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Alice Rohrwacher
Alice Rohrwacher is an Italian film director, editor and screenwriter. She was born in 1981 in Fiesole, and studied in Turin and Lisbon. She has worked in music and documentary projects, as well as editor and composer for theatre. Her first feature Corpo Celeste (2011) had its world premiere in the Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival. The Wonders (2014) was selected for Competition in Cannes and won Grand Jury Award. Same year Alice was appointed the President of the International Jury for the Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Film at the Venice International Film Festival. Alice went to direct Happy as Lazzaro (2018). The film premiered at Cannes and won the award for Best Screenplay. Alice returned to Cannes in 2019, as a member of the jury in main competition programme.
Bruno Tarrière
Bruno Tarrière was born in 1960, in Paris. He works as a re-recording mixer, sound on set and sound designer. He studied percussion and drums with Professor Gaston Sylvestre, composition of Electro-Acoustic music at Groupe de Recherche Musicale with the professors Pierre Schaeffer and Guy Reibel, and sound engineering at Institut National Supérieur des Arts et Spectacles in Brussels. Bruno has filled various positions in the field of sound when working on feature films, ranging from sound recording on set, sound designing, recording foley, to Re-recording mixer. He has worked with renowned film directors all over the world such as: Luc Besson, Sergei Bodrov, Asghar Farhadi, James Ivory, Emir Kusturica, Radu Mihaileanu, Pan Nalin, Atiq Rahimi, Walter Salles, Abderrahmane Sissako, Oliver Stone, Yesim Ustaoglu, Jiang Wen, Zhang Yimou…
His work has been rewarded on several occasions, the César Award for Best Sound for Joan of Arc (2000) directed by Luc Besson and Radu Mihaileanu’s The Concert in 2010. He has also received the Golden Reel award for Leon The Professional in 1994 and Joan of Arc in 1999.
Bruno Tarrière has enjoyed sharing his technical and artistic experiences during master classes in Berlin, Warsaw and other places.
Miki Manojlović
Predrag Miki Manojlović is a Serbian actor. He was born in 1950 in a family of thespians. He graduated acting from Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade and started taking roles in theatre, television and film during his studies. In addition to his many roles in theater, television and film, at the beginning of his career he acted in the films Manhunt (1977) by Živojin Pavlović and You Love Only Once (1981) by Rajko Grlić. He is a frequent collaborator of Emir Kusturica, starting from When Father Was Away on Business (1985). Together with Kusturica, he worked on Underground (1995), Black Cat, White Cat (1997), Promise Me This (2007) and On the Milky Road (2016). In the 1990s, Manojlović began his international career with a role in the film Every Other Weekend (1990), directed by Nicole Garcia. He starred in films such as Jean Jacques Benoit’s Mortal Transfer (2001), Hell (2005), penned by Krzysztof Kislowski, Irina Palm (2007) by Sam Garbarski, The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner (2008) and The Judgment (2014), both directed by Stefan Komandarev. The many awards he has won for his work include two Golden Arena Awards for Best Actor at the Yugoslav Film Festival in Pula for his roles in Something in Between (1983) by Srdjan Karanović and When Father Was Away on Business (1985). He was awarded an honorary doctorate from the European Film Academy for his merits in the fields of theater and film in Southeast Europe in 2011. Manojlović was honoured as a knight of France’s Order of Art and Literature in 2017.
Michel Amathieu
Michel Amathieu, director of photography, was born in 1955 in Crevecœur-en-Auge, France. He studied mathematics, obtaining a master’s degree in this field and practiced photography as a hobby. He taught mathematics in high school for two years before joining the evening classes at Louis Lumière film school and devoting himself to the art of cinematography. He worked on a number of short and feature films, before Dobermann (1996), directed by Jan Kounen, attracted the attention of public to his work. This was followed by a noted thriller Cousin (1997) directed by Alain Corneau, and I love L.A. (1998) by Mika Kaurismäki, in a slightly different vein. Michel Amathieu was then called to replace Thierry Arbogast at the end of Black Cat, White Cat (1998) shooting because of the delays: Thierry had engagements elsewhere. Since then, Michel followed Emir Kusturica on the No Smoking Orchestra tour, and took part in Super 8 Stories (2001). He returned to Serbia to work on Life is a Miracle (2003). More recently, Michel has worked as a director of photography on Volker Schlöndorff’s Diplomacy (2014) and Agnieska Holland’s Rosemary’s baby (2014). Along with his work on films, Michael Amathieu was a cinematographer on a number of commercials and TV series.
About the Festival
Четрнаести Међународни филмски и музички фестивал Кустендорф одржаће се од 22. до 25. јануара 2021. године у Дрвенграду на Мокрој Гори, у организацији продукцијске куће Раста интернешнел, a под покровитељством Министарства културе и информисања Републике Србије и Мећавник града. Оснивач и директор фестивала је Емир Кустурица. Као и претходних година, фестивал је посвећен младим филмским ствараоцима и великанима светског ауторског филма. Ове године фестивал ће се одржати онлајн.
