Euro Balkan Film Festival – Anteprima di Festival

The Euro Balkan Film Festival in Rome aims to be primarily a comprehensive showcase of the excellence that characterises Balkan film culture in its articulated diversity, wherever in Europe is produced. In particular, this event aims at fostering the conditions for the growth of co-productions and the distribution of film products between Italy and Balkan Europe, proposes training initiatives for young filmmakers with the aim of raising their awareness of co-productions, and promotes the development of audiences interested in film culture of the area.

With this in mind, the 20-21 April appointment, entitled Anteprima di Festival (Festival Preview), presents at Cinema Millennium a carefully curated selection of co-productions from our past editions, with the ambition of developing an intercultural dialogue, exploring the shared roots between Italian and Balkan communities, promoting the prospects of collaboration throughout the dialogue between authors and professionals, and presenting the broad outlines of the 2024 edition of the Festival, renamed Euro Balkan Film Festival in homage to the common European origins of all Balkan cinema.

The screenings will be paired by a valuable opportunity for in-depth discussion and debate between Italian and Balkan cinema professionals thanks to a panel on training and film co-production between Italy and the Balkans: a meeting hosted by the prestigious Academy of Film and Multimedia Marubi on Saturday 20 April 2024, at 10:30 a.m, which will offer a privileged look at the creative and productive process of Italian-Balkan collaborations in the world of cinema, certainly ensuring hints and inspirations for future synergies and partnerships.

Read the full program in English: ANTEPRIMA DI FESTIVAL_Official programme

and in Italian : ANTEPRIMA DI FESTIVAL_Programma ufficiale