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.

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The Official Selection features a total of 12 titles, including several Berlinale entries, such as Afire [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Christian Petzold
scheda film] by Christian Petzold (2023 Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize), Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Robert Schwentke
scheda film] by Robert Schwentke, which world-premiered in the Berlinale Special section, and the Panorama title Inside [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Vasilis Katsoupis
scheda film] 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 [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Maïwenn, Club Zero [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Jessica Hausner
scheda film] by Jessica Hausner and The Old Oak [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] 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 [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Denmark’s Hella Joof and Things Unsaid [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Eleonora Veninova
scheda film], 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 [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Margarethe von Trotta
scheda film] by German master Margarethe von Trotta and Perfect Days [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] 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 [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Marija Kavtaradze
scheda film] by Marija Kavtaradze, which won the Award for Best Direction in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at Sundance 2023; Carbon [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Moldovan director Ion Bors, presented in the New Directors section of San Sebastián last year; Citizen Saint [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Tinatin Kajrishvili
scheda film] by Tinatin Kajrishvili, which recently screened in Karlovy Vary’s main competition; Embryo Larva Butterfly [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Kyros Papavassiliou
scheda film] by Kyros Papavassilou, which also screened at the Czech gathering as part of the Proxima selection; Cold as Marble [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] 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 [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Damian Kocur
scheda film] by Damian Kocur (Special Jury Prize in the Orizzonti competition) and Ordinary Failures [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Cristina Grosan
scheda film] by Cristina Grosan (world-premiered in the Giornate degli Autori); Do You Love Me? [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Tonya Noyabrova
scheda film] by Tonya Noyabryova, which had its world premiere in the Panorama competition of the Berlinale earlier this year; Power [+leggi anche:
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scheda film], the sophomore feature by Slovak director Mátyás Prikler, which screened at IFFR (see the news); and Sisters [+leggi anche:
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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 [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Bobo Jelcic
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intervista: Andreas Dresen
intervista: Meltem Kaptan
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scheda film]) 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 [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Ivan Marinovic
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