Quo Vadis, Aida? by Jasmila Žbanić
SARAJEVO: The already fragile film industry of Bosnia and Herzegovina has been severely shaken by the COVID-19 pandemic. The cinema attendance dropped by 70% compared to 2019 results, almost all production has been moved to 2021 and, as there is still no Cinema Law or Film Centre in the country, filmmakers could only count on themselves to try and weather the storm.
Several professional associations, the Association of Filmmakers of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Sarajevo Film Festival in the first place, are trying to cover as many as possible of the development and promotional needs that should be handled by a film centre inside the country and abroad, but it is a question of time, especially if this unfavourable situation continues, till they will have to give up on this and concentrate on their primary missions only.
VILNIUS: Producers taking advantage of Lithuania’s eight-year-old Film Tax Incentive received 11.3 m EUR for film production in 2020, according to the.
TRIESTE: Ivailo Hristov’s feature
Fear (Pro Film) will be screened in the main competition of the 32nd Trieste Film Festival, which runs 21 – 30 January 2021 and focuses on films from the CEE, Baltic and Balkan region.
The story follows the growing revolt and the severe opposition of a jobless teacher towards her fellow villagers, who vehemently deny her relationship with an accidentally arrived black refugee.
According to Hristov, who wrote the script, the idea came to him some years ago while he was spending his summer in a Black Sea village close to the border with Turkey. “One afternoon, I suddenly came across a van with open doors and saw men, women and children packed inside at a temperature of 40 degrees C. Their clothes were stuck to their bodies and their faces were drenched in sweat. I could never forget their eyes,” Hristov told FNE. “But as the film is about a woman making her long way to love in nearly impossible circumstances, so I prefer to define its ge
What s Slovak at Fipadoc Biarritz
Dear colleagues & friends! in Biarritz, France is
focusing on Visegrad countries. Learn more about the program which includes Slovak films and works-in-progress and multiple panel discussions about documentary output and film industry in V4 countries. Even though the festival screenings in Biarritz are postponed, the
Industry Days run online on January 18 – 22, 2021.
Industry Days coprod. CINEART TV Prague (CZ)
Mankind is unlikely to stop the climate change, but it can adapt to new, harder conditions. The documentary film We Have to Survive tells the dramatic story of people from areas that have been hit by the climate changes where life is subject to extremely difficult conditions or is doomed to slow extinction. The question is how to deal with a world that is balancing on the verge of a climate catastrophe and continue living.
FilmFestival Cottbus: A record for the anniversary in 2020, 2021 as a symbol of European film
The 30th FilmFestival Cottbus (FFC) presented 150 films within four competitions and eleven other sections from December 8 to 31, 2020 during its nationwide digital anniversary edition. In conclusion, the festival organisers recorded 13,600 individual accesses to the films of the programme as well as almost 5,600 views of the free digital (live) content, such as talks with filmmakers, panels and talks. The 31st FilmFestival Cottbus will take place from November 2 to 7, 2021. Given the initial rescheduling of the festival from November to December 2020, as well as the subsequent shift of the programme to online for a full 24 days,