30 July, 2010
“Flaklaud” concert

The concert played by “Flaklaud” ensemble from Belgrade was held at the Pozega Cultural Centre on Friday, 30 July, at 8 pm. The members of “Flaklaud” are Jovan Krstic – kaval, flute and vocals, Ana Mladenovic – flute, Marija Sabljic – piano and vocals and Andrija Sagic – percussion. At the concert called “Music from the Balkans for piano”, there were two sets – “Serbian tradition in the Balkans” and “Balkan tradition for piano”.

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5^th International Student Film Camp “Interaction 2010” is open

The opening ceremony of 5^th International Student Film Camp “Interaction 2010” was held at the Pozega Cultural Centre, on 28 August 2010. 20 students at film academies from 14 different countries are taking part in the camp this year. Dejan Petrovic, general manager of the Independent Film Centre “Filmart”, introduced the participants of this year’s Interaction to the audience pointing out how important it is to recognize the filmmaking of the young and to establish connections between different cultures.
Students of directing, cinematography, sound design, production and editing from 14 countries are going to search for the film topic in Pozega, Uzice, Cacak and Arilje and then shoot four documentaries on the theme “Heritage”. The films are going to be screened at the closing ceremony of the camp, Rex Cultural Centre in Belgrade, film academies they attend and a lot of film festivals, as well.
Milovan Micovic, Pozega Mayor, said that the Municipality of Pozega promotes Pozega in terms of international communications and helps the filmmaking of the young be recognized by supporting the IFC “Filmart” camp together with the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia and Central European Initiative.
During the camp in Pozega, there are also some accompanying activities such as film screenings, culture presentations of the countries that have their representative in the camp and a photo exhibition “Interaction – the first five years” in the Pozega Art Gallery.
The concert played by “Flaklaud” ensemble from Belgrade is going to take place on 30 July.

12^th July, 2010
Participants of the 5^th camp “Interaction 2010”

From 1 March to 15 April we received 107 applications from 36 countries for 5 International Student Film Camp “Interaction 2010”.
Members of the Selection Committee:
1         Maziar Miri (director from Iran
2         Ana Daleore (Serbia) and
3         Dragan Elcic (Serbia)
Considered the applications and chose 20 participants from 16 countries.

Directing department:
1         Olga Koleva (Bulgaria) - NATFA "Krustio Sarafov"- Screen arts
2         Alberto Resendiz (Mexico) - Centro Universitario De Estudios Cinematograficos
3         Wolfram Huke (Germany) - Munich Film School
4         Sinisa Galic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) - University of Applied Sciences Berlin (Germany)

Cinematography department:
1         Francis Pinard (Canada) - University of Quebec in Montreal
2         Arnab  Gayan (India) - Film and Television Institute of India
3         Dragan Milutinovic (Serbia) – Academy of Arts Novi Sad
4         John Craine (Great Britain) - London Film School

Sound recording and design department:
1         Cezar Iulian  Enache (Romania) - Theatre and Television Faculty
2         Artur  Strakhov (Russia) – VGIK
3         Thomas Hatcher (France) - Ecole Supérieur d'Audio-Visuel
4         Albina  Griniūtė (Lithuania) - Baltic Film and Media School (Estonia)

Editing department:
1         Davor Bosankic (Serbia) – Faculty of Dramatic Arts
2         Karam Ali (Palestine) - The High Cinema Institute (Egypt)
3         Christina Damgaard Øster (Denmark) - The European Film College
4         Anke Trojan (Germany) - Bauhaus Universität Weimar

 Production department:
1         Jasenka Jocic (Serbia/USA) - The New School University (USA)
2         Jovana Mijovic (Serbia) – Academy of Arts
3         Ana Amic (Serbia) – Academy of Arts
4         Ana Opacic (Croatia) – Academy of Arts Split

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5^th International Student Film Camp “Interaction 2010” which is organized by the Independent Film Centre “Filmart” and supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia, Central European Initiative and the Municipality of Pozega is going to be held from 27^th July to 14^th August 2010.

