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| 41 Publika će Kradljivce moći da pogleda na samom otvaranju FAF-a The audience will be able to watch “Shoplifters” at the very opening of the festival Zalazak sunca prikazan je na nedavno završenom Venecijanskom festivalu “Sunset” was screened at the recently completed Venice Festival stivalska platna. Tako će biti i ove go- dine od 23. do 30. novembra, kada će se FAF održati na dosad najviše loka- cija i ponuditi raznovrstanprogramsa najznačajnijih filmskih festivala. Ako sepo jutrudanpoznaje, kanski pobed- nik svakakonajavljuje velike ambicije koje FAF ima uoči sopstvenog jubile- ja – četvrt veka postojanja. A festival je i nastao iz bunta to- komteškihdevedesetih,satežnjomda prikazujetaprodukcionomalaostvare- nja, napravljena daleko od veliki film- skih studija. Tako je FAF otkrivao ne samo autore već i nove filmske stilo- ve, žanrove i kinematografije, do ko- jih je ponekad teško doći, čak i danas, uvremenu internet revolucije. Pogled u svet, koji je od samihpočetakaFesti- valautorskogfilmasugerisao,zapravo je ostao njegov zaštitni znak, jer upra- vo na tom festivalu, svake godine bez premca, otkrijemo nešto što je u film- skom svetu naizgled sitno i apartno. Tako ćebiti i ovegodine. Kradljiv- ci je osobena oda porodici, koja je Ja- panu donela Zlatnu palmu nakon vi- še od dve decenije i trijumfa Šoheija placeatmorelocationsthaneverbefore,of- fering a diverse programme of works fea- tured at themost important film festivals. If the day can be recognised by the quality of the morning, opening with the winner of Cannes certainly confirms FAF’s great am- bitions on the eve of its own silver jubilee of 25 years of existence. Thefestivalactuallyoriginatedasanact ofrebellionduringthedifficult1990s,striving topresentcreationsthataresmallintermsof productionandcreatedfarawayfrommajor film studies. FAF thereby revealed not only newauthors,butalsonewfilmstyles,genres and cinematography, which are sometimes difficulttoaccess,evenintoday’stimeofthe internet revolution. A view into the world, whichthisfestivalhassoughttoprovidesince its very inception, has actually remained as itstrademark,becauseeachyearthisfestival enablesustodiscoversomethinginthefilm world that’s seeminglyminor and separate. That will be the case again this year. Shoplifters isaspecialodetothefamilythat hasbroughtCannesPalmed’OrvictorytoJa- panafteragapofmorethantwodecadesand thethentriumphofdirectorShoheiImamu- ra,whosharedhisprizeequallywith Iranian Abbas Kiarostami – the first winning for the film The Eel, the second for the work Taste of Cherry. And both of those achievements remainrememberedtothisday.Judgingby reactions from Cannes, Hirokazu Kore’eda’s filmwill also be prove unforgettable – with thisauthorconstantlyseekingtherootsand causesofalienationamongmembersoffam- ily collectives.The filmShoplifters in its title alreadysuggestsawordthat’salmostnon-ex- istentinJapanese,whichgivesadditionalin- triguetotheplotitself.Andtheactionofthis film,whichischaracterisedasacrimedrama, revolvesaroundasociallyvulnerablefamily living in existential threat in the suburbs of Tokyo. They function as petty thieves in or- der to survive, and after one such theft they