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Ministry of Foreign Affairs Press service Activities
Friday, 14 December 2018. PDF Print E-mail
Chicago: Serbian Film Festival
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altSixth Serbian Film Festival in Chicago was held at the "AMC Rosemont" movie theatre from 7-9 December. The programme included screenings of the following films: "South Wind", "Dwarfs from the Front Pages", "Meat", "Who is singing over there", documentary film "Eyes open" and the film produced by the Yugoslav Film Archive "A small film for the great Milena" commemorating the life of actress Milena Dravic. Part of the festival was dedicated to the centennial of the end of WWI and the alliance between Serbia and the U.S. during this war, and on this occasion documentary film "Dragutin Matic – the Hawkeye" was shown and the exhibition "Far away 1918-2018" was opened.

The founder and organizer of the Festival is Serbian diaspora paper "Serbian Mirror". Assistance and support was provided by the Serbian Embassy in Washington D.C. and Consulate General in Chicago. Consul-gérant Dejan Radulovic read a letter from Serbian Ambassador to the United States Djerdj Matkovic.

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Guests of the festival were actor Tihomir Arsic on behalf of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia, Slobodan Sijan director of the film "Who is singing over there" and Miodrag Miljkovic, author of the documentary film "Dragutin Matic – the Hawkeye". Following the screening of the digital version of the film "Who is singing over there", director Slobodan Sijan was introduced to the audience and answered their questions.

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The Festival closed with the performance of the folk dance ensemble "Hawkeye" from Chicago, while opera singer Sladjana Saric performed the song "Far away".