FILM FESTIVAL SERBIAN NU METRO, MONTECASINO. 22nd - 29th November 2012 UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA IN PRETORIA

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UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA IN PRETORIA SERBIAN ARTS AND CULTURE SOCIETY AFRICA FILM FESTIVAL 22nd - 29th November 2012 NU METRO, MONTECASINO SERBIAN

An author s perspective of the world Film, as a sublimation of all arts, is a true medium, a universal vehicle with which the broader public is presented with a world view, as seen by the eye of the filmmaker. Nowadays, due to the global economic crisis, which is ironically producing technological and all sorts of other developments, an increasing number of people are pushed to the margins of average standards of living, and filmmakers are given the chance to bring under their protection millions of disillusioned people with their filmmaking capabilities. Art, throughout its history, has always praised but has also been heavily critical of its subject. Film is not just that. Film is that and so much more. Film is life itself and beyond life. Film is everything many of us dream about but never dare to say out loud. That is why people love films. That is why it is eternal. It tears down boundaries and brings together cultures. It awakens curiosity and builds bridges from one far away coast to another. Film is a great lie but an even greater truth. Yugoslavian, and today the Serbian film industry has always been in trend. It might sound harsh but, unfortunately, this region has always provided ample material for films. Under our Balkan clouds there has been an ongoing battle about which people are older, which came and settled first, who started it and who will be first to leave and such battles have been and continue to be an inspiration to film producers. It has also been a polygon for geopolitical experiments which, like always, end at the expense of millions of innocent people. Serbian filmmakers had a tendency to be focused on the negative aspects of society and even critical of their leaders which was not in any way simple or without its dangers. The Black Wave was a recognizable critical film genre, during the 1970s, in time of Tito s Yugoslavia. Today, the Serbian film industry is once again showing signs of life something that I can confirm, not only as an actor, but also as a director and film producer. In times when it s risky and hard, even for the millionaires of this world, which I feel very sorry for, in Serbia we continue to make films.

All the more often, filmmakers are taking upon themselves the roles of producers to ensure a professional final outcome and control the entire procedure of the production so that the piece of art that is presented in front of viewers remains true and untainted. The foundation responsible for the vitality of the Serbian film industry, which is now particularly evident, are the young filmmakers. Various films from young filmmakers in the recent years have very critically, bravely and originally scanned life in Serbia. As a result we have the once brave and brilliant directors including: Saša Petrović, Dušan Makavejeva, Puriša Đorđević, Žika Pavlović, along with those who are still very much strong and continue making films; Želimir Žilnik, Goran Paskaljević, Emir Kusturica, Slobodan Šijan,Goran Marković, Darko Bajić, Srdan Golubović, Srđan Dragojević, and introducing the new generation: Stefan Arsenijević, Nikola Ležajić, Maja Miloš, Stevan Filipović, who without compromise try to eliminate the inertia of the tired national corpus. With their attitude towards life and film, the future of Serbian film is forever certain. Film fans in Johannesburg will see for themselves that Serbia rightfully belongs to in the scene of world film and will be given the opportunity to see the work of directors from different generations and various world views. Among them, my film, The White Lions, which tells the story of the struggles of a small man against the big and powerful world, will also be shown. I believe that the intention of the organizers was just that. Lazar Ristovski

Montevideo, Taste of a Dream (Montevideo, Bog Te Video) Fiction, Serbia, 2010, color, 140 Direction: Dragan Bjelogrlić / Screenplay: Srđan Dragojević, Ranko Božić / based on the homonymous novel by Vladimir Stankovic) / Cinematography: Goran Volarević / Cast: Miloš Biković, Petar Strugar, Danina Jeftić, Nina Janković, Predrag Vasić / Production: Intermedia Network

Belgrade, 1930. The story follows eleven passionate, mostly anonymous, but very talented soccer players and their journey from the cobblestone streets of impoverished Belgrade neighborhoods to the formation of the national team before the very first World Cup in faraway Uruguay. It centers on the relationship between two top players: natural talent and poor boy Tirke and playboy and superstar Moša. The film had record ticket sales in Serbia and won the Audience award at Moscow IFF and 5th Art and Film Festival Two Riversides in Poland and the International s Jury Special Mention at 58th IFF at Pula in Croatia. Also, 5 FIPRESCI Serbia awards and Official Serbian entry for the 84rd Academy Awards. Dragan Bjelogrlic Born in Opovo, Serbia in 1963, Dragan Bjelogrlic is a famous actor in his native country. He studied acting in Belgrade. He is also a director and producer.

