European Film Festival Palić has announced this year’s line-up. The 26^th edition of one of the most prominent film events in the Balkan region will take place from 20-26 July and will be opened by Pedro Almodóvar's Pain & Glory [+leggi anche:
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Q&A: Pedro Almodóvar
scheda film]. In the drama, starring Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia and Penélope Cruz in the lead roles, we see Salvador Mallo (Banderas), a fading film director, have a series of reunions and recall an array of memories. The story deals with several themes, such as the pain caused by a breakup in his twenties, writing as a therapy to forget, and his early discovery of cinema.

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This year's official selection includes Ladj Ly's Les Misérables [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Ladj Ly
scheda film], inspired by the 2005 riots in the Paris suburbs and the winner of the Jury Prize at Cannes; Urša Menart's My Last Year as a Loser [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Timon Sturbej
scheda film], the big winner at last year's Slovenian Vesna Awards; Juris Kursietis' Oleg [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Juris Kursietis
scheda film], a Latvian-Belgian-French co-production screened in the Cannes Directors' Fortnight; Safy Nebbou's Who You Think I Am [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Juliette Binoche
scheda film], an adaptation of Camille Laurens' novel of the same name, starring Juliette Binoche; Ken Loach's drama Sorry We Missed You [+leggi anche:
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Q&A: Ken Loach
scheda film], based on the topic of zero-hour contracts and set in Newcastle; Yaron Shani's Chained [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Yaron Shani
scheda film], the second instalment in the helmer's “Love Trilogy”; Péter Bergendy's crime flick Vault [+leggi anche:
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scheda film]; Teona Strugar Mitevska's God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Labina Mitevska
intervista: Teona Strugar Mitevska
scheda film], which competed for the Golden Bear at Berlin last February; and Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's Never Look Away [+leggi anche:
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scheda film], nominated for Best Foreign-language Film at the 91^st Academy Awards.

The closing film of this edition will be the Dardenne brothers' Young Ahmed [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Jean-Pierre e Luc Dardenne
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On 25 July, the gathering will host the world premiere of the much-anticipated debut feature by director Ana Maria Rossi, entitled Ajvar [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] and penned by the helmer herself in tandem with Maja Todorovic. A Serbian-Montenegrin co-production, the film's plot centres on Vida (Natasa Ninkovic) and Bane (Sergej Trifunovic), a married couple who have been living in Scandinavia for a long time and cannot have children.

Speaking about this year's line-up, programmer Nenad Dukić said: “The Palić Film Festival attempts to be an accurate reflection of what European film production offers annually, in different fields and spanning all sorts of cinematic works – from big, feature-length productions to output from small film industries, and from documentaries to shorts. We always strive to strike a balance between well-known film auteurs and new, young directors who showcase their talent and artistic potential with their very first works.”

The festival has also announced the titles selected for the New Hungarian Film, Eco Dox, Parallels and Encounters, and Young Spirit of Europe sections, as well as the inclusion of a focus on contemporary Greek cinema, plus other sidebars and screenings.

For further information, the full festival programme is available here.