Ravno Selo Film Festival is an international festival of the debut or sophomore film. It will take place from June 27 to 30 and is open to all young creators and directors from around the world. Visitors will have the opportunity to attend premieres of new films, as well as participate in numerous accompanying events, workshops and panel discussions.
The festival awards five prizes in five categories, and the expert jury consists of actress Ana Lečić, who will be this year’s “Face in Focus”, actor Miodrag Radonjić and director Marko Novaković. This year’s festival is opened by singer and songwriter Nevena Božović, while the audience will have the opportunity to enjoy the performances of singer Dušan Svilar and opera singer Sanja Kerkez.
The main festival program will be opened on Thursday, June 27 at 9 p.m. by the film “Thorn” directed by Suzana Purković, based on the motives of the autobiography “Ovo sam ja” by singer Ace Lukas.
On Friday, June 28, there are four performances on the program. At 5 p.m., the film “Game Birds” by the Turkish-Iranian director Majid Panahi will be shown.
From 7 p.m., the audience will be able to watch the production of “Excursion” by Bosnian director Una Gunjak. The action film “The Last Shooter” by Darko Nikolić, with Nenad Jezdić in the lead role, is on the program at 9 p.m., while the program of the second day of the festival closes at 11 p.m. with the American film “Past Lives” directed by Celine Song.
On the third day of the festival, Saturday, June 29, the audience will be able to watch the film “Mammalia” by Romanian director Sebastian Mihailescu from 5 p.m. At 7 p.m., the American film “A Thousand and One” directed by A.V. is on the program. Rockwell. The film “Holy Family” by Croatian director Vlatka Vorkapić will be shown at 9 p.m. The program of the third day of the festival closes at 11 pm with the British film “Polite Society” directed by Nida Manzur.
On the last day of the festival, Sunday, June 30, the audience will be able to watch three films:
Directed by Diana Ringo, “1984” is a Finnish-Russian sci-fi film that offers a fresh take on George Orwell’s famous novel of the same name. The film “Only when I laugh” by Vanja Juranić, about a housewife in a seemingly idyllic marriage on the Adriatic coast, is on the program at 7:15 p.m., while the festival closes at 9 p.m. with the cinema hit “Sunday” by Nemanja Ćeranić and Miloš Radunović, about the famous folk singer Džej Ramadanovski.
The festival is supported by the Provincial Secretariat for Culture, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia, the City of Vrbas and the production company Zillion Film.