Baltic Focus at the European Film Festival Palić

The 23rd edition of the European Film Festival Palić will this year feature a focus on Baltic Films and present contemporary authors, restored classics and selection of animated and short films this region is well known after.

Included in the Baltic Focus programme is the feature film “Dawn”, directed by Laila Pakalniņa. Vladimir Leschiov’s “Waiting for the New Year” will be screened at the short films’ programme. Renārs Vimba’s Berlinale Crystal Bear winner “Mellow Mud” has been included in the Official Competition programme. Also screening will be the classic 1989 documentary film by Herz Frank and Vladimir Eisner “There Were Seven Simeons”, included in the “Classics on the Square” programme.

The International Film Festival Palić was founded in 1992 by the Municipality of Subotica. From the earliest small and unpretentious film screenings in Palić, through the persistent attempts to create a serious regional film festival in the hard times of isolation, and the first attempts at getting closer to the cinematography of the former Yugoslav republics then being at war, it has grown into an important spot on the map of the European film festivals. During the seven festival days Palić becomes a true European capital of culture, and year after year Palić audience proves to be the audience of the highest renown.

The 23rd edition of the European Film Festival Palić will be held July 16-22.