Documentary film "Goodbye, how are you?” in America

Belgrade, June 24. 2010. (Serbia Today) - Documentary film by Boris Mitic of Serbian satirical aphorism "Goodbye, how are you?” will be displayed on 23rd June, at the biggest American Documentary Film Festival in Washington “Silverdocs”. This projection in the hall of the American Film Institute (AFI) will be also the American premiere of the film. The film was also nominated by the Writers Guild of America for the award for best documentary screenplay, which will be awarded 25th June. "Good-bye, how are you?" effectively integrate the most universal Serbian satirical aphorisms in the unusual narration by actor Nebojsa Glogovac, and it is illustrated with nearly 500 'satirical documentary scenes' who were captured during 4 years on the back roads of Serbia and Republika Srpska. The film is supported by the Ministry of Culture and the City of Belgrade, and it was redeemed by the TV stations in France, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Spain, Estonia, Israel and all countries of the former Yugoslavia.

Bata Zivoinovic still popular in China

Belgrade, June 18. 2010. (Serbia Today) - Serbian actor Velimir Bata Zivojinovic, one of the biggest actors of former Yugoslavia recently signed agreement with the ‘Hemel’ for the sale of that company’s cosmetics in China, writes Belgrade daily Blic. Soon he is to start working on a series ‘Valter defends Sarajevo’ with the Chinese and is going to act in Srdjan Todorovic’s new film ‘Parade’. Zivojinovic, who is extremely popular in China is to play in a series for the Chinese market. The shooting shall be in cooperation with the ‘Pink’ and ‘Victoria Film’. It is believed that the original film has been seen by about 13 millions of Chinese viewers. ‘I am also to play in Todorovic’s new film on the gay parade. I shall be a parade promoter’, Zivojinovic says. He recently celebrated his 77th birthday and 50 years of work in film. He played in several hundreds of films until so far.

Nisville jazz festival

Belgrade, June ,12. 2010. (Serbia Today) - Musician Rambo Amadeus will be one of the main stars on the "Nisville" Jazz Festival from August 12th to August 15, announced the organizers of the music event. “Nisville” will be held at the Nis fortress, and his goal is to promote southern Serbia. For the occasion famous musician Rambo Amadeus announced that his band will include a brass section. In addition to Rambo Amadeus,  Solomon Burke and his band, "Benny Golson & Automatic rotting systems Kelag Big Band, Quintet Roy Hargruva, Steve Hackett,  De Phazz,  Manu di Bang and others will perform.

TIBA festival started in Belgrade

 
Belgrade June, 10, 2010 (Serbia Today) - Musical "On the letter on the letter" opened on Sunday Eighth International Theatre Festival for Children and Youth TIBA in Pozoriste na Terazijama. The audience will enjoy performances from Ljubljana, Zagreb, Sarajevo, Parma and Copenhagen. The Festival was opened by actor Miki Damjanovic, and the main festival program will showcase nine performances. For the opening event the musical "On the letter on the letter" after once popular TV series directed by Darjan Mihajlovic was selected. In next few days the audience will see performances from Ljubljana, Zagreb, Sarajevo, Parma and Copenhagen, and on the closing day Theatre Ensemble of "Bosko Buha", which organizes the festival, will put on "The Lord of the Flies." The accompanying program at the Studentski Park will feature staged mini-plays written by students of the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade every day from 6pm to 8pm.
 

Three artists from Serbia in an exhibition of new Canadian art

Belgrade/Ottawa, June, 04. 2010 (Serbia Today) – The works of three artists originally from Serbia have been featured in a group exhibition of new Canadian art and culture in Ottawa. Sculptress Bozica Radjenovic presented the installation symbolically called "Dual citizenship.” Radjenovic has a BA and MA degree from the Faculty of Fine Art in Belgrade, and 1993 she moved to Canada. In her native Belgrade, Ottawa and Toronto she had a dozen solo exhibitions and at group exhibitions in Canada, she has made more than 30 presentations. Zivana Djukic Kostic presented "Nordic fleece" with the performance of a series of metal tapestries in the series "From the Vinca to Iceland”. She lives in Pancevo, Ottawa and Montreal. Jasminka Kukic, the only artist-immigrant from Serbia, with a decade and a half of working on collages has represented three works in this technique. She has lived in Ottawa for 17 years and has exhibited in many exhibitions in  Canada,  France,  USA,  Lithuania,  Bulgaria  and  Serbia  including the "
Golden Pen in Belgrade. 

