Film » Film | 41 “Brave New World”, opened on 9th January 1971 at trade union hall DomSindikata, with a screening of RobertAltman'sMash. Envisagedas an annual cross-sectional reviewof the season’s best films, the Belgrade International Film Festival – FEST grew to become one of themost important film festivals and a central event in the cultural life of Belgrade, alongside which many young generations have grown up. FEST began quite spectacularly with its very first edition, featuring screenings of Stanley Kubrick’s A Space Odyssey, Dennis Hopper’s Easy Rider, the aforementioned Mash, but also films by Éric Rohmer, Luis Buñuel, Živojin Pavlović et al. Although many, nostalgically but justifiably, consider that first edition of FEST as being unsurpassed, the truth is that, over subsequent years, FEST continued to present its audienceswithfilms thatwould go down in history as being among the best inworld cinematography.Throughout all these years, this festival has been characterised by the fact that its doors have remained wide open to all of theworld’s cinematography scenes and all relevant filmmakers, but also to films that wouldn’t find themselves on cinema repertoires. Imao sam 14 godina i po ceo dan visio na Festu Film Strahinja Banović reditelja Stefana Arsenijevića otvorio je jubilarni Fest. Film je imao svetsku premijeru na 55. međunarodnom filmskom festivalu u Karlovim Varima, gde je osvojio čak pet nagrada, uključujući i glavnu nagradu, gran-pri Kristalni globus za najbolji film. – Izuzetna je čast otvoriti festival čiji sam verni gledalac već decenijama, festivala koji je formirao moj filmski ukus i pogled na svet, festivala koji ima posebno emotivno mesto u mom životu. Prvi put sam bio na Festu pre tačno 30 godina i dan-danas to izdanje živo pamtim, jer je ostavilo neizbrisiv trag u mom životu. Imao sam 14 godina i po ceo dan sam visio na festivalu, sa sendvičem u torbi, ne želeći ništa da propustim. Ta 1992. godina je u filmskom smislu bila zaista vanserijska. Fest je otvorila Virdžina Srđana Karanovića, Kusturica je doveo u goste Džima Džarmuša i Džonija Depa, a aktuelni filmovi su bili današnji klasici Noć na zemlji, Barton Fink, Visoke potpetice, Moj privatni Ajdaho, Telma i Luiz, Delikatesna radnja… Svet je eksplodirao pred mojim očima u svoj svojoj raznolikosti i kreativnosti. Trideset godina kasnije moj film otvara Fest. Osećaj je fantastičan – rekao je Stefan Arsenijević, reditelj filma Strahinja Banović, povodom srpske premijere na Festu. I WAS 14 AND SPENT ALL DAY HANGING OUT AT FEST Director Stefan Arsenijević’s film As Far As I Can Walk / Strahinja Banović opened this year’s jubilee edition of FEST. The film had its world premiere at the 55th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where it won a total of five awards, including the top prize of the Grand Prix Crystal Globe for Best Film. “It is an exceptional honour to open a festival where I’ve been a loyal spectator for decades; a festival that shaped my taste in film and view of the world; a festival that has a special emotional place in my life. The first time I was at FEST was precisely 30 years ago, and to this day I still recall that edition vividly, because it left an indelible mark on me. I was 14 and spent all day hanging out at the festival, with a sandwich in my bag, not wanting to miss out on anything. That 1992 was really an extraordinary year in terms of film. FEST opened with Srđan Karanović’s Virgina, while Kusturica brought Jim Jarmusch and Johnny Depp as guests, and the films that were then current are today classics: Night on Earth, Barton Fink, High Heels, My Own Private Idaho, Thelma & Louise, Delicatessen etc. The world exploded in front of my eyes, in all of its multiplicity and creativity. Thirty years on and my own film is opening FEST. That feeling is fantastic,” said Stefan Arsenijević, director of the film As Far As I Can Walk / Strahinja Banović, speaking on the occasion of his film’s Serbian premiere at FEST. Zatvaranje uz Džona Vilijamsa Zatvaranje 50. Festa biće obeleženo koncertom Simfonijskog orkestra RTS-a, koji će izvoditi muziku iz čuvenih filmskih hitova kao što su Ratovi zvezda, Indijana Džons, Supermen, Hari Poter i drugih koje je komponovao Džon Vilijams, jedan od najvećih kompozitora filmskemuzike našeg doba. CLOSINGCEREMONYWITH JOHNWILLIAMS The 50th FEST will culminate with a concert of the Radio-Television Serbia Symphony Orchestra, which will performmusic from famous blockbusters like Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Superman, Harry Potter and other filmscores composed by JohnWilliams, one of the greatest filmcomposers of our time. FOTO: Profimedia.rs / Buckner/Variety / Shutterstock Editorial FOTO: FilmServis Festival Karlovy Vary
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