When Day Breaks (Kad Svane Dan) Drama, Serbia-Croatia-France, 2012, color, 90 Director: Goran Paskaljević / Screenplay: Filip David and Goran Paskaljević / Director of photography: Milan Spasić / Music: Vlatko Stefanovski / Production designer: Milenko Jeremić / Costumes: Marina Medenica / Editor: Kristina Pozenel / Cast: Mustafa Nadarević, Predrag Ejdus, Nebojša Glogovac, Meto Jovanovski, Zafir Hadžimanov, Nada Šargin, Ana Stefanović, Olga Odanović-Petrović, Toma Jovanović, Rade Kojadinović, Mira Banjac / Produced by: Nova film (Serbia), Intermedia Network (Serbia), Zepter International (Serbia), Maxima Film (Croatia), Arsam Film (France), Wanda Vision (Spain)

Misha Brankov is a retired music professor. One morning he receives a letter requesting him to contact the Jewish Museum in Belgrade. At the museum, he learns that during some excavations on the sewers at the city s Old Fairgrounds, an iron box was found, in this same place that during the Second World War an infamous concetration camp was set up for Serbian Jews and Gypsies. The contents of the box will change the Profesor s life... Goran Paskaljević Goran Paskaljevic studied at the well-known Prague school of cinema (F AMUJ. He has made 30 documentaries and 15 feature films, shown and acclaimed at the most prestigious international film festivals (Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Toronto and San Sebastian... ). In 2001, Variety international Film Guide marked him as one of the world s top five directors of the year. His latest film When Day Breaks has been selected as the Serbian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards.

The Trap (Klopka) Fiction,Serbia-Germany-Hungary, 2007, color, 106 Direction: Srdan Golubović/ Screenplay: Melina Pota Koljević, Srđan Koljević / Cinematography: Aleksandar Ilić / Cast: Nebojša Glogovac, Nataša Ninković, Anica Dobra, Miki Manojlović, Marko Djurković / Production: Baš Čelik, Mediopolis GmbH, Uj Budapest Filmstudio, ΑΜΑ Films

Post-Milosevic Belgrade, capital of a nation struggling to find its soul, of a country whose turbulent recent past has left many in a moral and existential desert. This is the home of Mladen, his wife Marija and their son Nemanja. When Nemanja develops a serious heart condition, the doctors urge an operation abroad. But where to obtain the 26,000 euros? Just when the boy s parents give up hope of raising the money, a man contacts Mladen and offers to pay the whole amount. But there is one thing Mladen must do: kill the man s business rival. If he accepts, he saves his boy s life but loses his soul; if he refuses, he will grieve as a righteous man until the end of his life. The trap is set. Best Actor and Best Director at Milan IFF, Grand Prix at Sofia IFF, FIPRESCI Prize at Wiesbaden goeast FF, Audience Award at Trieste IFF. Srdan Golubovic Srdan Golubovic was born in Belgrade in 1972. During his studies he directed several short features that received international and domestic awards and one story, Hertz Minute, for the omnibus The Package that became a cult movie. He established the production company Bas Celik with a team of young filmmakers. His first feature, Absolute Hundred, was screened at numerous festivals and won numerous awards. Among others, the film won the Audience Award for Best Foreign Film and the Best Actor Award at the Thessaloniki IFF.

Love and Other Crimes (Ljubav i Drugi Zločini) Fiction, Serbia-Germany-Austria-Slovenia, 2008, color, 106 Direction: Stefan Arsenijević / Screenplay: Stefan Arsenijević, Srđan Koljević, Bojan Vuletić / Cinematography: Simon Tansek I Ηθοποιοί/ Cast: Anica Dobra, Vuk Kostić, Milena Dravić, Feđa Stojanović, Hanna Schwamborn / Production: Icon Film, Art & Popcorn, Coin Film, KGP Kranzelbinder Gabriele Production, Studio Arkadena

Tonight, everything changes for Anika. She ll pack her belongings, say her goodbyes and empty her boyfriend s safe before boarding a flight to a new life. However, what she doesn t know is that today is also a big day for those around her- and her last day in Belgrade might not run as smoothly as planned. Best Director Award at the Sofia IFF. Stefan Arsenijevic Stefan Arsenijević was born in Belgrade in 1977. He earned a MA in film and TV directing from the Faculty of Drama Arts in Belgrade, where he works as an assistant professor. Co-founder of the film production house Art & Popcorn. For his short films he has won over 30 national and international awards, including the Golden Bear in Berlin, the European Film Academy Award and Oscar Nomination.

