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Ruben Ostlund, Maura Delpero and Juho Kuosmanen are among the international directors who will attend the Croatian town of Slano for the second edition of Slano Film Days, running from June 17-21.

Presented in partnership with Bosnia & Herzegovina’s Sarajevo Film Festival, Slano Film Days aims to connect 14 emerging filmmakers from the region with established international professionals, through a programme of talks and screenings.

The participants consist of five directors, six actors, and three cinematographers.

The event was launched last year by Mirsad Purivatra, founder and former director of Sarajevo Film Festival.

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Steve Buscemi and Daniel Brühl are set to attend Slano Film Days, which will focus on the work of actors this year. The festival, which was set up two years ago by former Sarajevo Film Festival chief Miro Purivatra, runs June 17-21 in Slano, Croatia. The actors will “share their insights and experiences with talented regional filmmakers,” the festival said.

Slano will screen Buscemi’s latest film, ”Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer,” which recently won the Audience Award at the Tribeca Film Festival. The film’s director, Tolga Karaçelik, will also be among the festival’s guests. The film that brought Brühl international fame, ”Good Bye, Lenin!” will be screened in Slano in honor of the director Wolfgang Becker, who died recently.

Buscemi is currently working on a new film, “Wild Horse Nine,” directed by Martin McDonagh, for Searchlight Pictures.

“Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints”, directed by Elizabeth Chomko, is a new eight-part docudrama series, starring Liah O'Prey, Yahya Mahayni, Lorenzo de Moor and Milivoje Obradović, streaming November 17, 2024 on Fox Nation:

“…explore the lives and sacrifices of historical saints ‘John the Baptist’, ‘Mary Magdalene…

“…‘Saint Sebastian’, ‘Moses the Black’, ‘Thomas Becket’, ‘Francis of Assisi’, ‘Joan of Arc’ and ‘Maximilian Kolbe’…”

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“Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints,” an eight-episode docudrama series about the lives of Christian saints, will premiere on Fox Nation this Sunday, November 17. The series is directed by the famous director Martin Scorsese.

The series is Scorsese’s most in-depth look at religious topics to date. It features dramatic recreations of extraordinary people who showed amazing faith throughout history. The first four episodes cover two thousand years and will air every week until December 8. The rest of the shows will come out during the Holy season in the spring of 2025.

“I’ve lived with the stories of the saints for most of my life,” Scorsese said, putting the project in a personal context. The show will focus on eight people from different times in history who had to deal with big problems while staying true to their faith beliefs.

In the first episodes, Liah O’Prey will bring to life the...