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The 48th FEST Closed with the Awards Ceremony and Malkovich's Performance

The 48th Belgrade International Film Festival FEST officially closed last night at the Kombank Hall.

The Opening Ceremony began with the awarding of the best films and filmmakers of the 48th FEST. The jury of the Main Competition Programme was composed of Sebastian Cavazza, the president of the jury, Natasa Ninkovic, Nikola Ljuca, Dana Budisavljevic and Klemens Sik.    They decided to give the Belgrade Victor ...

Interview with John Malkovich and Aleksey Igudesman

Today's press conference with the guest of honor at this year's FEST, John Malkovich, and Aleksey Igudesman, who conceived the performance The Music Critic, which will be performed at the closing of the 48th FEST.

  - Mr Igudesman, what are we going to watch tonight, what kind of play is it and how did this concept come about? How did cooperation with Mr Malkovich come about?   We met ten years ago at a festival in Dubrovnik. ...

Best Spanish Films at the 48th FEST

Last night, for the 34th time, the ‘Spanish Oscars’ were presented, namely the Goya Awards of the Spanish Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Alejandro Amenábar's While at War (Mientras dure la guerra) received the most nominations of all films in the competition, as many as seventeen, and won five awards (Best Supporting Actor, Best Debutant, Costume, Makeup, Best Artistic Director, Best Production). Famed for his films Open ...

Oscar-nominated Films at the 48th FEST

The American Motion Picture Academy announced Oscar nominations earlier this year, and the prestigious awards ceremony was moved to the beginning of February, which means that all film fans who traditionally like to see the nominated films before the awards ceremony, will be able to do so in cinemas during the 48th FEST. As expected, the Golden Globes highlighted favorites that were graced with the most Oscar nominations, such as Tarantino's Once Upon ...

Interview with the Cast and the Crew of the Film Spring on the Last Lake

The historical drama Spring on the Last Lake was produced by Radio Television of Serbia, and after its premiere at FEST on March 2 at 6:30 p.m. in the Kombank Hall, it will also be shown on RTS on March 14. Part of the film's cast and crew - director Filip Colovic, producer Marija Bereta, actors Tihomir Stanic, Katarina Markovic and Aleksandar Ristoski - attended the conference. We bring you a part of the interview ...

Interview with the Cast and Crew of Mater – Jure Pavlovic and Daria Lorenci Flatz

Jure Pavlovic graduated directing from the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb. His short films have been screened and awarded at numerous international film festivals, including the Berlin International Film Festival. For the short film Picnic (2015), he won the European Film Academy Award (EFA) for Best Short Film. Matriarch is his feature film debut, and will premiere on Sunday, March 1st at 7:20 p.m. at the ...

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Introductory Address by the Artistic Director of FEST

When FEST, following the tradition, opens doors of its halls on the last Friday in February, you will find a selection of films by which you will remember the 48th edition of our Festival. Filmmakers and actors whose work you have been following for years, but also those you will discover at this FEST, have created and painted films that have been selected for the various programme sections of the Festival for a ...

Interview with Zacharias Mavroeidis, Director of the Film Defunct (Apostratos)

The Greek film Defunct is shown in the Main Competition Programme. We present to you the interview with director Zacharias Mavroeidis.  -This is a very personal story that deals with the attitude of the present generation towards the past in different ways. To what extent is it personal, how much have you woven yourself into the main character?  It is all personal in a way. There are many ways to ...

Interview with Gregor Bozic, Director of Stories from the Chestnut Woods (Zgodbe iz kostanjevih gozdov)

-The film came from your research, when you were at the border between Slovenia and Italy you found a commune that you wanted to talk about. What did the process look like? I was born there, I grew up in those parts, and it was always interesting to me that the area was naturally beautiful, but completely abandoned and without people. The mystery is why this is so, no one knew to explain ...