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23-07-2010 09:59:48 A STORY OF US ALL |
INTERVIEW: MIRA FORNAYOVA, DIRECTOR OF THE FOXES
Your film tells about relationships among young people, but also, in a subtle way portrays a new picture of Europe, young people constantly changing their place of living, moving from the East ...
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23-07-2010 09:47:48 AN ALTERNATIVE TO POPULIST CULTURE |
INTERVIEW: VLADIMIR PASKALJEVIĆ, MEMBER OF THE OFFICIAL SELECTION JURY After participating at the last year’s European Film Festival Palić with his feature debut DEVIL’S TOWN, Serbian screenwriter and director Vladimir Paskaljević is back as a member of the Official Selection Jury.
What is, in your opinion, the significance of the European Film Festival Palić in Serbia and internationally?
At the moment when the advertizing elite gathered around the r ... [more...] |
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23-07-2010 09:43:57 ADVANTAGES OF SMALLER FESTIVALS |
JAANA PUSKALA, MEMBER OF THE JURY Jaana Puskala is at the European Film Festival Palić for the third time, but this year as a member of the Official Selection jury. Puskala promotes Finish feature films abroad, and she also works on building and strengthening contacts between Finnish film industry and international festivals, and also traders and distributors worldwide. Since 2009, she has been representative of Finland in the European Film Promotion (EFP) network.
“Festivals like this one have their advantages”, says Puskala expressing her opinion of the European Film Festival Palić.
“Selections can be interesting. ... [more...] |
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21-07-2010 17:14:34 LOST GENERATION FROM THE STREETS OF TBILISI |
INTERVIEW: LEVAN KOGUASHVILI, DIRECTOR OF THE STREET DAYS Georgian movie STREET DAYS, director Levan Koguashvili's (1973) film debut, brings a story of a group of drug addicts who spend their days on the streets of Tbilisi, always trying to get their hands on drugs. Portraying this group from the margins, the author actually tries to illustrate serious socio-economic circumstances in the transitional post-Soviet Georgia.
You have used the phenomenon of drug addicts, an extreme example, to describe the difficult social situation in Georgia. Why did you choose drug addicts in particular?
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21-07-2010 16:51:34 BETTER DAYS FOR BELGIAN FILM |
INTERVIEW: DEMIEN KEYEUX, EDITOR OF THE BARONS AND ILLEGAL A conversation with Demien Keyeux, editor of the films THE BARONS and ILLEGAL, about immigrants in Belgium, popularity of Belgian and European cinema in his country, and about new Belgian film that has become hit on festivals around the world in the last few months.
Films BARONS and ILLEGAL deal with the problem of immigrants, illegal immigrants. What was it like to edit these two films with similar theme but of different genre?
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21-07-2010 17:03:08
ROUND TABLE DEVOTED TO ALEKSANDAR LIFKA Next year, on the 100th anniversary of the first permanent cinema in Subotica, a scientific almanac will be published devoted to Aleksandar Lifka - concluded participants of yesterday's round table, who talked about Lifka, his works and deeds. more... |
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19-07-2010 16:05:11
ROUND TABLE: THE FUTURE OF THE EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL PALIĆ The question regarding the future of the European Film Festival Palić was raised at the round table discussion yesterday at the JP Park Palić, when Dinko Tucaković, the host, asked the participants of the discussion when the cinema theatres in Subotica and Serbia died out, letting film festivals take their place. How should one balance between its royal highness - the Film, which has to stay at the very focus of the Festival, unavoidable accompanying programmes and festival atmosphere, which is necessary but not a goal itself, asked Tucaković. more... |
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11-06-2010 20:58:42
Newly Constituted Festival Council On Friday, 26th February, the Council of the European Film Festival Palić held a meeting. On that occasion, a new Festival Council was constituted, composed of: Srđan Karanović, Mira Banjac, Branislav Lečić, Szabolcs Tolnai, Ferenc Deak, Zoltan Siflis and Ivan Vujić. The meeting was also attended by Radoslav Zelenović, the Festival director, Blazo Perović on behalf of the Open University as the executive producer of the Festival, Miroslav Mogorović, a programme director, and Petar Mitrić, a representative of the selection team. more... |
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06-08-2009 09:07:21
THE DIRECTOR AT THE ONLY STRICTLY EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL IN THE WORLD NO BUSINESS LIKE MONKEY BUSINESS This past week I spent five days in Palic, Serbia, at the only strictly European film festival in the world, now in its 16th year. I premiered my latest film, Boudica Bites Back, starring my wife Lisi, pictured below, at a giant outdoor screening. Ninety-four films are screened over an official seven days, with 19 extra days showing pre and post-festival films for the festival hardcores who can’t bear to go home. The musician Mick Harvey, co-founder with Nick Cave of the Bad Seeds, was also there. more... |