RUSSIAN FILMMAKER BORIS KHLEBNIKOV GUEST OF FEST AND FEST PRO PANELIST
Funds Can Always Be Found If the Story Is Good
Russian director and producer Boris Khlebnikov spoke to the journalists of the 51st FEST as a panelist of the FEST Pro programme, which runs until 5 March. Guest of the 51st FEST, Khlebnikov is the director of the film ‘Free Floating’ (Svobodnoe plavanie) and the TV series ‘An Ordinary Woman’ (Obychnaya zhenshchina), which was among the best three ...
ACTRESS ANNABELLE LENGRONNE PRESENTS FILM ‘MOTHER AND SON’ AT 51ST FEST
French Drama Inspired by Real Characters
French-Senegalese actress Annabelle Lengronne came to FEST to present the film ‘Mother and Son’ (Un petit frère) directed by Léonor Serraille, in which she plays the title role. She stated before the journalists of the 51st FEST that she was very pleasantly surprised by the warm welcome here. ‘My Rose, that is the name of the character I portray in ...
JACK SPRING AT 51ST FEST WITH BLACK COMEDY ‘THREE DAY MILLIONAIRE
Good Casting is My Directorial Secret Weapon
British director Jack Spring came to FEST with the film ‘Three Day Millionaire’, which is his second feature film. This black comedy is part of the FEST Special programme. The young director says in an interview for the FEST website that he did his hometown credit in a way with this film. ‘The film takes place in Grimsby, the town where my family is from, and the ...
PREMIERE OF DOCUMENTARY ‘A FLEETING DREAM’ IN FEST FOCUS OF 51ST FEST
A Story about Family, Music, Us and a Country
As part of the Fest Focus programme selection at the 51st FEST, the Belgrade audience has the opportunity to see the world premiere of the documentary ‘A Fleeting Dream’ (YU grupa -Trenutak sna) directed by Darko Lungulov. Director Darko Lungulov, brothers Žika and Dragi Jelić, director, drummer Saša Žule Radojević, as well as cinematographer Đorđe ...
FILM ‘THE BEASTS’ – WINNER OF NINE SPANISH OSCARS AT 51st FEST
The Spanish film ‘The Beasts’ by Rodrigo Sorogoyen, which will be screened in the Main Competition Programme of the 51st FEST, recently won nine Goya Awards, the Spanish equivalent of the Oscars.
At the 37 th Goya Awards ceremony held over the weekend, members of the Spanish Academy of Film Arts and Sciences gave Sorogoyen’s film the Goya Award for Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best ...
PREMIERE OF DOCUMENTARY ‘A FLEETING DREAM’ IN FEST FOCUS OF 51ST FEST
A Story about Family, Music, Us and a Country
As part of the Fest Focus programme selection at the 51st FEST, the Belgrade audience has the opportunity to see the world premiere of the documentary ‘A Fleeting Dream’ (YU grupa - Trenutak sna) directed by Darko Lungulov. Director Darko Lungulov, brothers Žika and Dragi Jelić, director, drummer Saša Žule Radojević, as well as cinematographer Đorđe ...
Actor Udo Kier Presented with Award for Outstanding Contribution to Film Art
‘The Belgrade Victor Is Better Looking than the Oscar’
In front of the FEST audience, right before the screening of the film ‘My Neighbor, Adolf’ by Leon Prudovsky, which he presented at this year's edition of the festival, actor Udo Kier received the Belgrade Victor Award for Outstanding Contribution to Film Art. After expressing his thanks for the award, he first promised to be brief because ...
FEST INTERVIEW: DIRECTOR SELCEN ERGUN ABOUT FILM ‘SNOW AND THE BEAR’ IN MAIN COMPETITION PROGRAMME OF 51ST FEST
An Anti-fairy Tale About a Conservative Society
The young Turkish director, Selcen Ergun, came to the 51st FEST with her full-length debut ‘Snow and the Bear’, which is a co-production between Turkey, Germany and Serbia and is shown in the Main Competition Programme. The film is about a young nurse who gets transferred to a small traditional environment somewhere in the ...
DIRECTOR AND SCREENWRITER PJER ŽALICA AT 51ST FEST WITH NEW FILM
‘May Labor Day’ a Tragedy that Tries to Be a Comedy
Director Pjer Žalica and his collaborators presented the feature film ‘May Labor Day’ (Praznik rada) to the FEST journalists. The film is a co-production of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, and after the premiere on Tuesday, it will be shown on 1 March in the Great Hall of MTS Hall, as well as on 2 March in the ...
