BUCHAREST: The first feature film by Romanian writer/director/producer Bogdan Mureșanu, The New Year That Never Came, which is a coproduction with Serbia, has been picked up by Cercamon ahead of its world premiere in the Horizons competition of the 81st Venice IFF. Mureșanu is the author of The Christmas Gift (2018), the Romanian short film with the most international awards.

NICOSIA: Cypriot director/writer Adonis Florides is currently in postproduction with his feature film What We Did at Christmas / ΠωςΠεράσαμε τα Χριστούγεννα, which is expected to be released mid- to end of 2025.

BUDAPEST: The director of the Hungarian National Theater, Attila Vidnyánszky, is currently in production with Úri muri, megazisten!, an adaptation of Zsigmond Móricz’s famous 1928 novel Very Merry / Úri muri. The production of the film is supported by the National Film Institute – Hungary (NFI).

BELGRADE: Serbian Director Nikola Ljuca, whose 2016 debut feature Humidity (Dart) premiered in Berlinale Forum, started shooting his sophomore feature Rattlesnake / Zvečarke in Belgrade on 12 July 2024. This coproduction involves Serbia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Croatia, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as Greece.

LJUBLJANA: Slovenian director Boris Jurjaševič is currently shooting his youth feature film Elvis Škorc, Clever Klutz / Elvis Škorc, genialni štor, which is financially supported by the Slovenian Film Centre.

NICOSIA: Greek directors and writers Aris Kaplanidis and Elias Roumeliotis are currently in production with their animated documentary film The Women of 1922 / Oi Gynaikes Tou 1922, which is a Greek/Cypriot coproduction.

BUDAPEST: The Hungarian film Operation Sámán by Zsombor Dyga will start shooting in Hungary in August 2024, benefitting from a grant of approximately 7.13 m EUR / 2.8 billion HUF from the National Film Institute – Hungary.

BELGRADE: The revered Danish film, TV and theatre actress Marijana Jankovic, who was born in Montenegro but moved with her family to Denmark as a child, has wrapped shooting her directorial debut feature Home / Hjem (working title) in Serbia. This Danish/Serbian coproduction has applied to the Serbian cash rebate scheme.

BUCHAREST: Romanian director Tudor Cristian Jurgiu will start shooting his third feature film On Their Own / De capul lor at the end of July 2024. The film is a Romanian/Italian coproduction produced by Tudor Giurgiu and Bogdan Crăciun of Libra Films in coproduction with Simone Catania and Francesca Portalupi of Indyca.

NICOSIA: Cypriot director/writer Emilios Avraam is currently in postproduction with his debut feature Smaragda - I Got Thick Skin and I Can't Jump / Smaragda (Σμαράγδα), which is supported by the Cyprus Deputy Ministry of Culture.

BUCHAREST: Romanian director Andrei Epure is currently in postproduction with his debut feature Don’t Let Me Die / Nu mă lăsa să mor, which is awaiting funding results for completion. The film continues the story of Epure’s short film Interfon 15, which premiered at Semaine de la Critique - Cannes in 2021.

PODGORICA: The shooting for the Montenegrin/Serbian coproduction Brothers / Crna truba (working title) directed by Bojan Stijović is taking place in the village of Grahovo, Montenegro, throughout June 2024. The Film Centre of Montenegro and Film Center Serbia are supporting the project.

ZAGREB: The acclaimed Croatian director/screenwriter Antonio Nuić wrapped the shooting of his new feature film Loop / Petlja on 3 June 2024. The entire film was shot in 19 days in the CineCro studio (Zagreb) where, in addition to the classic filming, more than half of the shots were created using virtual scenography and LED screens.

SKOPJE: Macedonian director Srđan Janićijević has started shooting his debut feature Butcher´s Dance / Kasapsko oro in the Macedonian capital of Skopje. The film is produced by Novo Makedonsko Video and New Moment, and it is supported by the North Macedonia Film Agency.

ZAGREB: Four years since the first season of the hit-TV show Diary of Great Perica / Dnevnik velikog Perice aired in the prime time of the Croatian Television (HRT), the second season directed by Vinko Brešan and produced by Real grupa for HRT is in the making.