Auteur film festival to kick off on Wednesday

PANCEVO - The first Pancevo Film Festival, an international short and feature film competition event, will be held in Pancevo near Belgrade on September 3-7.

Ognjen Glavonic, the festival's art director and one of its program directors, told Tanjug that the festival in Pancevo differed from other festivals in Serbia as it promoted alternative film, which was now almost impossible to watch anywhere.

The audience will have the opportunity to enjoy the screening of two competition and two out-of-competition film selections at several locations in the city. The feature film section going under the name of Lighthouses (Svetionici) consists of eight films, coming from Spain, Romania, the Philippines, Croatia and Serbia. Serbia will be represented by Strange Forest (Cudna Suma), directed by Sabolc Tolnai.

The second competition section is a selection of international short films focusing on young authors.

These films are perhaps the best that have appeared over the last 12 months and they were screened and won prizes at the most significant international festivals such as in Cannes, Venice, Locarno, Berlin, Marseille and Oberhausen, Glavonic said, pointing out that as many as five Serbian films will compete in this selection.

The out-of-competition section consists of films with no age restrictions, well-known releases from the USA, France, Poland, England and Serbia and four short films by young author Giacomo Abbruzzese.

In addition to the rich program of about fifty films, various accompanying program, such as concerts, debates, lectures and exhibitions, will also be organized.

The opening ceremony will take place at the Summer Stage of the Cultural Center in Pancevo.

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