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Kids Fest in Serbia October 13-19
BELGRADE - Children's film festival Kids Fest will be held in cinemas in over 30 cities across Serbia from October 13-19.
The 10th Kids Fest will shows 14 premiers, and this year's animated, feature and documentary films are arriving from the U.S., France, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Croatia.
A Tomb for Boris Davidovic on stage at Bitef
BELGRADE - Croatian director Ivica Buljan's play A Tomb for Boris Davidovic, made after Danilo Kis's famous collection of short stories bearing the same name, was performed for the first time in Belgrade on Friday as part of the main programme of the 48th Bitef.
Director Borut Separovic opens 48th Bitef
BELGRADE - The 48th Bitef International Theatre Festival was opened late Saturday at Belgrade's Dom Omladine by Croatian director Borut Separovic, the winner of last year's special prize for the play 55+, performed by the Zagreb-based Montazstoj company.
Serbian publishers awarded at Slavic Book Festival in Moscow
BELGRADE - Four publishing houses from Serbia won awards at the Slavic Book Festival in Moscow, the Publishers and Booksellers Association of Serbia announced on Friday.
See You In Montevideo producers making basketball film
BELGRADE - The production company behind See You in Montevideo, Serbia's nominee for the 2014 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, has started shooting another sports film based on a true story - this time about basketball.
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.
Book Fans Head For Zagreb Literary Festival
Writers and book lovers from the region and beyond are heading to the Festival of World Literature, which kicks off on September 4 in Zagreb, Croatia
Over the following nine days they will be taking part in book presentations, debates with authors and art sessions.
More than 30 well-known writers from the region and from the world will be attending the festival.
EU's Creative Europe programme promotes Balkan culture
EU's Creative Europe programme promotes Balkan culture
The Union allocated 1.5 billion euros for cultural and media projects.
The European Union’s Creative Europe programme is making 1.5 billion euros available to support regional cultural organisations, including cinema, and for translating books into regional languages.
Once Brothers wins Grand Prix at Zlatibor film festival
ZLATIBOR - The documentary entitled Once Brothers, directed by Micheal Tolajian, won the best film award of the 3rd International Sport Film Festival in Zlatibor, southwestern Serbia.
Croatian Website Slated for Airing Execution Video
The Croatian internet portal Dalmacija News risks being fined between 13,300 and 133,000 euro, or even having its website shut down, for showing the gruesome video of the execution of captured US journalist James Foley.
On Tuesday, it published the full undisclosed video of Foley's execution at the hands of Islamic State fighters, one of whom spoke with a British accent.
Auteur film festival to be held in Pancevo on September 3-7
BELGRADE - The first Pancevo Film Festival, an international short and feature film competition event, will be held in Pancevo near Belgrade on September 3-7, the organizers have said.
Sofia Comics Expo Starts In Sofia On August 15
The first international exhibition of comics in Bulgaria – Sofia Comics Expo – opens for the public on August 15 in the gallery of the Union of Bulgarian Artists.
It is on the first floor of the gallery at 6 “Shipka” street and will be on till September 15.
Beer Fest kicks off on Wednesday
BELGRADE - The 12th iteration of Beer Fest - the biggest event of its kind in this part of Europe and one of the hallmarks of Belgrade - will be held in Usce Park on August 13-17.
In addition to a large selection of local and foreign beer brands, visitors will be able to enjoy excellent music performances.
Ukraine’s ‘Tribe’ Wins Out at Motovun Festival
A movie from troubled Ukraine, “The tribe”, [“Plemya”] has won the traditional Propeller award at the 17th Motovun Film Festival, MFF, in Croatia, which wound up on Wednesday evening.
A total of 136 movies from 44 countries were shown over the five days of the film festival in Croatia’s northwest Istria region,
Zajecar Guitar Festival kicks off on Wednesday
BELGRADE - The 48th Guitar Festival in Zajecar, one of the oldest music events of its kind, takes place from July 30 to August 20.