Film festival in Palic

 
Belgrade/ Palic, June, 03. 2010 (Serbia Today) – European Film Festival Palic 2010th will be held from 17 to 23 July at several locations in Palic and Subotica, announced the organizers - the Open University in Subotica In its 17th edition the festival will offer nine sections, and as in previous years, the main program of the Competition will give out three awards - the Golden Tower for best film, Palic Tower for Best Director and Special Jury Prize. The international jury of critics will award "Tollerance Award (prize for tolerance) for best film from within Parallels and Encounters, and selection of young spirit of Europe will award the European filmmaker with ERSTE Undeground Spirit Award. Traditionally there are two awards, "Alexander Lifka" for his contribution to European cinema, one for domestic and one for foreign artist. Alexander Lifka was the founder of cinema in this region and one of the most important European figures deserving of the promotion of "moving pictures" in the first half of the 20th century.

Lazar Ristovski winner of the award " Sergej Bondarcuk"

Belgrade/Moscow, June, 03. 2010 (Serbia Today) - Serbian well-known actor, Lazar Ristovski has received the award for outstanding contribution to the world cinema, last week at the International Film Festival in Moscow. Ristovski received the prize on Wednesday at the opening of the festival and on that occasion he said: "Maybe I could say that it was the greatest award that I have ever received in my life. " He also said that this award is very worth for the Russians, and for artists from Serbia even more. He pointed out that such awards in Serbia do not attach great significance. "It is a spiritual festival, festival of orthodoxy, but it is not just a festival of Orthodox countries. It is a world festival, at which awards were given to the great artists of the world’s film, and it has a great future" said Ristovski. "Ristovski has played in 50 movies and 3,000 theater plays and its long-term participation in the Moscow festival has made a great contribution to this event" said the organizers.

Srdjan Koljevic’s new film in Karlovy Vary

Belgrade, May, 31. 2010 (Serbia Today) - New movie of the director Srdjan Koljevic "Woman with a broken nose" was included at competitive program 45th International Film Festival in Karlovy Vary, which will be held from 2 to 10 July, announced on Wednesday distributor "Tack." The film “Woman with a broken nose" will be shown in the official competition program "East of the West.” It will be the international premiere of the film and the first official participation of a Serbian film in the world festival of A category this year. In the cast are Nebojsa Glogovac, Branka Katic, Anica Dobra, Nada Sargin, Jasna Zalica, Vuk Kostic and Nikola Rakocevic. The film was shot in the production "Bas Celik" from Serbia and the “Neu Mediopolis Film” from Germany.

Darko Lungulov;s film “Here and There'' wins in America

Belgrade, May, 26. 2010 (Serbia Today) - Film “Here and There'' has achieved incredible success at the box office list of independent films after the first weekend showing in America. Last year's winner of the Film Festival "Tribeca" in the category Best New York story, 14 May began screening in the U.S. and after the first weekend, occupied 5th place on the list of independent films in America, as reported by IndyWire Box Office. Serbian film took a high place at the box office list completely free of propaganda and advertising, but with "spreading the good vote". This was enhanced by excellent reviews in influential publications such as Hollywood Reporter, New York Times and Village Voice. Due to great interest, screening will be extended for one more week in the Quad Cinema, in New York. From Friday 21st May "Here and There" begins showing in Los Angeles, in cinema "Laemmle Music Theater, and during the next two months the film will be shown in 14 cities in America.