The director of the Film Center of Serbia (FCS) Ivan Karl reacted to the comment "Postponing the Fest: Making personnel dice" by the journalist and editor of the weekly "Vreme" Sonja Ćirić. We publish his response in full
The Fest board has decided that the festival will no longer be held in February but in September. One gets the impression that the solution of this secondary problem is actually just an announcement of the solution of the essential one
October is a better time for the Fest, the end of the summer should be used for the national festival, and it is better to have fewer film competitions so that the films get more initial capital, announced Ivan Karl
Today, the Minister of Culture and the new leadership of the FCS stated that this institution was granted acting status by law. They did not mention why it was done, why they replaced Gordan Matić, or why they decided on Ivan Karlo.
Gordan Matić learned from friends, who read on Twitter, that he is no longer the director of the Film Center of Serbia. The new acting director is the former secretary for culture of Belgrade, Ivan Karl
Under the name "Book at the Fair, Fair in the Heart" today at the Belgrade Fair began an event that has the characteristics of a New Year's fair where books are sold. Due to the pandemic, which caused the cancellation of two International Book Fairs, some publishers decided not to participate this time as well. For many, fair sales are a matter of survival
