The 30th edition of the European Film Festival Palić, which will unspool from 15-21 July in various locations across the Serbian frontier towns of Palić and Subotica – including the outdoor Summer Stage in Palić, as well as the Eurocinema, Abazija and Lifka movie theatres – has announced this year’s line-up and the recipients of its honorary Lifka Awards. More than 130 films from all over Europe will be screened in 15 different sections during the pre-festival activities and the actual event, with most of them enjoying their national premiere at Palić.

The Official Selection features a total of 12 titles, including several Berlinale entries, such as Afire [+lee también:
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entrevista: Christian Petzold
ficha de la película] by Christian Petzold (2023 Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize), Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes [+lee también:
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entrevista: Robert Schwentke
ficha de la película] by Robert Schwentke, which world-premiered in the Berlinale Special section, and the Panorama title Inside [+lee también:
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entrevista: Vasilis Katsoupis
ficha de la película] by Vasilis Katsoupis. Also competing at the Serbian gathering, we find various films from the 2023 Cannes selection, including this year’s opening title, Jeanne du Barry [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Maïwenn, Club Zero [+lee también:
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entrevista: Jessica Hausner
ficha de la película] by Jessica Hausner and The Old Oak [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Ken Loach, both of the latter having been presented in competition for the Palme d’Or. Three Thousand Numbered Pieces, the sophomore feature by Hungarian filmmaker Ádám Császi, The Land of Short Sentences [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Denmark’s Hella Joof and Things Unsaid [+lee también:
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entrevista: Eleonora Veninova
ficha de la película], the feature debut by Macedonian helmer Eleonora Veninova, will also be vying for the Golden Tower in Palić. Rounding off the selection, we find Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert [+lee también:
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entrevista: Margarethe von Trotta
ficha de la película] by German master Margarethe von Trotta and Perfect Days [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by her fellow countryman Wim Wenders, as well as the new film by rising Serbian filmmaker Pavle Vučković, Safety First, all of which will be screened Out of Competition. Tito Rodríguez, the newly appointed director of the Seville European Film Festival, directors Nana Janelidze, Milorad Milinković and Eran Kolirin, together with Daniela Weber, a member of the Berlinale festival team, will make up the official jury for this edition.

The ever-stimulating Parallels and Encounters competition, focused on Eastern European titles, includes Slow [+lee también:
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entrevista: Marija Kavtaradze
ficha de la película] by Marija Kavtaradze, which won the Award for Best Direction in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at Sundance 2023; Carbon [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Moldovan director Ion Bors, presented in the New Directors section of San Sebastián last year; Citizen Saint [+lee también:
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entrevista: Tinatin Kajrishvili
ficha de la película] by Tinatin Kajrishvili, which recently screened in Karlovy Vary’s main competition; Embryo Larva Butterfly [+lee también:
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entrevista: Kyros Papavassiliou
ficha de la película] by Kyros Papavassilou, which also screened at the Czech gathering as part of the Proxima selection; Cold as Marble [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Asif Rustamov, which premiered in the Tallinn Black Nights competition, where it received the Best Actor Award for Gurban Ismailov; the Venice 2022 entries Bread and Salt [+lee también:
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entrevista: Damian Kocur
ficha de la película] by Damian Kocur (Special Jury Prize in the Orizzonti competition) and Ordinary Failures [+lee también:
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entrevista: Cristina Grosan
ficha de la película] by Cristina Grosan (world-premiered in the Giornate degli Autori); Do You Love Me? [+lee también:
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entrevista: Tonya Noyabrova
ficha de la película] by Tonya Noyabryova, which had its world premiere in the Panorama competition of the Berlinale earlier this year; Power [+lee también:
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ficha de la película], the sophomore feature by Slovak director Mátyás Prikler, which screened at IFFR (see the news); and Sisters [+lee también:
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ficha de la película], the debut film by Latvian director Linda Olte.

During the introductory press conference, the laureates of this year's Aleksandar Lifka Awards for Outstanding Contribution to European Cinema – named after the revered Yugoslavian cinematographer and travelling cinema founder – were also announced. Serbian actor Bogdan Diklić (A Stranger [+lee también:
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entrevista: Bobo Jelcic
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entrevista: Andreas Dresen
entrevista: Meltem Kaptan
ficha de la película], Stopped On Track [+lee también:
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ficha de la película]) will be honoured in the foreign-artist category. This year's recipient of the Regional Lifka Award is Macedonian actor Nikola Ristanovski (The Black Pin [+lee también:
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entrevista: Ivan Marinovic
ficha de la película]), while the Underground Spirit Award goes to Spanish multimedia artist María Cañas, for her “unique approach to film language and authentic author's poetics built off the mainstream industry”. In addition to the film programme, the Serbian festival will present numerous parallel activities including workshops, exhibitions, panel discussions and concerts. The full programme can be found on the gathering’s official website.