The Tour (Turneja) Fiction, Serbia-Bosnia & Herzegovina-Croatia, 2008, color, 105 Direction: Goran Marković / Screenplay: Goran Marković /Cinematography: Radoslav Vladić / Cast: Tihomir Stanić, Dragan Nikolić, Mira Furlan, Josif Tatić, Gordan Kičić, Jelena Đokić, Slavko Štimac / Production: Testament Films, Balkan Film, Magic Box, Concept Films, Aatalanta

1993, the bleakest time of the war in Bosnia & Herzegovina. A group of actors from Belgrade, utterly unaware of what they re setting themselves up for, embark on a search for quick earnings on a tour of Serbian Krajina. They are thrust into the heart of war and begin to wander from warfront to warfront. After having experienced all the horrors of war, they return to their theater as different people. The war has changed them: they are no longer the innocent, child-like creatures who look forward to getting up on stage, but people with a dark shadow cast over their souls. Best Director and FIPRESCI Prize at Montreal World Film Festival and Audience Award at Thessaloniki Film Festival. Goran Markovic Born in Belgrade Goran Markovic (1946) studied Filmmaking at Prague s FAMU. One of the best known of the so-called Czech School of Yugoslav directors. After graduating, he began working for Yugoslav television, directing documentaries and TV films. He also directs for the theatre and now teaches at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. His films have screened in festivals around the world and won numerous prizes.

Solemn Promise (Besa) Fiction, Serbia-Croatia-France-Hungary-Slovenia, 2009, color, 106 Direction: Srdjan Karanović / Screenplay: Srdjan Karanović /Cinematography: Slobodan Trninić / Cast: Miki Manojlović, Iva Krajnc, Raša Bukvić, Nebojša Dugalić, Peter Ferenc / Production: Vision Team, Film House Baš Čelik, Vertigo, ASAP Films, Tivoli Filmproduction, Arkadena

At the very beginning of the 1st World War, Filip, a Serb and the principal of a high school in a small Serbian town, is summoned urgently to Belgrade to serve in the war effort. Azem, an illiterate Albanian, the school custodian, gives Filip his solemn oath, his Besa (in the Albanian tradition: when someone gives their word which must be kept even if they lose their life in the process) that he would look after Lea, a young and pretty Slovenian woman, a dance teacher he met while studying in Western Europe. Two Europeans, from two entirely different cultures and habits are forced to an awkward cohabitation. Official Serbian entry for the 83rd Academy Awards. Participated in the Moscow IFF. Srdjan Karanovic A director and screenwriter born in Belgrade in 1945, Srdjan Karanovic has directed over 70 documentaries, shorts and commercial films. He is teaching Film Directing at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. His film Nesto izmedju was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival.

Death Of A Man In The Balkans (Smrt čoveka na Balkanu) Black comedy, Serbia, 2012, color, 80 Directection: Miroslav Momčilović / Screenplay: Miroslav Momčilović / Cinematography: Miladin Čolaković / Music: Predrag Šarović / Production designer: Diana Lazarov / Costumes: Jelena Petrović / Editor: Ivan Vladimirov / Cast: Emir Hadžihafizbegović, Radoslav Rale Milenković, Bojan Žirović, Nataša Ninković, Anita Mančić, Ljubomir Bandović / Producer: Brigada, Serbia

A lonely composer commits suicide in front of his computer web camera. One of the neighbors, after he heard the gun shot, reveals the dead neighbor lying on the floor and became the first witness. Therefore, he stays in the apartment to wait for the police but, as the time goes by, many other neighbors start to interfere. Whole time recorded by a webcam, which they are not aware of. While waiting for the police they drink, eat and play chess. In the thrilling and effective dialogue they welcome police and forensic officers who reveal the fact of working web camera. From that moment the situation and relations between surprised randomly assembled group became different under the pressure of camera. Miroslav Momčilović Born in Belgrade in 1969. Graduated in dramaturgy from the Belgrade Faculty of Drama Arts. Writer and director of the films Seven And A Half (2006) and Wait For Me And I Will Not Return (2009). Author of screenplay for the film When I Grow Up I ll Be A Kangaroo (2004). His films had a rich festival life both in Serbia and abroad.