20 students at film academies from 16 countries (Mexico, India, Pakistan, Russia, Denmark, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Palestine, Germany, France, Great Britain, Lithuania, Romania, Croatia and Serbia) divided into 4 crews are going to make 4 documentaries, inspired by the countryside and people from Pozega, Uzice, Cacak and Arilje. The theme of this year’s camp is “Heritage”.
Film production, as the main activity of the camp is going to be accompanied by “INTERscreen” and “INTERface” programmes. In cooperation with the cultural centres and embassies of the participating countries, the participants are going to present the culture of the country they come from within the programme “INTERface”. The participants are doing it through music, film, dance, poetry, etc.
The films made by this year’s participants and those produced at Serbian film academies as well as CILECT selection of the best student films are going to be screened within “INTERscreen” programme at the Pozega Cultural Centre Movie Theatre (CILECT - International Association of Film and Television Schools). Day trips to Mokra Gora, Sirogojno and the Ovcar-Kablar Gorge will help the participants to get to know natural and cultural potentials as well as the lovely countryside of Western Serbia during their stay there.

The films made during the camp are going to be screened at the closing ceremony in Pozega on 12^th August and a day later at REX, B92 Cultural Centre in Belgrade. The films are also going to be screened at Serbian and foreign film academies, towns which support the project and cultural centres in Diaspora. The best films made during the camp are going to be sent to film festivals all around the world.

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5^th International Student Film Camp “Interaction 2010” is going to be held in Pozega (Serbia) from 27^th July to 14^th August 2010. 20 students of film production, directing, cinematography, sound design and editing from 15 countries, divided into 4 crews are going to make 4 documentaries on the theme “Heritage”.

The organizers provide:
·          board and lodging for the participants
·          equipment and material for film production
·          transport (Belgrade – Pozega – Belgrade)

 A student / participant pays for:
·       getting a visa (if they need one to enter Serbia)
·       transport (to Belgrade and back)
·       international travel health insurance

Competition eligibility:

Your application will be taken into consideration if you are:
·            a student of film production, directing, cinematography, sound design or editing
·            experienced in documentary film production
·            fluent in English and
·            send correctly filled in the application form along with your photo and the copy of the film in production of which you took part in during your studies.

If you are interested, please read the DIRECTORY of INFORMATION first and then fill in the APPLICATION FORM

Applying for the competition

To apply for this competition you should submit the following:
1         filled in the application form (in electronic form)
2         your photo (JPEG format)
3         the copy of the film in production of which you took part in (DVD format)

The film should be:
1         documentary or short feature one
2         subtitled into English
3         the one made during your studies

You can download the application form from www.film-art.org/interaction
Please send your photo (JPEG format) along with the application form to office@film-art. org

The copy of the film send to:

The Independent Film Centre  “Filmart”
International Student Film Camp  “Interaction”
11 Radnicka Street, 31210 Pozega, SERBIA 

Application deadline is 15^th April 2010

Selection of the candidates

After the application deadline, the selection jury will consider the applications, select the candidates and list the names of the participants. The students chosen to take part in this year’s camp will be informed through e-mail by 15^th May 2010 at the latest.

25 March, 2010
“Back portrait” at 57^th Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival
“Back portrait” was screened in the official programme, experimental film category of 57^th Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival and the film was screened at the Belgrade Cultural Centre on Wednesday, 31 April at 5pm.
 

5 March, 2010
“Back portrait” at Zagrebdox
“Back portrait”, a film that was made during 4^th International Student Film Camp “Interaction” was screened in the official programme of the prestigious International Film Festival Zagrebdox (Zagreb, 28 February – 7 March 2010). 
During the festival the film was screened three times at the Movieplex cinema:  Monday – 1 March at 6pm (hall 2), Wednesday – 3 March at 4pm (hall 3) and Thursday – 4 March at 8pm (hall 4).