Slovak director Michal Blaško was selected with his debut feature Victim / Obet’, a Slovak/Czech/German coproduction.
Polish director Damian Kocur is also debuting his first feature film Bread and Salt / Chleb i sól, which was created in the Munk Studio as part of the Sixty Minutes programme implemented with the support of CANAL+ Polska and the Polish Film Institute.
The psychological thriller To the North / Spre nord is also the first debut feature by the Romanian director Mihai Mincan, who previously directed documentaries. The film is a coproduction between Romania, France, Greece, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic.
Acclaimed Macedonian director Teona Strugar Mitevska was selected with her sixth film The Happiest Man in the World / Najsrekniot čovek na svetot, a coproduction between North Macedonia, Slovenia, Croatia, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Denmark.
Films from FNE Partner Countries at the 79th Venice International Film Festival:
Orizzonti Competition:
Victim / Obet’ (Slovakia, Czech Republic, Germany)
Directed by Michal Blaško
Produced by nutprodukcia, nutprodukce
Coproduced by Electric Sheep, the Czech Television, RTVS
Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Czech Film Fund, Eurimages, the Hamburg Film Fund, the German Federal Film Fund, Creative Europe MEDIA Programme, the South Moravian Film Fund, the Stecký and Pilsen Regions
Bread and Salt / Chleb i sól (Poland)
Directed by Damian Kocur
Produced by Munk Studio
Coproduced by Silesia Film, Kivi Sp. z o. o., King House Michał Sadowski, Exa Studio
Supported by the Strzelce Opolskie Commune
To the North / Spre nord (Romania, France, Greece, Bulgaria, Czech Republic)
Directed by Mihai Mincan
Produced by deFilm
Coproduced by Remora Films, Studio Bauhaus, Screening Emotions, Background Films
Supported by the Romanian Film Centre (CNC), the Czech Film Fund, the Bulgarian Film Center, Région Île-De-France, Ekome - National Centre of Audiovisual Media and Communication, Wavemaker Romania, the Greek Film Center, ERT Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation, the Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme, Romanian Public Television (TVR), Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée, Angoa, Sedica and Sacem, in association with Arte/Cofinova 17, Avanpost Media, Best Friend Forever, Fulgurance Films and Magiclab
The Happiest Man in the World / Najsrekniot čovek na svetot (North Macedonia, Slovenia, Croatia, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark)
Directed by Teona Strugar Mitevska
Produced by Sisters and Brother Mitevski
Coproduced by Vertigo, Terminal 3, Entre Chien et Loup, SCCA/Pro.ba, Beofilm
Supported by the Creative Europe - MEDIA Programme, Eurimages, the North Macedonia Film Agency, the Danish Film Institute, the Belgium Tax Shelter, the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Film Fund Sarajevo
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