From 25 February to 6 March, the renowned Belgrade International Film Festival FEST will take place for the 50th time. Marjorie Bendeck, Director of the East-West Co-Production Market "Connecting Cottbus" (CoCo) and Programme Director Bernd Buder are on location for us this year.
Bernd Buder is on the lookout for Serbian films for this year's Cottbus Film Festival, so he spends a lot of time in cinemas and networking with international filmmakers. From his point of view, it is a successful festival, with many exciting films. Marjorie Bendeck is on the road for us at the Belgrade co-production market "FESTforward".
Of course, FEST is overshadowed this year by the war in Ukraine: "In the region here, it brings back memories of the war in former Yugoslavia. It is a reopening of the events of that time, because the circumstances are so similar. A fratricidal war. Fear is a theme here at every event."
More info on the festival at fest.rs
Photo: v.l.t.r.: Bernd Buder, programme director FFC, Marjorie Bendeck, director connecting cottbus, Miloš Škundrić, director of the project THE WOLF (Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia), which had been pitched at the FEST's industry platform FESTforward