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3 Films Supported By Macedonian Film Fund At The Berlinale

Teona Strugar Mitevska's "The Woman Who Brushed Off Her Tears", Srgjan Dragojevic's "The Parade" and Мarija Apcevska's short film "Bardo" have all been scheduled to be screened at the upcoming 62nd Edition of Berlin International Film Festival.
The short film "Bardo", a graduation work of director Marija Apcevska, will be screened in the programme Generation, competing alongside 30 other films for the Crystal Bear Award for short film. The film is shot from a child's point of view with eight-year-old Marija Blagoevska perfectly capturing a little girl's perception of the world that surrounds her.
"The Parade" (a co-production between Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia and Slovenia) has been selected in the official Panorama programme. The films have all  been supported by Macedonian Film Fund.

 
"Mothers" Opened Trieste Film Festival, “Lasarus”  In Search Of Co-producers And Distributors

The film "Mothers" directed by Milcho Manchevski has had its gala screening yesterday, January 19, as part of the opening ceremony of the 23rd Edition of Trieste Film Festival, which will last till January 25. This is Milcho Manchevski's second film screened at this festival, following his 1994 “Before The Rain” (which was that year's winner of Golden Lion at Venice  Film Festival) alongside various number of short  films and videos by this respected director.

In addition, Svetozar Ristovski's "Lasarus", is to be presented at the co-production film market  WEMW (When East meets West), which is part of Trieste Film Festival. The film was among the 10 selected projects in development that have already been pitched at other co-production markets ("Lasarus" was previously presented at the Thessaloniki IFF and Sofia IFF co-production markets.)


 
"The Woman Who Brushed Off Her Tears" by Teona Mitevska will have its world premiere at this year's 62nd Edition of the Berlin International Film Festival. The film  will be screened in the main programme of the Panorama section, also called "The festival within the festival", comprising new independent and arthouse films.
The Spanish actress Victoria Abril plays the main role in the film, alongside  Labina Mitevska, Jean Mary Galey, Arben Bajraktaraj, Petar Musevski and others. The surrounding area of Radovish (Macedonia) and Weimar (Germany) served as filming locations for the  entire film, which is a co-production between Macedonia, Slovenia, Belgium and Germany. 
This is Teona Mitevska's third film to be screened in the Panorama section, following her 2001 short film "Veta" and 2007 feature film "I Am From Titov Veles".
The film was supported by  Macedonian Film Fund and Eurimages.
 
 
                                                                                                                                CineLink Call for Entries


Call for entries for filmmakers from Southeast Europe for participating in the CineLink Project Development Workshop and Co-Production Market is open from 1st of December, 2011.
Deadline for project submissions is 27th of February, 2012.
CineLink project, the backbone of the Sarajevo Film Festival's Industry Section, is a development and financing platform for carefully selected local feature projects destined for European co-production.CineLink is open for feature-length fiction film projects with potential for theatrical distribution, created by authors from Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey and UNMI Kosovo. 

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