Skopje: Serbian Film Week in Skopje

06. May 2022.
The program Anthology of Serbian Film in Skopje, organised by the Cinematheque of North Macedonia, Yugoslav Film Archive in Belgrade and the SPONA Association with the support of the Embassy of the Republic of Serbia, was opened with a screening of The Marathon Family, directed by Slobodan Šijan in 1982.

At the opening ceremony of this year's Serbian Film Week in Skopje, Serbian Ambassador to the Republic of North Macedonia Nevena Jovanović said she was pleased that the Macedonian audience would have the opportunity to enjoy cult Serbian films and pointed out the advantages of cultural diplomacy as it brought peoples and countries closer.

Director of the Cinematheque of North Macedonia Vladimir Angelov emphasised that the quotes from the cult film The Marathon Family, the event opening film, were still being used today.

Aleksandar Erdeljanović from the Yugoslav Film Archive in Belgrade familiarised the attendees with the activities of the Cinematheque in the field of digitisation and digital restoration of films. He pointed out that 25 films of the region's cinematography had been digitally restored at the centre since 2009, including 11 titles from the program Anthology of Serbian Film, as well as three Macedonian titles: Father (We Are Damned, Irina), Thirst, and Hi-Fi.  

Eleven digitally restored titles of Serbian cinematography from the early 1960s to the mid-1980s will be shown between 5 and 11 May at the cinema of the Cinematheque of North Macedonia.

Fans of Serbian cinematography will also have the opportunity to watch the following films: The Elusive Summer of ‘68 by Goran Paskaljević, Plastic Jesus by Lazar Stojanović from 1971, and National Class by Goran Marković from 1979, Who's Singin' Over There? by Slobodan Šijan, When I'm Dead and Gone by Živojin Pavlović, Petria's Wreath by Srđan Karanović, Love and Fashion by Ljubomir Radičević, Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator directed by Dušan Makavejev in 1967, as well as the famous work of Dušan Kovačević The Balkans Spy.