Parelele and collisions: an image of Central and Eastern Europe

The program "Parallels and Collisions" is devoted to feature films and documentaries from the countries of the former geopolitical Europe, but also from Central Europe, dealing with issues of the transition of society and the system, interethnic relations, identities and needs for peace and coexistence, tolerance in the broadest sense

"We believe that this year's program will show an eclectic and stimulating picture of what is going on in this part of the world surely alive.themes, but they do it in an affordable and enlightening way, often with a bit of humor, alleviating the serious problems that they explore, "added Yang.

In addition to the feature films, the selectors included several documentaries and short films The selectors particularly highlight the Ukrainian film "Vulkan", the first feature film by screenwriter and director Romano Bondarchuk, which won considerable success with his documentary "Ukrainian Sheriff "(2015), winner of the special award. The Jury Prize at one of the world's largest documentary film festivals, IDFA Amsterdam.

"The Dead Nation" is the latest documentary by Romanian writer Radu Jude, whose films have been very successful.

This is a film about Romanian history that combines archival photography and clips, and according to coach Nilu Jang, it's "one of the new most important films of Romanian history. b "

Peter Bebjak's" border "talks about smuggling at the border between the European Union and the rest of central and eastern Europe as Slovakia prepares to join the European Union in 2004.

The program will also include the latest film by Slovenian director Jan Cvitkovic, "The Basics of Murder", the Austrian Slovakian film Martini Sulik "Tumac", the Slovakian film "Tough Soul" on the Roma and their sad songs, several debuts such as the Georgian psychological thriller and the host of the Heart of Sarajevo Award "The Terrible Mother", the domestic film of the young Kosta Ristic "Bandits in search of mom", the Ukrainian creation "When the trees fall" and the Hungarian film "Blessed Valley of the Young Bianca"

"(9 min) with Miro Banjac and Nenad Jezdic, then" Potera "(12 min.), which speaks of penetration of hockey with Czech and Slovak society, "Nothing new under the sole he "(25 min.) About the young man Mihal and his meeting with a girl he met on the Internet and the ironic Ukrainian documentary" The Fall of Lenin "(11 min).

About the Best Film Award in the P The Paralels and Collisions, which will be screened at the Eurocinema Cinema on Saturday, will be decided by the Federation of Film Critics of Europe and the Mediterranean, composed by: Kiara Isabela Spagnoli Gabardi, Maja Bogojević and Pavlina Jeleva

Palić European Film Festival from July 14 to July 20 in Palic and Subotica