THE 56TH BELGRADE DOCUMENTARY
AND SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
30th March to 03rd April 2009Belgrade Cultural Centre Cinema, Cinema Balkan, Yugoslav Film Archive and Terazije Theatre
Welcome to the 56th Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival, one of the oldest European festivals of this kind!
This year there were more than 500 submitted films!
Welcome to our regular, national and international competitive programmes – documentary, short fiction, experimental and animated!
This year, international experimental films will not compete. Instead, please visit our cinematic laboratory, the special programme LAB - devoted to avant-garde and experimental cinema.
Absolutely do not miss the day after – Saturday, 04 April – the film ALL TOGETHER NOW, documentary on the band THE BEATLES – the Belgrade premiere in presence of the film director, Adrian Wills.
My Heroe, a special programme of five documentaries, with its main characters, people devoted to helping others, takes us to India, Pakistan, Iran, Russia and Ukraine. The Latino Coktail is a hot and exciting mix of five docs that tell political and social stories on Latin America.
We are proud to present a cycle of films by Ari Gold, New York based filmmaker who will also be a member of the jury. Please also welcome our other guests, filmmakers from: Palestine, Israel, France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, The Nederlands, Italy, Great Britain and other countries from Europe and the region.
The festival will also screen: The NEW LIGHT/ NOVA SVETLOST – new media festival, PRIX UIP – the best shorts according to the European Film Academy, films from FID Marseille, 18 Finnish short animated films within the programme LAW OF NATURE… Also: special screenings, workshops, meetings and many, many more!
Have a nice festival!