Онлајн платформа за гледање филмова и фестивалских садржаја доступна је на веб-адреси: kustendorf.online
Када стигнете тамо, молимо Вас да одвојите неколико минута да направите налог и упознате са нашом платформом. Сви садржаји биће доступни у назначено време, и моћи ћете да их погледате током 24 часа од тренутка објављивања.
Такмичарски програм четрнаестог Кустендорфа састојаће се од двадесет и два филма домаћих и иностраних аутора који ће се такмичити за фестивалске награде Златно, Сребрно и Бронзано јаје. Филмови и разговори њихових аутора са професором Кустурицом биће доступни за гледања из читавог света.
Савремене тенденције приказаће неке од најбољих филмова новије продукције. Филмови из овог програма биће доступни за гледање у Србији, а разговори аутора филмова из овог програма са Емиром Кустурицом моћи ће да се гледају из читавог света.
Ретроспектива великана приказаће серију Била једном једна земља Емира Кустурице. Овај програм биће доступан за гледање са територије те земље.
Mećavnik can be reached from three different directions: from Belgrade, from Višegrad, or from Zlatibor.
From Belgrade, there are multiple routes. From Belgrade, the most frequent route is taking national road M22 to Ljig, highway on the route E376 to Preljina, then road M5 through Čačak, Požega, and Užice. From Užice, follow E761 through Kremna. At the tenth kilometer after Kremna, there is a sign on the right-hand side to turn for Mećavnik where Drvengrad is located. The second way to travel from Belgrade is through Valjevo, Bajina Bašta, and Kremna, and then to continue as previously explained.
From the west of the Balkans, take the M5 highway across the national border. The turn for Drvengrad will then be on the left-hand side of the road. From the south of the Balkans, travel through Zlatibor, following E761 and E763.
From the Belgrade bus station, there are several daily departures for Višegrad. In this case, the passenger should tell the driver in advance to stop at Mokra Gora railway station as this is not one of the regular stops.
The Kustendorf International Film and Music Festival was founded in 2008 with the idea to bring together the icons of contemporary author’s cinema and young, future filmmakers. The festival takes place every year in January in Drvengrad in Mokra Gora, organized by “Rasta International” and under the patronage of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia. The founder of this unique film and music festival is celebrated film director Emir Kusturica.
Kustendorf is a unique festival, without red carpet, billboards and advertisements, fully devoted to film, music, friendships and exchange of creative ideas and energy.
Drvengrad, the town made of wood, is the center of all festival happenings. It is a place where films are screened, concerts performed, where people meet, make friends, fall in love, work, learn, rest, sleep, eat, think and enjoy. Like any other town, Drvengrad has a central square with the church of St. Sava, a library, an art gallery, a market, a kindergarten, a “prison”, a swimming pool, a sauna, a hair salon, a pastry shop, a grocery shop, a sports area, cinemas, restaurants and many other facilities that make the visit to the Festival an unforgettable experience.
Film programme
The film programme at Kustendorf Festival is screened in several theatres. The Competition Programme and the Contemporary Trends Programme is screened at the biggest, Damned Yard theatre. Other films are shown in the Noam Chomsky amphitheater. After the projections of films, workshops are held by renowned film authors.
Music program
Every night at midnight, after the screenings and workshops, various music stars perform on stage.
Accommodation
No two rooms are alike in Drvengrad, since each room contains uniquely painted and handcrafted furniture, a different view and a different path leading to it. The rooms are located in authentic log cabins and all provide a bathroom, TV, phone and Internet access. During the Festival, accommodation in Drvengrad is booked for guests and participants of Kustendorf. Guests are also accommodated in hotel Iver in a newly opened ski resort, and Vizitorski centar, in close proximity of the village.
Restaurants
Restaurant Visconti – local and international cuisine provided for the Festival participants and guests
Cafe The Damned Yard – a perfect place to meet people in a great atmosphere
National restaurant Lotika – a national cuisine restaurant
Pastry shop Kod Ćorkana – sweets and hot drinks
Kapor Bar – a place to enjoy jazz music
Reception
Kind and diligent staff at the reception of the Mećavnik hotel will provide you with all necessary information about the festival, accommodation and events, and give answers to all your questions.
Like in previous years, young filmmakers and students whose films will be presented at the International Film and Music Festival Kustendorf, will be picked up from Belgrade’s Nikola Tesla Airport by our welcome service and transferred to Kustendorf – Drvengrad.
The 13th Küstendorf
International Film and Music Festival
13-18 January 2020
Rasta International
Milorada Mitrovića 15
11 000 Belgrade
tel / fax: +381 11 24 31 505
Festival Office
rastaint@gmail.com
Programme Coordinator – Guest Service
Nana Kusturica
rastaint@gmail.com
Press Office
Danijela Rakić
presskustendorf@gmail.com
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