Film Festival fun for Roniti

While some parts of Europe has been enjoying a heat wave, our Balkan short film Roniti has been enjoying some festival fun, just in time to spread the summer vibes.

After returning from Bulgaria, where the coming of age drama screened in Pernik, Sofia as part of 21st In The Palace Short Film Festival, we got word that Roniti was also selected for one of our favourite festivals, Gozo Film Festival, Malta.

Director Ivan Malekin and producer Sarah Jayne participating in the Q&A about Roniti at the 21st In The Palace Short Film Festival, July 2024

We hope that there are more festivals to come for our 20 minute short about a mother and her teenage daughter, who on a summer holiday in Zadar must navigate their relationship after a family scandal.

Stay tuned and watch the Roniti trailer here.

Balkan Film Roniti First Festival Selection

We’re thrilled to announce that our 15 min Croatian language film, Roniti has been selected for the 21st IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival.

Part of NPG’s Life Improvised Series, the performances by the small cast were improvised, working off a concept written by Ivan Malekin. The story for Roniti was inspired by summers watching divers at Kolovare beach in Zadar and explores the tension filled relationship between a mother and her teenage daughter while away on a weekend trip.

IN THE PALACE IFF is an Academy Award qualifying film festival that has been running for 22 years and takes place at the Palace of Culture, in the town of Pernik, Bulgaria from June 29th to July 6th, 2024.

At this stage we are not sure when Roniti will screen, but we are planning to be in attendance.

Roniti trailer

BEST CAT FILM

It’s official, Mexico loves cats and Cats of Malta!

The shorter, 21 minute version of Cats of Malta has been rewarded MEJOR CORTOMETRAJE DE GATOS (Best Cat Film) at the 6th annual FAUNA Tepoztlán Animal Festival.

We can't wait to release this film this year. Keep up to date with all the Cats of Malta news by joining the newsletter for exclusives.

The Dance Double Screenings

The Dance screened at two events last week. The first screening was a Kino Lab Zagreb on Feb 8th. This was the first time we got to see the film in front of a live audience and it was a great experience.

Sarah Jayne presenting the film

The second screening was on Feb 10th at the Audacity Film Festival in Melbourne. Cast and crew for the film were in attendance as well as Nexus team member Ante Malekin. From all reports, it was a fantastic night.

We are grateful to both events for the screenings and proud that The Dance is connecting with audiences from one side of the globe to the other.

Actors John McCullough and Lara Deam with Ante Malekin

The Dance on screen at the Audacity Film Festival

Cats of Malta Wins at Spotlight Documentary Awards

We are thrilled to announce Cats of Malta Film has been selected as one of the top films of the year at the 2022 Spotlight Documentary Film Awards, taking home a Gold Award — receiving the second highest scores from the panel. We are very much looking forward to finally releasing this documentary later this year so you can fall in love with these adorable cats like we did.

Rainbow of Love

Festival number four for our queer film The Dance comes from India. Big thanks to Color’s of Love Int. Queer Film Festival for the Official Selection of this film with an important message for those coming out later in life. This is the 5th edition of the festival and it will take place in Punjab, India, as well as online. We are thrilled to see The Dance getting out there.

Goose & Gander Screens in Zagreb

Goose & Gander from our Life Improvised series was the first film we made in Zagreb, so it was a thrill to be selected to screen at the first Kino Lab Zagreb event. It was a fun night, with sixteen films from around the world screened, some even from Melbourne. We look forward to the next event. 

Cats of Malta at the New York Cat Festival

It was a pleasure to attend the New York Cat Festival at the stunning Village East by Angelika Cinema for a screening of the short version of Cats of Malta. Thank you so much to festival director Tracie Hotchner for inviting us and organsing such a fun event. Sarah Jayne took part in a Q&A after the screening and we were thrilled in chat about Cats of Malta and see the film on the big screen. Thank you also to Clara Francesca for the photos.

We also did an insightful podcast interview with Tracie. Listen here.

Cats of Malta Premieres at the Chagrin Documentary Film Festival

We had a truly amazing time at the Chagrin Documentary Film Festival. It was a week of powerful documentaries, insightful filmmaker panels, fun networking drinks, charming hospitality, and of course the US premiere of Cats of Malta.

The screening of the film happened in the park on a Saturday afternoon. It was a special event hosted by the town mayor and featuring local cats as special guests on a Feline Parade … which went about as well as you would imagine, cats being cats …

Cats of Malta screening in the park.

Thank you to everyone at the festival for hosting us, John and Carol for welcoming us in their home, and everyone in the town who attended the screening and made sure we had a fantastic time.

MovieMaker Magazine rates Chagrin Documentary Film Festival as one of the Top 50 Festivals worth the entry fee. After speeding a week in the beautiful town of Chagrin Falls to experience the festival ourselves, it is easy to see why. It was an experience we won’t soon forget and we are super grateful.

Felines on Parade … sort of.

Sarah Jayne takes part in a Filmmaker Q&A.

Triple Threat : Nexus Production Groups' Machination Nabs Three Festival Wins, including Best Actor.

The good news keeps on coming for our psychological horror feature film Machination.

Just last week our latest improvised micro-budget feature film became available in DVD and Blu-Ray format through Amazon , Walmart and Barnes & Noble. The claustrophobic portrayal Steffi Thake gave of Maria, a woman dealing with mental illness landed her a silver certificate at a festival last month and now Steffi’s stand out performance has once again been acknowledged.

Black Swan International Film Festival has awarded Machination three awards at this months instalment; Outstanding Achievement Award Machination, Best Actress Winner Steffi Thake, and Outstanding Achievement Award Sound Design by Gerard Mack.

Further plans to release Machination will rollout in the coming months, so watch this space. Better yet, join our monthly email community Creatively Connected to get the news in your inbox first, plus exclusives when we have them.

First Festival Selection for International Documentary Cats of Malta

Our family-friendly, cat-focused Maltese doco, Cats of Malta has it’s first festival selection! Cats of Malta has officially been selected to screen as part of Melbourne Documentary Film Festival.

More details to follow in the coming month.

Love Actually International Film Festival | In Corpore

What are your plans for this upcoming Valentine’s day?

The In Corpore 'Anna & Manny' story set in Malta has been selected for Love Actually International Film Festival - a critically acclaimed annual screening event, produced by Film Loft | NY on Valentine’s Day each year. 2022 is the the 18th year of screenings.

Love Actually features stories about love, sex, and romance told by acclaimed storytellers from around the globe. WHAT A PERFECT MATCH!

Starting Feb 14th, 2022 (Valentine’s Day), the event will be going ONLINE ONLY (via screening partner BINGEWAVE) from 6.00 pm EST and people from around the globe will be able to get tickets to watch the full slate of films.

NPG’s Sarah Jayne and Ivan Malekin, the directors of In Corpore, will be taking part in the virtual Q&A after the program of films, from 7.30pm EST onwards.

Tickets are now on sale - https://luvfest2022.bingewave.com/f/18th-annual-love-actually-int-l-short-film-showcase.