Montenegro announces funding for 23 projects
- The selection includes new films by Marija Perović, Ivan Marinović, Nikola Vukčević, Ivan Salatić, Dušan Kasalica, Senad Šahmanović and Isa Qosja
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The Film Centre of Montenegro has announced the results of its funding competition for short and feature-length fiction and documentary projects, as well as for screenplay development and project development.
In the best-endowed and most attractive section of short and feature-length fiction films, six projects have been awarded, including Dušan Kasalica's The Elegy of Laurel [+see also:
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interview: Dušan Kasalica
film profile] (€220,000), Senad Šahmanović's Sirin [+see also:
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The projects awarded financing for development are Forever Hold Your Peace [+see also:
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interview: Ivan Marinović
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interview: Ivan Marinovic
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Among the documentaries, the director of the Venice International Film Critics’ Week title You Have the Night [+see also:
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interview: Ivan Salatić
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