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Film with multiple Oscar nominations, Alexander Payne's ‘The Holdovers’, to open 52nd FEST

The film ‘The Holdovers’ , directed by two-time Oscar winner Alexander Payne, will open the 52nd International Film Festival FEST in the MTS Hall on 23 February 2024. Alexander Payne’s ‘The Holdovers’ is this years candidate for the Oscar in several categories, including: best picture, best actor, best actress, original screenplay. In this film, written by David ...

THREE DOMESTIC FILMS IN MAIN COMPETITION PROGRAMME AT 52nd FEST

Award-winning directors of younger generation with their latest films

Within the framework of the 52nd FEST, which lasts from 23 February to 3 March, the Belgrade audience will be presented with domestic directors of the younger generation. Their latest films will premiere at the festival, three of which are in FEST’s Main Competition programme: ‘ Working Class Goes to Hell ’ by Mladen Đorđević (24 February), ...

Želimir Žilnik, Belgrade Victor Award Winner at 52nd FEST

This year’s first Belgrade Victor for Outstanding Contribution to Cinema will be awarded to Želimir Žilnik, one of the most significant and prolific directors of Serbian cinema. Žilnik is one of the key figures and founders of Serbian and Yugoslav modernist cinema, yet his body of work goes far beyond that period and extends to the present day. Last year, as part of FEST, Žilnik’s restored film ‘Early Works’ ...