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39 articles available in total starting from 16/01/2020. Last article published on 05/09/2025.

Ivan Salatić • Director of Wondrous Is the Silence of My Master

Interview: Ivan Salatić • Director of Wondrous Is the Silence of My Master

"It's more about stripping things off than adding layers to the acting"

We talked to the Montenegrin director about his second feature, its setting, its historical inspiration and the power of language  

06/02 | IFFR 2025 | Tiger Competition

Review: Wondrous Is the Silence of My Master

Review: Wondrous Is the Silence of My Master

Ivan Salatić subverts the expectations of historical fiction and creates an immersive experience with his sophomore feature  

03/02 | IFFR 2025 | Tiger Competition

EXCLUSIVE: First look at Erke Dzhumakmatova and Emil Atageldiev’s drama Kurak, now in post-production

EXCLUSIVE: First look at Erke Dzhumakmatova and Emil Atageldiev’s drama Kurak, now in post-production

Based on true events, the film follows several intertwined stories about the disempowerment of women, set against the backdrop of modern-day Kyrgyzstan’s patriarchal society  

29/01 | Production | Funding | Kyrgyzstan/Switzerland/Serbia/Luxembourg/Netherlands/ Italy/France

Wondrous Is the Silence of My Master set to premiere at IFFR

Wondrous Is the Silence of My Master set to premiere at IFFR

Ivan Salatić’s sophomore feature tells a story from the 19th century, offering a re-imagined historical view of the Mediterranean and Montenegro  

18/12/2024 | Production | Funding | Montenegro/Serbia/Croatia/France/Italy

Trieste’s Wild Roses section will be dedicated to women authors of Serbian cinema

Trieste’s Wild Roses section will be dedicated to women authors of Serbian cinema

Eleven works have been selected, spanning feature and short films and including Iva Radivojević’s When the Phone Rang and Emilija Gašić’s 78 Days  

28/11/2024 | Trieste 2025

Mario Bova • Director, Euro Balkan Film Festival

Interview: Mario Bova • Director, Euro Balkan Film Festival

“The festival was born as a response to the challenges faced by the film industry, focusing directly on the growth of co-productions and distribution”

The president of the Associazione Occhio Blu and director of Rome's festival dedicated to cinema hailing from the Balkans, talks to us about its new edition  

24/10/2024 | /Italy

Vuk Ršumović and Fereshteh Hosseini • Director of and actress in Dwelling Among the Gods

Interview: Vuk Ršumović and Fereshteh Hosseini • Director of and actress in Dwelling Among the Gods

"What makes my lead character unique is her love, dedication and resolve to restore dignity to herself and her brother"

The Serbian director discusses his second feature, in which he follows an Afghan family after having stopped in a refugee centre in Serbia en route to Germany  

27/08/2024 | Sarajevo 2024 | Competition

Review: Cent’anni

Review: Cent’anni

What starts out as a process to document a heroic, inspirational endeavour becomes a chronicle of a relationship falling apart in Maja Doroteja Prelog’s film  

26/08/2024 | Sarajevo 2024 | Documentary Competition

Review: Dwelling Among the Gods

Review: Dwelling Among the Gods

Vuk Ršumović tells the story of a female refugee grappling with her culture and Serbian bureaucracy in his sophomore feature  

23/08/2024 | Sarajevo 2024 | Competition

Sonja Prosenc • Director of Family Therapy

Interview: Sonja Prosenc • Director of Family Therapy

“We are afraid that this will push us to confront something that we don't want to be confronted with”

The Slovenian writer-director chats to us about aligning production design with characters, and crafting a story that’s both personal and political  

10/06/2024 | Tribeca 2024

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