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ZUHAL has just scored a world sales deal with the UK-based Film Republic a day before its international premiere. Nazlı Elif Durlu\’s debut feature ZUHAL will have the international premiere tonight (Nov.24th, Wednesday ) at 21h in Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival\’s First Feature Competition. The film has been developed via Goethe-Institut\’s FIRST FILMS FIRST …

FILM REPUBLIC ACQUIRES THE SALES RIGHTS of FFF\’s ZUHAL ahead of the PREMIERE! Read More »

Nazlı Elif Durlu\’s debut feature ZUHAL will have the international premiere in Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival\’s First Feature Competition. The first screening will take place on Nov.24th, Wednesday at 21h.  Zuhal is an upper-middle-class woman with a nice job, a nice house, and a long-term relationship in Istanbul. Her ordinary life, which is spent …

INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE of FFF\’s ZUHAL in TALLINN BLACK NIGHTS! Read More »

CrossRoads Co-Production forum of Thessaloniki International Film Festival has ended with good news for Goethe-Institut’s FIRST FILMS FIRST. BABY, the debut project of our alumnus Nikos Kyritsis has received the Initiative Film award which will provide six months of follow-up consultative services for its development strategy. BABY will portray the struggle of teenage Zackarias with …

BABY by NIKOS KYRITSIS got AWARDED in CROSS-ROADS! Read More »

Vladimir Tagic\’s feature debut project YUGO FLORIDA is one of the projects selected for the CrossRoads Co-production Forum that kicks off today to last until November 9th of 2021 as part of Thessaloniki International Film Festival. Yugo Florida has been developed via Goethe-Institut\’s FIRST FILMS FIRST and is a zeitgeist story of a thirty-year-old son …

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We are so happy to share with you that Emilios Avraam\’s feature-fiction debut SMARAGDA has received production support of 350K Euro from the Cyprus Ministry of Culture. Bravo! The project which was developed via Goethe-Institut\’s FIRST FILMS FIRST was also granted development support by Cyprus previously. Apart from this great news, SMARAGDA is one of …

PRODUCTION SUPPORT from CYPRUS for FFF\’s SMARAGDA & SMARAGDA goes Co-Co! Read More »

Andrej Korovljev shot his feature-length fiction debut in the city of Pula in Croatia where he was born and raised. The name of the film is PULA, name of the HOTEL is PULA which served as a refugee center during the Bosnian War. The film is produced by Dijana Mlađenović of Kinematograf from PULA, of …

FFF\’s PULA by ANDREJ KOROVLJEV WRAPS SHOOTING! Read More »

Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic\’s debut MURINA keeps collecting awards. After receiving the prestigious Camera D\’or of Cannes Film Festival, now GRAND PRIX in CinEast Festival goes to MURINA! Acclaimed director Radu Jude was the jury president and the jury statement is: \’\’The main award goes to Murina, a coming-of-age story told with graceful vigour and with …

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Darko Sinko\’s debut INVENTORY received 4 awards including Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Music at the Festival of Slovenian Film after its national premiere! https://www.filmneweurope.com/news/slovenia-news/item/122496-festivals-bitch-a-derogatory-term-for-a-woman-wins-big-at-festival-of-slovenian-film-2021 INVENTORY was developed within the framework of Goethe-Institut\’s FIRST FILMS FIRST program and recently had its world premiere at San Sebastian Film Festival\’s New Directors\’ …

4 AWARDS for FFF\’s INVENTORY at FESTIVAL of SLOVENIAN FILM! Read More »

Nazlı Elif Durlu\’s debut feature received the Best Actress Award in the National Competition of Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival right after its world premiere.  Leading actress Nihal Yalçın who was granted the Best Actress award has thanked the director Nazlı Elif Durlu for their enriching collaboration. ZUHAL was developed within the framework of Goethe-Institut\’s …

First AWARD First TEASER for FIRST FILMS FIRST\’s ZUHAL! Read More »

We are so glad to share with you that the 5th completed film which was developed within the framework of Goethe-Institut\’s FIRST FILMS FIRST training program; Nazlı Elif Durlu\’s feature debut ZUHAL will have its national and world premiere in the national competition of Turkey\’s oldest film festival Antalya Golden Orange FF.  https://www.antalyaff.com/en/movies/nationalfeaturefilm/21/226 The film …

FFF\’s ZUHAL goes ANTALYA FF for NATIONAL PREMIERE! Read More »