9 – 16 December, 2008
Cacak/Beograd/Novi Sad/Uzice/Pozega

The screenings of the films that were made during 3^rd International Student Film Camp “Interaction – Zlatibor 08” were held in December with the aim of promoting the activities and results of the camp:

• 9 December 2008 at 7.30 pm - Cultural Centre, Cacak
• 11 December 2008 at 2 pm - “Balkan” cinema in Belgrade, within International Student Film Festival
• 12 December 2008 at 8 pm - “Vojvodina” Art cinema (Spens) in Novi Sad, within Euro In Festival  
• 15 December 2008 at 7 pm - Red Cross, Uzice
• 16 December 2008 at 7 pm - Cinema at the Cultural Centre in Pozeg

Members of the organization who are at the same time representatives of Independent Film Centre “Filmart” (the organizer of the camp) were present at the screenings.
 

18 November, 2008

The Independent Film Centre “Filmart” presented “Interaction” – International Student Film Camp within 28^th International Festival VGIK that was held in Moscow from 10-15 November. Besides the film screenings within the competition programme of the Festival, there are also presentations of some film schools and workshops.

The most prestigious European film workshops were presented at this year’s Festival – Berlinale Talent Campus (the camp that takes place during the Berlin International Film Festival), Cinetrain (Russia) and Interaction (Serbia). Dejan Petrovic, General Manager of the Independent Film Centre “Filmart, presented the goals and activities of the “Interaction” camp on behalf of the organization crew. After his presentation Alexandra Marchenko, Elena Titova, Georgy Molodtsov and Nikita Sutyrin – the students at VGIK spoke about their experience as the participants of the previous “Interaction” camps. There were screenings of the films that have been made during three “Interaction” camps so far (CQ, Other Colours, Helium and Knot).

During the Festival the Independent Film Centre “Filmart” confirmed its cooperation with VGIK, the oldest film school in the world and made connections with numerous film institutions. It established cooperation with ESTC Portugal (Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema), Hong Kong Baptist University, School of Communication-Hong Kong, FAMU – Czech Republic, Janacek Academy of Music and Performing Arts, Brno- Czech Republic, the Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School –Poland and Iranian Documentary Filmmakers Association-Iran.
 

15 November, 2008

“-He- Helium” a film that was made during 3^rd International Student Film Camp “Interaction – Zlatibor 2008” (directed by Giuseppe Schettino) is going to be screened at the Cape Winelands Film Festival, from 21-29 March in South Africa.
 

8 November, 2008

The Independent Film Centre “Filmart” organized the screening of the films made during 3^rd International Student Film Camp “Interaction – Zlatibor 2008” at the Blue Room of the Ivanjica Cultural Centre.

The members of the IFC “Filmart” organization team – Sladjana Varagic, Jelena Cuslovic, Predrag Zivkovic, Stevica Jankovic and Dejan Petrovic were present at the screening.
 

20 October, 2008

Documentary film “Above” that was made during 2^nd International Student Film Camp “Interaction – Zlatibor 2007” and directed by Irene M. Borego, student of directing from Spain, was screened within the competition programme of the Iran International Documentary Film Festival.
 

16 September, 2008

The films made during the “Interaction” film camp and produced by the Independent Film Centre “Filmart” from Pozega were screened within the film festival KODRA Cinema on Sunday, 14^th September. The festival was held in Thessaloniki, Greece.
The KODRA Cinema film festival (Balkan and Black Sea Short Film Festival) was organized by Kalamaria Municipality cultural organization (Thessaloniki) and the best films made during 1^st, 2^nd and recently finished 3^rd “Interaction” were screened within the festival.
CQ (Nikita Sutyrin), Knot (Darko Sokovic), Tomorrow when I was a child (Aleksanda Urosevic), Other colours (Georgy Molodtsov) and –He- Helium (Giuseppe Schettino) were the films that represented “Interaction – Zlatibor” at the festival in Greece. Jelena Cuslovic and Sladjana Varagic, members of “Interaction” team presented the project of the International Student Film Camp “Interaction – Zlatibor” that has been carried out three years in a row.
 

12 September, 2008

Documentary films “Helium” and “Little big people” that were made during 3^rd International Student Film Camp “Interaction – Zlatibor 08” were screened at 2^nd International Festival of Documentary, Short and Animated Films “First Shot”.
45 documentary, animated and short feature and experimental films were screened at the festival that was held from 8^th to 11^th September in Sarajevo.
 

