17/05/2018 – CANNES 2018: Thanks to a kick-start from the Roma Lazio Film
Commission, 14 May saw the first meeting take place between Lazio-based
and Balkan producers
The participants in the “Coproduction Lazio Balkan Days” at Cannes
A total of 24 producers took part in the “Coproduction Lazio Balkan Days”
at Cannes on 14 May, hailing from six different countries: Albania, Bulgaria,
Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Italy. “The Coproduction Lazio Balkan
Days were born of a desire to strengthen ties between the Balkan states and
Italy, and particularly producers from Lazio,” explains Cristina Priarone, head
of the Roma Lazio Film Commission. “The president, Luciano Sovena, took
part in the first edition of the Balkan Film Market last October, where ANICA is
already actively involved in collaborating with the Balkan area. We will also
instigate other initiatives linked to co-productions with the Lazio region’s Lazio
Cinema International fund,” she continues.
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Endowed with a sum of €10 million per year, the fund has the second-highest
budget in Europe, after that of Berlin. “It’s open to producers from all over the
world who have a co-producer in Lazio. We want to encourage the presence of
Balkan projects in the fund,” states Priarone.
Worth noting among the highest-profile projects in production are Ivory
Dragon by Bujar Alimani (Big Screen Production, Albania), Sex Cut by Eno
Milkani (Bunker Film +, Albania), The Orange Tree by Kiril Todorov (iFilm,
Bulgaria), Sister by Dina Dum (Krug Film, Macedonia), Hotal Boka by Marija
Perovic (Artikulacija Film, Montenegro) and Di fame non si muore by Umberto
Spinazzola (La Sarraz Pictures, Italy).

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