Actresses Milena Radulovic was awarded this year's Grand Prix not:Bitefa which lasted from December 15 to 18.
Croatian author Jasna Žmak, last year's winner of the Grand Prix "Mira Trailović" for the play "This is my truth, tell me yours", decided to symbolically award her prize to actress Milena Radulović for the play "Proces Peliko".
Jasna Žmak explained that Radulović received this award not only because of her role in the "Peliko Process", but also because of everything she did for everyone women in the region, writes N1.
"I know that the explanations for the awards are usually a bit longer, but Bitef is also a bit longer, so I will shorten my explanation and just say: Milena, I admire your courage and perseverance. It is an honor to be able to present you with this award, and I hope that soon I will have the opportunity to congratulate you live - and even more, I hope that justice will be done Belgrade arrive before me," concluded Žmak.
Stunned by this recognition, Milena Radulović responded in a written message: "Dear Jasna, thank you so much! What an action at the end of this great and important story that we all went through together!" Giselle Pellicot, her courage and superhuman endeavor, hypnotized us who participated in the performance of the play, then the audience in the hall, and then unexpectedly almost 40 thousand viewers outside it, via video transmission, and that lasted for four and a half hours! Isn't that a victory of unity, courage, freedom and love - through the essence of the performing arts - catharsis".
Radulović added that this is "the best proof that Bitef is where we gather, as the slogan no:Bitefa reads, and that in this way we all write a fairer history together."
"And then, on top of everything, you come forward, Jasna, to seal and complete this association with just this kind of gesture! You made me cry! This gesture touches me in many ways, both collegially and privately, and as a woman! This recognition hit me in the heart! Thank you. I am very sorry that I am not able to be here tonight with you! What a day, what a Process for all of us. What a victory," said Radulović.
no:Bitef united people
ne:Bitef is the reaction of an informal group of citizens made up of artists and cultural workers to the fact that this year the institutional Bitef, 59th in order, could not be held.
From drastic budget cuts to outright censorship of the program, the city government tried to silence him and change him at will.
That's right: Bitef opened on December 15 with the performance "Proces Peliko" at Faculty of Dramatic Arts.
According to some, no: Bitef is actually the same as the 59th Bitef, which did not take place, except that it is non-institutional, because Miloš Lolić and his team showed the program they offered to the Board of the 59th Bitef, which rejected them.
According to others, no: Bitef is the beginning of a new Bitef, independent - hence the "no" in the name.
Both variants say no: Bitef was a good idea.
He proved above all that he is stronger than the government and its censorship, but also that the festival with the program planned for Bitef can be done without money, and in an abnormally short time. The idea of freedom of thought works wonders, it was seen on non: Bitef.
Because of all this, it should be said that No: Bitef achieved what 59. Bitef did not. He united people, gave them strength, proved who was right and who was wrong.
It should also be added that Milo Rau, a European director, even though he is persona non grata of the Serbian authorities, came to Belgrade because of non:Bitef. That he prepared the play "Proces Peliko" for non: Bitef, which was rejected by the Board of the 59th Bitef, because of him and not because of the play because he had not even seen it.
"The Peliko Process" is a co-production Vienna festival and the Festival in Avignon, whose authors are Milo Rau and playwright Servan Decl. It was previously performed in Lisbon, Warsaw and Stockholm. Through the public reading of the files from the recently concluded court process that she initiated French woman Giselle Pellicot against her rapists, this play documents the system that allows domestic violence to go unnoticed.
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