38th FEST CLOSED
Before the screening of the winner of the Europe out of Europe program – the film Metastasis – the programmer and Director of the Festival Miroljub Vuckovic and Milos Paramentic addressed the audience, together with the Chairperson of the Jury Labina Mitevska and member of the Jury Dubravka Lakic... Read more...
WINNER OF EUROPE OUT OF EUROPE PROGRAM - METASTASIS
The 38th FEST will end tonight, on Sunday February 28th at 7 PM in Sava Center, with the screening of this year’s Europe out of Europe winner, Branko Schmidt’s Metastasis... Read more...
NIKSA SVILICIC "I BELIEVE IN ANGELS"
Niksa Svilicic wrote, directed, montaged, produced and starred his movie “I believe in angels”. He also wrote all the lyrics for the songs used in the film. His film is part of this year’s FEST programme called Horizons... Read more...
SERGEY LAVRENTIEV, A FILM CRITIC
Guest of FEST 2010 is Sergey Lavrentiev, a film critic and the presenter of the film “Ward #6”, which is directed by Karen Georgievici Sahnazarov. We discussed the programme of this year’s FEST with him... Read more...
LABINA MITEVSKA, MEMBER OF THE EUROPE OUT OF EUROPE JURY
One of the guests of FEST is Labina Mitevska, actress and producer. She has started her career in 1993 with the role of Zamira in Milco Mancevski's "Before the Rain". In 1996 she started a successful cooperation with Michael Winterbotom with "Welcome to Sarajevo", for which she was awarded Rising Star at the Berlin Festival in 1998... Read more...
DIMITRIS KERKINOS, DIRECTOR OF THE THESSALONIKI FESTIVAL
Our guest on the 38th FEST is Dimiris Kerkinos, the Director of the Thessaloniki Film Festival. For a long time, only Greek films were being shown at the Festival. In 1992 it became an international event and has remained such to this day... Read more...
"NIS" LOTTERY ON FEST
The Petroleum Industry of Serbia is the general sponsor of FEST 2010 and also the organizer of a lottery for the visitors of the festival. The three luckiest contestants will receive company PAYWAY cards ... Read more...
THREE SERBIAN MOVIES ON FEST
We have three Serbian films on this year’s FEST. The first one to be shown is “By the border”, directed by Zarko Dragojevic, and it is scheduled for 16:00 on the 25th February in the Cultural Centre of Belgrade... Read more...
RENE BITORAJAC, ACTOR IN THE FILM „METASTASIS“
Croatian actor Rene Bitorajac is better know to the Serbian public for his roles in the many television sitcoms he has played in. We had the opportunity to see him in “Our Little Clinic” and “Bastards and Princesses”. In addition to acting, Rene is into script writing, as well as anchoring... Read more...
BRANKO SCHMIDT, DIRECTOR OF ''METASTASIS''
Croatian director Branko Schmidt is one of the guests of this year’s FEST. His film “Metastasis”, realized in cooperation with scriptwriter Ognjen Svilicic, is a condensed, dark story about a part of the Croatian society... Read more...
XAWERI ZULAWSKI, DIRECTOR OF THE FILM “SNOWHITE AND RUSSIAN RED’’
Xaweri Zulawski has proven himself as a successful and talented director of the Polish film industry. The son of the internationally renowned Andzej Zulawski made his debut in 2006 with the film „Chaos“, for which he has also written the script. The film has received many positive reviews and Xaweri was extended the award for best beginner author... Read more...
INTERVIEW WITH KATRIEL SHORY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ISRAELI FILM FUND
Our guest on the 38th FEST, Katriel Shory, Executive Director of the Israeli Film Fund, has studied on the New York University Film School. In 1983 he was the producer of the film "Between the Walls", which was nominated for the Oscar... Read more...
INTERVIEW WITH SAMUEL MAOZ, THE DIRECTOR OF "LEBANON“
One of the guests of this year’s FEST is Samuel Maoz, whose „Lebanon“ won the Golden Lion on the Venice Film Festival 2009. Lebanon also got Maoz the Human Values Award on the Thessaloniki Festival last year... Read more...
MICHELLE VELI, ACTRESS IN YORGOS LANTHIMOS’ "DOGTOOTH"
The Greek film “Dogtooth”, which is screened on this year’s FEST is definitely the most successful Greek movie of 2009. More than ten years after Theo Angelopoulos grabbed the Golden Palm for “Eternity and one Day” in 1998... Read more...
INTERVIEW WITH HAIM TABAKMAN, THE DIRECTOR OF “EYES WIDE OPEN”
Interview with Haim Tabakman, the director of “EYES WIDE OPEN” How did you join this project? The project started with a script written by Merav Doster seven years ago. Raphael Katz, the producer, met Merav and got to know her work. He convinced her to adapt the script into a 50-minute drama. He then received some funds from the Israeli Film Fund. They were looking for a director... Read more...
INTERVIEW WITH ALISSA SIMMON, MEMBER OF EUROPE OUT OF EUROPE JURY
Alissa Simon, a guest of the 38th FEST, film critic of the Variety Magazine, a programmer for the International Film Festival in Palm Springs and also member of the jury of several international festivals (Pusan, Monteral, Karlovy Vary and others). This is her first visit to Belgrade... Read more...
RALPH FIENNES ON FEST AGAIN
The Director of the FEST Head Office Milos Paramentic has organized a nice surprise in Sava Centar’s small hall: just before the journalist screening of "Lebanon", he presented to the journalists present Samuel Maoz, the director of the film... Read more...
JURY OF 38th FEST
We have the honor to present you the members of the jury of this year’s FEST competition program "Europe out of Europe”. The competition program includes 8 films and the winner shall be decided upon by the following jury: Alissa Simon, Labina Mitevska and Dubravka Lakic ... Read more...
OPENING OF THE 38th FEST
After the keynote speech by the Director of the FEST Head Office Milos Paramentic, the distinguished actor, director and producer Ljubisa Samardzic opened the 38th International Film Festival FEST... Read more...
"MORPHIA" OPENS 38th FEST
The FEST Committee has unanimously decided that the 38th International Film Festival FEST 2010 will be opened in Sava Centar on the 19th of February at 19h by the film Morphia by Alexey Balabanov... Read more...
F E S T - ENCOURAGING FOR FOUR DECADES
The first FEST, under the slogan “A Brave New World” was opened on the 9th of January 1971 in Dom Sindikata, with the screening of Robert Altman’s Mash... Read more...
EVERYONE’S FINE
We have been preparing this edition of FEST since last May professionally as we always do, albeit in very difficult financial and many other conditions, on the eve of its anniversary, for our festival was not held twice... Read more...
THEY WERE FEST's GUESTS - little photo archive
Bernardo Bertolucci, Francis Ford Coppola, Milos Forman, Michel Piccoli and Milutin Colic, Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper, Peter Ustinov, Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, Nikita Mihalkov and Lazar Ristovski ... Read more...