film Festival, held 13th – 20th August. In addition, Croatian filmmakers will participate in different SFF industry sections.
10th A Sunday in the Country in Wrocław will be held from August 14 till 17 during the 21th New Horizons IFF
Festivals 12-08-2021A collaboration of the New Horizons IFF and the European Film Academy (EFA), the 10th Sunday in the Country will gather a dozen young film critics from Europe for a retreat/workshop. The participants meet for 3 days in a remote country house near Wrocław (Willa Słoneczna on Bystrzyckie Lake at Zagórze Śląskie) where they get to know each other, watch films and discuss them, meet filmmakers brought of the New Horizons and talk about their profession and challenges of the post-pandemic world. They exchange their professional experiences and build international relations.
PODGORICA: Montenegro's coproduction After the Winter / Poslije zime by the Montenegrin writer/director Ivan Bakrač has finished production and will have its world premiere in the East of the West Competition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, running 20-28 August 2021. The film is a coproduction with Croatia and Serbia.
BERLIN: Quo Vadis, Aida? by Jasmila Zbanic, What Do We See When We Look at the Sky by Alexandre Koberidze and Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn by Radu Jude are among the five finalists competing for the FIPRESCI Grand Prix – Best Film of 2021, which will be announced at the opening gala of the San Sebastian FF on 17 September 2021.
FOCUS ROMANIA. The official selection of Romanian productions at the Astra Film Festival 2021
Festivals 15-08-2021The 28th edition of the International Documentary Film Festival will take place in Sibiu between September 5th – September 12th, 2021
The 28th edition of the International Documentary Film Festival (Sibiu, September 5th-12th) presents over 200 cinema events
BUCHAREST: The Netflix series Wednesday Addams directed by Tim Burton and starring Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzmán and Jenna Ortega, is rumoured to start shooting in Romania in October 2021.
BUCHAREST: Immaculate / Imaculat, the debut feature by Monica Stan and George Chiper-Lillemark, has been acquired by Syndicado ahead of its world premiere in the Venice Days 2021 (1-11 September 2021).
