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 – in the early nineties of the last century. Today, three weeks before its start, we already know: that we have made and secured on time a very good program, that we will make it happen to the best of our abilities and that such a FEST IS ENCOURAGING! We aware of the shortcomings such a bold endeavor carries: fewer films (64 premieres in our country in the region, compared to about 70 last year) and the fact that this year there will be no B2B pitching and business meeting in the scope of the competition program "Europe out of
Finally, we are aware that FEST's audience, Belgrade and the Serbian culture and film love and respect FEST and that we will never fail them and especially not on our anniversary!
EVERYONE’S FINE with Robert de Niro, Audiard’s PROPHET, Mendes’ PERFECT HOME, SERIOUS PEOPLE by the Coen brothers, Clint Eastwood's INVINCIBLE...are just some of the films from this year’s program whose titles symbolically confirm the symbiosis of Belgrade, FEST’s audience, the best films, their authors and actors - called FEST!
The 38th FEST owes special thanks to: the founders of the Festival – the City of Belgrade; the General Sponsor Nis; the sponsors - Telekom Srbija, RTS, Politika, Air France, Komnenovic auto – OPEL, TOB and all other distinguished media sponsors, the cinema halls where the festival is held, a number of domestic distribution companies, many good partners abroad (production companies, authors, film distributors), Belgrade’s best restaurants... and above all, our distinguished international guests and our numerous audience!
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Chairman of the FEST Board Director of the FEST Head Office
Darijan Mihajlovic