Redemption Street (Ustanička ulica) Thriller, Serbia-Slovenia, 2012, color, 97 Direction: Miroslav Terzić / Screenplay: Djordje Milosavljević, Nikola Pejaković / Cinematography: Miladin Ćolaković / Music: Ivan Brkljačić / Production designer: Aljoša Spajić / Costumes: Zora Mojsilović / Editor: Dejan Urošević / Cast: Gordan Kičić, Uliks Fehmiu, Rade Šerbedžija, Petar Božović, Predrag Ejdus, Jelena Djokić, Milica Mihajlović / Producer: Filmkombajn, Serbia, Pakt Media, Slovenia

Dusan, a young deputy prosecutor for war crimes, gets the task to investigate a paramilitary formation, The First pioneer s unit, that was operating on the battlefields in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo, where they disappeared without a trace. Dusan is determined to bring the case to the end and to show his father, a famous retired professor at the law faculty, but to his boss too, War crimes prosecutor, that he is capable for this job. This becomes for Dusan much more than a simple case-it becomes a personal confrontation. Miroslav Terzić Born in 1969 in Belgrade. Graduated International law at the University of Belgrade. He has attended bachelor degree studies at Belgrade Academy for Film & Drama, Belgrade University. Director of more than 50 commercials and videos. Redemption street is his first feature.

White Lions (Beli Lavovi) Tragicomedy, Serbia-Croatia, 2011, color, 93 Direction: Lazar Ristovski / Screenplay: Lazar Ristovski, story by Gordan Mihić / Cinematography: Milorad Glušica / Music: Tomo Babović / Production designer: Milenko Jeremić / Costumes: Marina Medenica / Editor: Petar Putniković Cast: Lazar Ristovski, Gordan Kičić, Hristina Popović, Vuk Kostić, Mira Banjac, Nikola Simić, Zorka Jovanović Mihajlović, Luka Jovanović, Aleksandar Filimonović, Milan Tomić, Monika Kiš / Produced by: Zillion film, Serbia / Interfilm, Croatia

Workers, who did not get their wages for six years, are lying on the access road to their factory. Dile s son Gruja who has for years been a jobless filmmaker has to film weddings and funerals for a living. He is trying to save enough money so that he could propose to Bela, his girlfriend. Bela is an unemployed opera singer. She earns her living by being paid to sing opera arias upon invitation. Dile, an unemployed factory worker, comes up with an idea to organize a game in which he, Gruja and Bela are supposed to rob the rich kids of their gold and diamonds.at the end of the film, Dile sings a revolutionary rap song. One of the banners closes this scene and the film. In This Life We Were Happy, In Some Other We Will Be Rich! Lazar Ristovski Born in Yugoslavia in 1952. Graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade as an actor. He has starred in over 40 films, TV series and TV dramas. He directed the film The White Suit which was premiered in Cannes in 1999 within the Critic s Week program. The White Suit was the Yugoslav entry for the Oscar Awards. Lazar Ristovski is the sole owner of Zillion Film Company.

Professor Kosta Vujic s Hat (Šešir Profesora Koste Vujića) Comedy - hictoric, Serbia, 2012, color, 115 Direction: Zdravko Šotra / Screenplay: Milovan Vitezović, Zdravko Šotra / Cinematography: Veselko Krčmar / Music: Željko Joksimović / Production designer: Dejan Anđelković / Costumes: Ivanka Krstović / Editor: Petar Putniković / Cast: Aleksandar Berček, Miloš Biković, Aleksandar Radojičić, Branimir Brstina, Vojin Ćetković, Ljubomir Bulajić, Mateja Popović, Andrija Daničić, Uroš Jakovljević, Nikola Ranđelović, Davor Perunović, Mladen Sovilj, Stevan Piale, Ivan Bosiljčić / Production: Košutnjak film, Serbia

This is the story of professor Kosta Vujic, a good-hearted eccentric and a hedonists, a special kind of educator. His one-time student, Mihailo Petrovic - Mika Alas, a famous Serbian mathematician, once wrote that Kosta Vujic was the most original professor of the 19th century, and an incredible man. The first class that he taught and saw graduate from high school included Mika Alas, Jovan Cvijic and other famous figures that have made their mark on Serbian history as academics, teachers, ministers, politicians and other dignitaries. This was a generation for all times and there has not been any like it before or ever since. And when they were in high school, they were brimming with uninhibited energy of youth. This film tells their story. Zdravko Šotra One of the most successful domestic film and TV director. Filmography: The conquest of freedom, Keeping the air, The Igman March, Brothers in materials, Barking at the Stars, Robbery Third Reich, Ivkov s glory and Zona Zamfirova (most watched domestic film in Serbia, of all time).

