Film

BELGRADE - Two Serbian films will have their world premieres in the East of the West competitive section of the Karlovy Vary international film festival.

The films are Monument to Michael Jackson, with screenplay and direction by Darko Lungulov, and Barbarians by Ivan Lalic, who will be making his debut as a screenplay writer and director.

BELGRADE - “Monument to Michael Jackson”, the latest film by Serbian director and screenwriter Darko Lungulov, has been included in the program of the 61st Pula Film Festival.

Greek prison guards on Friday vowed to extend action being carried out in protest at understaffing across the country’s correctional facilities until July 1.

According to figures provided by unionists, who launched rolling work stoppages on Thursday, facilities in Greece have an average ratio of about one prison guard for every 500 inmates.

Shooting of Emir Kusturica’s film to begin

Sloboda Micalovic is preparing herself for the role in Emir Kusturica’s film ‘On the Milky Way’ in which she is to play together with Monica Bellucci.

In a week time Sloboda Micalovic shall join Emir Kusturica’s crew that is shooting continuation of the ‘On the Milky Way’ in Trebinje since last week.

The prolific American actor Eli Wallach, known by many for his role in the western "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" as part of a career spanning six decades, has died at the age of 98, US media reports said.
      
The New York Times said Wallach's death Tuesday was confirmed by his daughter Katherine. The cause of death was not given.
      

ROME - Serbian Police Director Milorad Veljovic is attending an International Drug Enforcement Conference (IDEC) in Rome that the Italian central directorate for anti-drug services is organizing with the support of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) of the United States.

The main topic of the conference is the seizure of the criminal assets gained through drug trafficking.

The iconic English-language bookstore Robinson Crusoe in Istanbul’s Beyoğlu district has been forced to move from its well-known location on the central İstiklal Avenue, after struggling to pay its rent in an increasingly tough area for small businesses.

Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Palme d’Or Award winning film “Kış Uykusu” (Winter Sleep) made its gala on June 12 at Kanyon Shopping Mall, with the attendence of many renowned figures from the Turkish cinema scene.

A rare phenomenon, the full "honey moon" will appear on the only Friday 13th of 2014.

Facebook billionaire Mark Zuckerberg put out word late Thursday that he and his wife Priscilla Chan are pumping $120 million into San Francisco Bay Area schools.