4 September, 2008

Documentary film “River of pain” won prize at the 5^th International Film Festival Balfest that was held from 1^st to 3^rd September in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
“River of pain” was made in Uzice during 2^nd International Film Camp “Interaction – Zlatibor 07” and directed by Kaveh Gahreman from Iran.
One hundred documentary films were screened at this festival whose slogan was “Art – Yes! Violence and terrorism – No!”.
 

21 August, 2008

The participants of the camp visited the Yugoslav Film Archive on 21^st August.

Later that day there was a closing workshop on the premises of the Faculty of Arts, Academy of Arts BK run by the camp supervisor Dragan Elcic, M.A. professor who discussed the films with the students, did some film analyses with them and evaluated the whole project.
There was a closing ceremony of the camp at the Belgrade Cultural Centre on 6.30 pm that day. Nebojsa Popovic, manager of the film programme at the Cultural Centre, welcomed the audience on behalf of the Centre.
Dejan Petrovic, general manager of the Independent Film Centre “Filmart” introduced the participants of 3^rd “Interaction”, as well as the films they did during the camp and that were screened during the evening.
 

20 August, 2008

On Tuesday, 19^th August, the premiere of the films made during this year’s “Interaction” marked the ending of 3^rd International Student Film Camp “Interaction – Zlatibor 08”. The audience at the Big Hall of the Congress Centre “Serbia” could see No ending, Waiting for Godot, Helium and Little big people – the films of this year’s camp.  Besides these four films, Film about the camp that was done by Fernando Muñoz and William Whitwham, participants of the camp, was also screened at the premiere. The audience enjoyed the film very much.
After stage 2 of the camp was over, the participants visited the Ovcarsko-Kablarska Gorge on their way to Belgrade on 20^th August.
The Tourist organization of Cacak, being one of the hosts, organized a visit to several monasteries in this area and the Morava River rafting.
 

19^th August, 2008

Programme INTERtent
The student from Romania presented her country, while Serbian students presented their entertaing programme called “The Best of Serbia”.

Programme INTERscreen
Screening of CILECT PRIZE 2007 films and the films of the students at film academies in Germany and Romania.
 

18^th August, 2008

Programme INTERtent
Culture presentations of Iran (Negar Behbahani i Vahid Sadeghi), Italy (Giuseppe Schettino) and Bulgaria (Metodi Petrov). The Embassy of Bulgaria and Iran Cultural Centre took part in yesterday's presentations.

Programme INTERscreen
Screening of the films of the Academy of Arts Novi Sad students and the films of the students at film academies in Iran, Italy and Bulgaria. Mirko Stark, M.A. professor and Kristina Kovac, Head of the Bureau for International Co-operation, Academy of Arts Novi Sad were guests at the screening.
 

17^th August, 2008

Programme INTERtent
The programme was dedicated to Switzerland, Turkey, Russia and Georgia yesterday. Switzerland was presented by Ivana Lalovic, student of directing from Zürich, Bobbie Esra G. Pertan presented the culture of Turkey, Elena Titova presented Russia and Anna Cherkezishvili presented Georgia. The Embassies of Switzerland and Turkey in Serbia took part in yesterday’s INTERtent programme.

Programme INTERscreen
Screening of the films awarded at CILECT PRIZE 2007 film programme and the films of the students at film academies in Switzerland, Denmark and Georgia.
 

16^th August, 2008

Programme INTERtent
NGO “Forca” form Pozega presented local and regional youth projects of non-governmental organizations, followed by the concert of Focal Point from Pozega.

Programme INTERscreen
Screening of the films of the Faculty of Arts, Academy of Arts BK students (Ward No. 6, by Suzana Purkovic, Between Dream and Dream, by Marija Stojnic, Three stories, by Igor Vuk Torbica and Bostjan Jerse), Silent celebration, by Dane Komljen (Faculty of Dramatic Arts) and Under the Sky, by Nenad Tesla (Academy of Fine Arts). Dusan Djokovic, General Manager of the Faculty of Arts, Academy of Arts BK was guest at the screening.

Excursion to Mokra Gora
“Interaction” participants visited Mecavnik, Emir Kusturica’s ethno village and Sargan eight.
 

15^th August, 2008

Programme INTERtent
Culture presentations of  Canada (William Whitwham) and Mexico (Fernando Garcia Muñoz). Maja Medjesi, Academic and Cultural Relation Representative at the Canadian Embassy in Belgrade was present at the Canadian presentation.

