Rendering 9 (early start) Kustendorf Film Festival: the rendering of the article from the International Radio Serbia published as "6th Kustendorf Festival"

The article which was published in “The International Radio Serbia” on the 18^th, December, 2012 reports at length that the 6th international film and music festival “Kustendorf”, dedicated to future film makers and greats of the modern auteur film, has been opened in the town of Drvengrad on the Mokra Gora mountain.

The article carries a lot of comment on that the Minister of Culture Bratislava Petkovic and host Emir Kusturica are here. Speaking of this-year festival it’s necessary to note that “Kustendorf” is being held under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture. By the way this festival represents a big chance for young and unknown authors.

Analyzing the situation in Drvengrad it’s interesting to emphasize that Emir Kusturica has announced that competing for the prizes are 28 films of young authors from 18 countries. It’s very likely that the program “Retrospective of the greats” will be dedicated to one of most significant directors of our days – Zhang Yimou. There is also the general feeling to believe that the program “Modern tendencies” will present some of the best films of last year’s production and their authors.

As part of the program “New authors”, the audience will see debut full feature films of the authors who are conquering the film world by their specific cinematographic expression. They will also have the chance to see the great discovery of this year’s Venice film festival “She does not want to sleep alone” of young Mexican director Natalie Beristein, also “Nonfootball” of Russian maker Constantine Smirnoff, as well as “Simply” of Sonia Karpunina, who was the winner of the “Kustendorf” competition program in 2011.

There is a lot of comment on an unavoidable segment of the film and music festival on the Mokra Gora mountain is the “Evergreen” program, which always reminds us of some of the most important film works from the past. This year, it will feature the film “Diving suit and the butterfly” of Julian Schnabel.

Giving appraisal of the situation it’s very important to point out that in cooperation with the Film Museum from Lodz, all visitors will be able to see the retrospective exhibition “Krzysztof Kieslowski: signs and memory”, dedicated to one of most important Polish directors.

The correspondent gives no details as to her personal (Tihana Pavicevic) opinion, but from my point of view this festival is very unusual. Its goals, spirit and people make it so.