The 17th Kustendorf Film Festival, an international cinematic event, has commenced in Mokra Gora, embracing the theme “Not Surveillance, Cinematography.”
In its competitive segment, the festival will showcase 17 films. Competing for the coveted Golden, Silver, and Bronze Egg awards, as well as the “Vilko Filač” award for best cinematography, are filmmakers from Serbia, Austria, Finland, Greece, Poland, Sweden, Germany, the USA, Egypt, Mexico, Uzbekistan, North Macedonia, India, Czech Republic, Croatia, and Russia.
The international jury is composed of Italian writer and journalist Sandro Veronesi, Serbian actress Bojana Panić, and Uzbekistani film director Muzafarkon Erkinov.
The “Vilko Filač” award will be decided by Rome’s director of photography Vladan Radović and France’s director of photography Michel Amathieu.
The festival’s “Tree of Life” award has been bestowed upon Italian director Matteo Garrone.
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