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PRESS RELEASE ABOUT THE WINNERS OF OFFICIAL AWARDS OF THE 53rd BELGRADE FESTIVAL OF DOCUMENTARY AND SHORT FILM - In accordance with the rules of the Belgrade Festival and the Bylaw on the work of the Jury, after having reviewed all the films from both competition programs of this year's festival and after two sessions held, the international festival jury has unanimously adopted the following decision ... read more

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The 53rd Belgrade Festival of Documentary and Short film from April 11-15, 2006 shall be held under the slogan WHERE TO?

In two competition programs a total of 68 films will be shown: 44 in the Domestic Program and 24 in the International Program; another 60-some films will be shown in the framework of several special programs.

The VIP Europe program, 13 winner films from 13 European short film festivals in the previous year.

The Contemporary Canadian Animation program, as well as the Best from the Ottawa Festival 2005 program shall shed light on the trends in short animated film.

Our Folks in the World is a selection of films of Serbian authors living and working throughout the world; the films are dealing with topics related to events in our region.

Testimonies is a program in which authors deal with causes and consequences of the war in the former Yugoslavia .

The Panorama program shall be an interesting addition to the festival with intriguing films of domestic and foreign authors. There are another two special programs – the first one related to the anniversary of the birth of Nikola Tesla, while the second one is in honor of this year's winner of the Life Achievement Award, renowned filmmaker Vladimir Petric.




Festival Founder:
Belgrade City Council