Programme INTERscreen
Screening of the films of the Faculty of Dramatic Arts students and “Interaction” participants – William Whitham (Canada), Fernando Garcia Muñoz (student of cinematography, Mexico) and Elena Titova (student of sound, VGIK). Radenko Rankovic, M.A. professor was guest at the screening.
 

14^th August, 2008

Programme INTERtent
Culture presentations of Chile (Nicolás Superby Aguirre), Macedonia (Kiril Sentevski) and Finland (Tom Nevalainen).

Programme INTERscreen
Screening of the best films at CILECT PRIZE 2007 film programme and student films of the participants from Chile, Macedonia and Finland.
 

13^th August, 2008

“Interaction - Zlatibor ‘08” was formally opened on International Youth Day

After the material for the films was shot in the municipalities of Pozega, Cacak, Uzice and Cajetina, the students gathered on Zlatibor. This year’s camp was formally opened on 12^th August, at 9pm, at the Big Hall of the Congress Centre “Serbia”, HTT Palisad.
The participants were welcomed by Dejan Petrovic, General Manager of the IFC “Filmart”. He introduced the camp and this year's participants. After the opening ceremony, there was a screening of the best films made at the previous two film camps.
Students of production, directing, cinematography, sound design and editing from 14 countries are going to finish their films in 7 days. The premiere of the films is on Tuesday, 19^th August. The Belgrade premiere is on 21^st August at the Belgrade Cultural Centre.
Programme INTERscreen starts today at the TV room, “Palisad” Hotel and finishes on Monday, 18^th August.
Programme INTERtent starts today at Central Square on Zlatibor and the participants will get the opportunity to present the country they are from.
 

4th August, 2008
Interaction has started!

After the film camp participants arrived in Belgrade, on 4th August there was the introductory workshop at the Belgrade Cultural Centre. 20 students of film production, directing, cinematography, sound design and editing from 14 countries (Mexico, Bulgaria, Italy, Russia, Canada, Romania, Macedonia, Finland, Georgia, Turkey/Norway, Switzerland, Iran, Chile and Serbia) were informed on the goals, activities and dynamics of the camp. Dejan Petrovic – General Manager of the IFC “Filmart”, Sladjana Varagic – Programme Coordinator and Predrag Zivkovic – Executive Producer spoke about the project. Jelena Cuslovic acted as the workshop moderator.
After the first session of the workshop was over, Dragan Elcic M.A. professor lectured on “Documentary film” and then gave some advice to the participants. Dragan Elcic, the film directing supervisor, is going to help the students and take part in film production stage – investigating the area, searching for the topic, editing and postproduction.  When the lecture was finished, the participants set off for Cacak, Pozega, Uzice and Zlatibor where they will stay from 5th to 10th of August shooting the material for their films of the theme “The Young”.
 

31st July, 2008
Press conference at the Belgrade Cultural Centre

On 31st July there was a press conference at the Belgrade Cultural Centre. Vesna Danilovic - Events and Programmes Manager welcomed the journalists on behalf of the Belgrade Cultural Centre and introduced the project they have supported since its very start.  Tanja Garcevic – the Ministry for Diaspora Representative said how important it is for Serbian students at film schools in diaspora to take part in such a camp. Nicolás Superby Aguirre – a student of cinematography from Chile, expressed his satisfaction for participating in “Interaction” film camp and his first impressions of Belgrade and Serbia.  Dejan Petrovic – General Manager of the camp addressed the journalists on behalf of the organizers. The press conference was run by Sladjana Vasiljevic – PR coordinator of the Independent Film Centre “Filmart”
 

30th July, 2008
Press conference at the Cacak

On 30th of July there was a press conference at the Cacak Cultural Centre. This is 3rd time since the Municipality of Cacak started supporting the film camp. Velimir Mitovic – Assistant to the Mayor spoke about the role of this town in “Interaction” film camp, while Predrag Zivkovic – Executive Producer and Dejan Petrovic – General Manager of the IFC “Filmart” spoke about the project on behalf of the organizers.
 

30 July, 2008
Interaction on the Summer Art Film Fair - Cacak

As a part of Summer Art Film Fair that is held in July and August, some of the films made during 1^st and 2^nd Interaction Film Camp were screened on Tuesday, 29^th July at Nadezda Petrovic Gallery in Cacak. And the films are: “Inside the circle”, “Up”, “Other colors”, “CQ”, “The knot” and “Tomorrow when I was a child”. This Film Fair celebrates the 600^th anniversary since Cacak was first mentioned in some documents. Documentaries and feature films that were made in Cacak, or the ones whose authors are people from Cacak are screened within the Fair. Dusan Darijevic, thanks to whom this project was started and Predrag Zivkovic, executive producer of Interaction Film Camp spoke about the importance of this camp as one of the most important cultural projects in Serbia.

