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WHO IS IN THE RACE FOR THE BELGRADE VICTOR AT THE 52ND FEST

  In this year's Main Competition Programme of the 52nd edition, the FEST International FilmFestival will show 17 films from all over the world, including co-productions from Brazil, Chile, Taiwan, Ivory Coast, Qatar, Russia, Switzerland, France, Argentina, Luxembourg, Mauritania, the USA , but also Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, as well as films from Germany, Spain, China and Israel. The films from ...

NOVELTIES WITHIN PROGRAMME SECTIONS OF 52ND FEST

This year's Fest brings certain conceptual novelties, embodied in two programme sections, Fest Focus and Dreamlike Film, which each contain eight films. ’We can say that this year Fest Focus includes films similar when it comes to theme or content, and the Dreamlike Film selection includes works that are similar in form,’ said the artistic director of Fest, Jugoslav Pantelić, explaining the criteria for the new programme ...

FILMS NOMINATED FOR OSCAR AT 52ND FEST

Among the film hits that should not be missed at the 52nd International Film Festival FEST, from 23 February to 3 March, are the ones already crowned with prestigious awards, as well as those in the race for the American Film Academy Award. One such film, Alexander Payne's ‘ The Holdovers’ , which opens the festival, won the Golden Globe for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy (Paul Giamatti) and Best ...

AWARD-WINNING FESTIVAL FILMS AT 52ND FEST

Numerous films - festival winners are coming to this year's 52nd FEST, from 23 February to 3 March 2024. The audience can expect films awarded in Cannes, Venice, San Sebastián, Sundance, as well as winners of the BAFTA and Golden Globe awards. The American-Mexican co-production ‘Memory’ , by Michel Franco, is shown in the Gala Plus selection and it won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival, which went to Peter ...

Belgrade Victor Award for two-time Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi

Award Belgrade Victor for Outstanding Contribution to Film Art at the 52nd International Film Festival FEST, which runs from February 23rd until March 3rd, goes to Iranian director AsgharFarhadi. Two-time Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi, an Iranian film director and screenwriter, who will receive the Belgrade Victor on February 29th in the Serbian capital, is considered one of the most prominent filmmakers of Iranian and ...

TICKET SALES FOR 52ND FEST BEGIN

Ticket sales for the 52nd FEST begin on Wednesday, 14 february. The film ’The Holdovers’, directed by Oscar winner Alexander Payne, which has several nominations for the prestigious award of the American Film Academy, opens FEST, while on 3 March, the last film by Žarko Laušević, ’Russian Consul’, directed by Miroslav Lekić, based on the novel by Vuk Drašković, will close the festival.    Film lovers can expect a 10-day ...

Film with multiple Oscar nominations, Alexander Payne's ‘The Holdovers’, to open 52nd FEST

The film ‘The Holdovers’ , directed by two-time Oscar winner Alexander Payne, will open the 52nd International Film Festival FEST in the MTS Hall on 23 February 2024. Alexander Payne’s ‘The Holdovers’ is this years candidate for the Oscar in several categories, including: best picture, best actor, best actress, original screenplay. In this film, written by David ...

THREE DOMESTIC FILMS IN MAIN COMPETITION PROGRAMME AT 52nd FEST

Award-winning directors of younger generation with their latest films

Within the framework of the 52nd FEST, which lasts from 23 February to 3 March, the Belgrade audience will be presented with domestic directors of the younger generation. Their latest films will premiere at the festival, three of which are in FEST’s Main Competition programme: ‘ Working Class Goes to Hell ’ by Mladen Đorđević (24 February), ...

Želimir Žilnik, Belgrade Victor Award Winner at 52nd FEST

This year’s first Belgrade Victor for Outstanding Contribution to Cinema will be awarded to Želimir Žilnik, one of the most significant and prolific directors of Serbian cinema. Žilnik is one of the key figures and founders of Serbian and Yugoslav modernist cinema, yet his body of work goes far beyond that period and extends to the present day. Last year, as part of FEST, Žilnik’s restored film ‘Early Works’ ...

52 FEST

The 52nd International film festival FEST will be held from 23 February to 3 March 2024