Balkan directors in spotlight at Dortmund and Cologne
The Dormund/Cologne Women’s Film Festival (April 14-18) kicks off today, with a competition line-up that includes eight debut works (chosen from among 90 shortlisted films from 40 countries), which will be judged by a jury comprising Austrian director-producer Barbara Albert, Serbian actress Mirjana Karanovic (star of the opening film, Jasmila Zbanic’s On the Path [+see also:
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Among the films vying for honours are Sarah Leonor’s French title A Real Life [+see also:
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This year, the festival is dedicating an entire section to Cinema from the Balkans, which includes features from Romania, the countries of the former Yugoslavia and Bulgaria. Among them is Zbanic’s film and Aida Begic’s Snow [+see also:
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(Translated from French)
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