Tilva Ros Fiction, Serbia, 2010, color, 95 Direction-Screenplay:: Nikola Ležaić / Cinematography: Miloš Jaćimović / Cast: Marko Todorović, Stefan Djordjević, Dunja Kovačević / Production: Film House Kiselo dete, Vision Team

Toda and Stefan are best friends, skaters, who spend their first summer after finishing high school. They spend time shooting Jackass-like videos and hanging out with Dunja who came back from France for her holidays. Against the backdrop of a small union protest ιn the largest copper mine in Bor, which evolves into a huge riot, their dying friendship turns into rivalry. The film won awards at film festivals in Bosnia, Croatia and Romania, while it received nominations at film festivals in Buenos Aires, San Francisco, Miami, Locarno as well as the European Film Awards. Nikola Lezaic Nikola Ležaić was born in 1981 in Bor. Studied Film and TV directing in Belgrade. Co-founder of the Film House Kiselo dete and the literary movement Metasynchrism. A member of the Smog comic group. Tilva Rosh is his feature debut.

Practical Guide To Belgrade With Singing And Crying (Praktični vodič kroz Beograd, sa pevanjem i plakanjem) Romantic comedy, Serbia-France-Hungary-Germany-Croatia, 2011, color, 90 Directed by: Bojan Vuletić / Screenplay: Bojan Vuletić, Stefan Arsenijević / Cinematography: Jelena Stanković / Music: Rastko Čolić, Gabriel des Forets / Production designer: Jelena Sopić, Jovana Cvetković / Costumes: Lana Pavlović / Editor: Ksenija Petričić / Cast: Julie Gayet, Jean Marc-Barr, Baki Davrak, Leon Lučev, Bojan Navojec, Hristina Popović-Mijin, Anita Mančić, Marko Janketić, Nada Šargin / Production:Art & Popcorn, Serbia / TR9 Film, Germany / PETIT Film, France / Laokoon Film- Group, Hungary / Kinorama, Croatia

After many years of hard isolation Belgrade has opened again, ready to accept numerous tourists, businessmen and curious people from all over the world. What happens when foreigners and local people meet? Practical Guide to Belgrade with Singing and Crying is a contemporary romantic comedy about four couples from different nations which meet in present Belgrade and experience the small impossibilities of big love. At the beginning, Stefan, a young and arrogant Belgrade driver, who believes in nobody and nothing, falls in love with Silvie the French chanson singer, who has been controlling herself for far too long. She is on the verge of a nervous breakdown and for the first time she will do everything that she has dreamed of Bojan Vuletić Born in 1977 in Belgrade, Serbia. He graduated the Faculty of Performing Arts, section for film and TV directing in 2007. So far, he has directed several motion pictures and documentary films: A Simple Love Story; The Woman Whom I Truly Hated; Marija, Milanče and I; For Sentimental Reasons; Children s from Out of Space; Last Call; Lovers; Not to Mention Sex; Tears of Dennis Tito; Vanda Never Forgets Anything.

CLIP (Klip) Drama, Serbia, 2012, color, 100 Director: Maja Miloš / Screenplay: Maja Miloš / Director of photography: Vladimir Simić / Art direction: Zorana Petrov / Costumes: Senka Kljakić, Monika Ratković, Marijana Radović/ Editor: Stevan Filipović / Cast: Isidora Simijonović, Katarina Pešić, Sonja Janičić, Monja Savić, Jovana Stojiljković, Vukašin Jasnić, Vladimir Gvojić / Produced by: Baš Čelik, Serbia

