Drvengrad

The first guests arrived to Mokra Gora yesterday - celebrated Italian director Paolo Virzi, French director of photography Michel Amathieu, Chinese-Canadian film director Johnny Ma, a French-Russian-Kazakhstani chess grandmaster Vladislav Tkachiev and director Karim Aïnouz.

MOKRA GORA - Film director Emir Kusturica believes great authors and young artists such as those brought together by this year's Kustendorf International Film and Music Festival will save film, which he says is threatening to become an elite art form for the select few.

BELGRADE - Famous Italian film director Paolo Sorrentino opened the 11th Kustendorf International Film and Music Festival at Mecavnik in Mokra Gora, western Serbia, late Tuesday after receiving the Tree of Life award for future films.

Italian film director Paolo Sorrentino on Tuesday opened the 11th Kustendorf International Film and Music Festival.

The event, founded by Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica, is held each year in the village of Mokra Gora, on Mt. Zlatibor, in the west of the country.

The event, founded by Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica, is held each year in the village of Mokra Gora, on Mt. Zlatibor, in the west of the country.

Sorrentino declared the festival open after he received the Tree of Life Award for Future Films.

MOKRA GORA - The 10th Kustendorf International Film and Music Festival closed at Drvengrad, near Mokra Gora late Thursday with an award ceremony.

Fending off competition from 22 short films by young authors representing 19 countries, Israel's Michael Alalu won the Golden Egg - the festival's top prize - for the film The Thorn.

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BELGRADE - The 10th Kustendorf Film and Music Festival will kick off at Drvengrad in Mokra Gora, western Serbia, on Saturday, with its competitive programme to feature 22 short films by young authors.

The 10th Kustendorf Film and Music Festival opened at Drvengrad in Mokra Gora, western Serbia, on Saturday.

According to Tanjug, the festival's competitive program will feature 22 short films by young authors.

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BELGRADE - Russian President Vladimir Putin has awarded a number of cultural workers with Orders and Medals, one of them being Serbian movie director Emir Kusturica. The related decree was published on the official legal information website on Thursday, TASS reports.

Film director Emir Kusturica is among cultural workers awarded this year by Russian President Vladimir Putin, TASS has reported.

The Order of Friendship is given to Kusturica for his "significant contribution to promoting friendship and cooperation between peoples."