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FEST PRO interview: Actor Lukas Loughran guest of FEST Pro
Serbs are good people who make good films
Swedish-Australian guest Lukas Loughran was invited to participate in the panels of the FEST PRO segment of the 52nd International Festival FEST on the topic of casting. In recent years, the award-winning Swedish-Australian actor played, among other things, in the TV series ‘Krypton’, the zombie apocalypse ‘Death Do Us Part’ (Zoo), ‘The Postcard Killings’, ...
Famous music video director Zoran Bihać and actor Lukas Loughran guests on third day of FEST PRO
The panel ‘The Job of a Casting Manager’, held on 1 March, was attended by Bojana Rnjak, an agent from Slavic Artists Management, Maria Christina Jarltoft, a casting director from Denmark, who also developed the casting application ‘Selfcast’, Anđela Stamenković, an actress and casting director from the casting agency ‘Sav taj glumac’, Lukas Loughran, actor, Adel ...
Premiere of film ‘That's It for Today’ in Main Competition Programme at 52nd FEST
The film ‘That';s It for Today’ (Za danas toliko) by director and screenwriter Marko Đorđević premiered before film lovers as part of the Main Competition Programme in the MTS Hall on 1 March. The film cast and crew, director Đorđević, producer Miloš Pušić, actors Filip Đurić, Nikola Rakočević and Goran Bogdan, actresses Ivana Vuković and Miona Pejković presented this film a few hours ...
Ovations for ’Good Times, Bad Times’ by Nevio Marasović
The Croatian film ’Good Times, Bad Times’ (Pamtim samo sretne dane), directed by Nevio Marasović, had its premiere as part of the FEST Gala 52 programme on 1 March 2024, and it received ovations in the Cultural Centre of Belgrade Movie Theatre. Director Nevio Marasović, Croatian actor Zlatko Burić and assistant director Nikica Zdunić presented ’Good Times, Bad Times’, the last film of the late actor Radko ...
FEST PRO Interview – Lordan Zafranović
At this year's FEST Pro, the famous director, Lordan Zafranović, held a masterclass on the topic ‘The inner construction of the film’ in a packed hall. Apart from his lecture, we also talked with the director about his latest film ‘Zlatni rez 42’ (The golden cut 42), which will premiere in the fall of this year. Everyone who has worked with you says that you have a special gift for bringing out thebest in actors? How do ...
FEST interview: Goran Bogdan, most prolific actor of 52nd FEST
A bad film is hard to make, and a good one happens on its own
Croatian actor Goran Bogdan, who lives between Belgrade and Zagreb, has been a favorite of the local audience for years, and at this year's FEST, we will see him in several films and in several different roles, and fans of his work will enjoy the films ‘That's It for Today’ (Za danas toliko, Serbia), ‘Good Times, Bad Times’ (Pamtim samo ...
Premiere of Croatian-Serbian co-production ‘The Holy Family’ at 52nd FEST
As part of the Main Competition Programme of the 52nd FEST, the film ‘The Holy Family’(Sveta obitelj) by Vlatka Vorkapić was screened for the festival audience in the MTS Hall on 1 March. A few hours before the screening, director Vlatka Vorkapić and actors Luna Pilić, Judita Franković and Ivan Čuić presented the film to the audience in a meeting with the media. ‘The Holy Family’ is a ...
FEST PRO, 29 February marked by Nigerian film industry
On the panel ‘From Nollywood to Hollywood’, which was held on 29 February, the Israeli actress, director, and producer Ronya Man and the Nigerian director, Kenneth Gyang, spoke about the film industry in Nigeria, advantages and disadvantages and differences in the film industry of Europe and Africa. We learned that about 2,500 films are made in Nigeria annually and that Nigeria has the second largest film industry, right after ...
‘THE END (artificial fragments of humankind)’ by the Héraud brothers premieres at 52nd FEST
The film ‘THE END (artificial fragments of humankind)’ directed by Aurélien Héraud and Olivier Héraud, better known as the Héraud brothers, premiered as part of the 52nd edition of FEST in the Cultural Centre of Belgrade on 29 February. On the day of the premiere of the film, which was shown in the Dreamlike Film selection, the Héraud brothers ...
Asghar Farhadi Presented with Belgrade Victor for Outstanding Contribution to Cinema
On 29 February, in front of the FEST audience, two-time Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi was presented with the Belgrade Victor for Outstanding Contribution to Cinema in the packed MTS Hall. ‘Thank you for this award. This is a great honor for me. This is a very emotional evening for me, in this magnificent cinema, in front of this audience and something I will remember for the rest of my life. I thank FEST ...
Dok'n'Ritam Music Documentary Film Festival presented at 52nd FEST
The Dok'n'Ritam Music Documentary Film Festival was presented at the 52nd International Film Festival FEST. Sandra Rančić, the founder of Dok'n'Ritam, spoke about the festival. She stated that, starting this year, the event had many novelties. ‘It gives me great pleasure to be at FEST, I grew up at FEST and worked at FEST,’ said Rančić, adding that FEST was a passion. ‘We are changing ...
postFESTum, films from FEST
This year once again, FEST offers the opportunity for people who did not get to see films they wanted during the 52nd FEST to see those films in the PostFESTum programme. PostFESTum takes place from 4 to 7 March 2024, in two cinema halls in Belgrade - the Belgrade Cultural Centre and Cineplexx Ušće Shopping Center. During the four days of PostFESTum, the films from this year's 52nd FEST for which tickets were most requested will be shown, including: Firebrand, ...