Jasna is a 16 year old girl who attends medical high school. Her father is in an advanced stage of a serious medical condition and requires a surgical procedure. Jasna does t want to take part in everyday problems that living with a gravely ill person brings. Jasna is in love with Djole a 17 year old boy from her school. She is too shy to show any of her feelings for him. In spite of this, they start having a relationship. They begin their relationship by filming themselves during sex. Jasna parties with her girlfriends, they have fun, drink a lot, do drugs. They are reckless, they fight and then sleep at school, during classes. Jasna quite fancies that. Against all ads love and daintiness being occur in highly crude environment. Maja Miloš Maja Miloš was born in Belgrade, in 1983. Graduated from the Department of Film and Television Directing of the Faculty of Drama Arts in Belgrade. During studies she directed 11 short films and documentaries. She took part in Talents Campus of the 56th Berlin Film Festival. In 2006 she attended a documentary film school at the Film Faculty in Paris La Femis. Since 2005 she works on feature films, as a casting director and 1 AD.

O Gringo Documentary, Serbia-Brazil, 2011, color, 87 Direction: Darko Bajić / Screenplay: Darko Bajić, Nataša Drakulić / Production: Magična linija, Urca Filmes

Brazilian footballers usually become famous by playing for the greatest European clubs. This film is about a European player who became the greatest footballer in Brazil. Dejan Petkovic, born in Serbia, is considered the greatest player of all time by many experts. His fascinating football career is currently on its peak in Brazil, the country of football. When he was 37, he won the championship title with Flamengo club and was voted the best footballer in Brazil. Darko Bajic Director, writer and producer Darko Bajić was born in Belgrade in 1955. He teaches Film Directing at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. He is also the President of the Board of the Serbian Film Centre.

Cinema Komunisto Documentary, Serbia 2010, color & b/w, 101 Direction- Screenplay: Mila Turajlić / Cinematography: Goran Kovacevic / Production: Dribbling Pictures, 3K Productions, Intermedia Network / with the support ERT S.A.

When reality has a different script from the one in your films, who wouldn t invent a country to fool themselves? The collapsing film sets of Tito s Hollywood of the East take us on a journey through the rise and fall of the illusion called Yugoslavia. Alpe Adria Cinema Award for Best Documentary- Trieste Film Festival; Gold Hugo- Chicago IFF, Audience Award- Views of the World Documentary FF, Nicosia; Honorable Mention-It is all True Festival in Brazil. Mila Turajlic Mila Turajlic was born in Belgrade in 1979. She earned a Bsc in Politics and International Relations from the London School of Economics, a BA in Film and TV Production from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade and an MSc in Media and Communications from the London School of Economics.

SCREENING SCHEDULE Thursday 22 November - 7:00pm Montevideo Taste Of A Dream (Montevideo, Bog te video) - Dragan Bjelogrlic (Opening Night / Invited Guests ONLY) Friday 23 November - 5:15pm When Day Breaks (Kad svane dan) - Goran Paskaljevic Friday 23 November - 8:00pm The Trap (Klopka) - Srdan Golubovic Saturday 24 November - 5:15pm Love and Other Crimes (Ljubav i drugi zlocini) - Stefan Arsenijevic Saturday 24 November - 8:00pm Death Of The Man In The Balkans (Smrt coveka na Balkanu) - Miroslav Momcilovic

SCREENING SCHEDULE Sunday 25 November - 5:15pm Solemn Promise (Besa) - Srdjan Karanovic Sunday 25 November - 8:00pm The Tour (Turneja) - Goran Markovic Monday 26 November - 5:15pm Redemption Street (Ustanicka ulica) - Miroslav Terzic Monday 26 November - 8:00pm White Lions (Beli lavovi) - Lazar Ristovski Tuesday 27 November - 5:15pm Professor Kosta Vujic s Hat (Sesir profesora Koste Vujica) - Zdravko Sotra

SCREENING SCHEDULE Tuesday 27 November - 8:00pm Tilva Ros - Nikola Lezaic Wednesday 28 November - 5:15pm Practical Guide to Belgrade With Singing and Crying (Prakticni vodic kroz Beograd sa pevanjem i plakanjem) - Bojan Vuletic Wednesday 28 November - 8:00pm The Clip (Klip) - Maja Milos Thursday 29 November - 5:15pm O Gringo - Darko Bajic Thursday 29 November - 5:15pm Cinema Komunisto - Mila Turajlic

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SERBIAN22nd - 29th November 2012 FILM FESTIVAL

SERBIAN FILM FESTIVAL UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA IN PRETORIA SERBIAN ARTS AND CULTURE SOCIETY AFRICA Republic of Serbia Ministry of Culture and Media