On Tuesday, 5^th August the participants of this year’s camp who are going to shoot their film in Cacak will have their own films screened within this Fim Fair. And the participants are: Ivana Lalovic (Switzerland), Negar Behbahani (Iran), Esra G. Pertan (Turkey / Norway), Kiril Sentevski (Macedonia) and Pedja Ljubojevic (Serbia).
 

29th July, 2008
Press conference on Zlatibor

On 29th of July there was a press conference regarding 3rd International Student Film Camp “Interaction – Zlatibor ‘08” at the “Palisad” Hotel on Zlatibor.
Dejan Petrovic, General Manager of the Independent Film Centre “Filmart”, introduced the participants and partners of this year’s “Interaction” to the activities of the camp. Bojana Bozanic - Municipality of Cajetina PR, Radovan Ristovic – a member of the Municipality council and Jovan Pavlovic – Professional Adviser at the Tourist organization of Zlatibor spoke at the conference. Slavica Bogdanovic welcomed the people present on behalf of the “Palisad” Hotel – the project’s host and partner, as its representative. The press conference was run by Sladjana Vasiljevic – PR coordinator of the Independent Film Centre “Filmart”
 

21 July, 2008
Turn around, move around! Interaction has started!

3^rd International Student Film Camp “Interaction – Zlatibor 08” is going to be held on Zlatibor Mountain from 4^th to 21^st August 2008 and organized by the Independent Film Centre “Filmart” from Pozega. 20 students of film production, directing, cinematography, sound design and editing from 14 countries (Chile, Russia, Iran, Switzerland, Georgia, Italy, Finland, Macedonia, Norway, Bulgaria, Romania, Mexico, Canada and Serbia) divided into 4 crews, are going to make 4 short documentaries in municipalities of Cacak, Pozega, Uzice and Cajetina. The participants of the camp are going to shoot films on the theme “The Young” which is the theme of this year’s camp.

The project is generally supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia, the Ministry for Diaspora of the Republic of Serbia and Kultur Kontakt – Austria and also supported by the Municipality of Cajetina, Municipality of Cacak and Municipality of Uzice.

The films made during the camp are going to be screened at the closing ceremony on 19^th August in the Big Hall of the Congress Centre “Serbia”, Zlatibor and on 21^st August at the Belgrade Cultural Centre and in September in Pozega, Uzice and Cacak, film academies in Serbia and abroad. 

Documentaries, short feature and animated films made in Serbia and abroad are going to be screened within the programme “Interscreen” that is going to take place at the “Palisad” Hotel. The films produced by the Faculty of Dramatic Arts, Faculty of Arts Novi Sad, Academy of Arts BK and the films awarded at the CILECT film festival are the part of this programme, as well (CILECT - International Association of Film and Television Schools).

In cooperation with the cultural centres and embassies of the participating countries, the participants will present the culture of the country they come from within the programme “Intertent”. The participants will present their countries through music, film, dance, poetry, traditional food, handicrafts, etc. interacting with the local community. The programme takes place at Central Square in the centre of Zlatibor.

25 June, 2008

The films made during 2^nd “Interaction” were shown at the 14^th International festival of local TV broadcasters “Golden Beggar” that took place from 18^th to 21^st June in Kosice, Slovakia. International festival jury chose 36 documentaries from Europe, America and Australia, among which there were also “River of pain”, Kaveh Ghahreman’s film and “Tomorrow when I was a child”, directed by Aleksandra Urosevic. These films were done at 2^nd International Student Film Festival “Interaction – Zlatibor 2007”. The films that were shown, as well as the whole project of the film camp, attracted a lot of attention of the media houses present, so not only were the films shown at the festival, but they are also going to be shown on the programme of the National TV station of Slovakia and network of regional TV stations throughout Europe.

17 April, 2008


On Thursday, 17^th April on the premises of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia, the contract for confinancing 3rd International Student Film Camp “Interaction – Zlatibor 2008” was signed. The contract was signed by the Minister, Mr Voja Brajovic, and Dejan Petrovic, manager of the Independent Film Centre “Filmart”.

As the general sponsor, this is the third time the Ministry of Culture supports this project.