Breasts by Marija Perović
PODGORICA: The budget of the Film Centre of Montenegro has been increasing each year since its establishment at the end of 2016. In 2020 the budget of the Film Centre of Montenegro increased to 1.4 m EUR, which is less than the planned 40% increase compared to 2019’s budget of 1.2 m EUR and 950,000 EUR in 2018.
The Film Centre of Montenegro became a member of the European Association of National Film Agencies – EFAD in January 2020.
All four planned national premieres of feature films have been postponed for 2021:
Elegy of Laurel directed by Dusan Kasalica,
Supermarket directed by Nemanja Becanovic,
The Stork by award-winning Isa Qosja, and the debut feature
FIFDH Impact Day announces its 2021 selection
An image from a previous edition of Impact Day
The third edition of FIFDH Impact Day, the special programme on impact strategy for documentaries at any stage of production, will take place in a hybrid format. Focusing on the possibilities of filmmakers, producers, NGOs, organisations and foundations to create potential alliances and strategies, the programme is inviting 16 projects. The Impact Day is a part of the Geneva International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) whose 19
th edition runs from 5 to 14 March.
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A total of 131 documentary projects coming from 70 countries (considering both production and co-production territories) were submitted and 16 of them have been picked for the Impact Day 2021. The topics are spread around a vast array of current issues and include, among others, human rights abuses in Libya’s detention centres, children trafficking in Indi