Center of Belgrade Festivals – CEBEF, the organizer of the the 51st FEST, which will be held from February 24th to March 5th in Belgrade, announced today the recipients of the “Belgrade Winner” award for outstanding contribution to film art for this year: director Lordan Zafranović and producer Dobrivoj Tanasijević – Dan Tana.
The explanation states that Zafranović is “one of the most important directors from this region who recently celebrated 60 years of his career” and the author of important fiction and documentary productions, such as “Occupation in 26 Pictures”, “The Fall of Italy”, “Evening Bells” , “Blood and Ashes of Jasenovac”, “Haloa – Feast of Whores”, and with new film “Golden Ratio 42 – Children of Goats”, made with the support of the Film Center Serbia, is currently in production filmed.
Film producer Dobrivoje Tanasijević – Dan Tana, is known for his collaboration with Goran Paskaljević on the films “Special Treatment” and “Twilight Time”.
The “Belgrade Winner” award was established in 2014, and the first recipients were actress Milena Dravič and Russian director Aleksandar Sokurov.