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Cinema: Trieste Film Festival, CEI Award to Zilnik

Serbian director focuses on integration stories in Vienna

22 January, 17:15
(ANSA) - TRIESTE, JAN 22 - Serbian director Zelimir Zilnik won the CEI Award (3,000 euros) in the 13th edition of the Trieste Film Festival. In the documentary section, Zilnik presented the movie ''The Most Beautiful Country in the World'', which deals with the issue of integration focusing on the lives of some young immigrants in Vienna. According to the jury's motivation, the award recognizes ''the aesthetic and intellectual coherence of a leading author of the Yugoslav cinema who has been experimenting with new forms and languages since the 1960s and who in its latest film returns to highlight those who are marginalized today, on one hand, and the new fears of Western societies, on the other''. Born in Novi Sad, Serbia, in 1942, Zilnik is one of the main players of the 1960s ''nouvelle vague'' (also known as black wave). Since his first short films, Zilnik has dealt with many issues and stories about everyday life in a complex social and economic context. In 1969 Zilnik won 'The Golden Bear' at the Berlin Film Festival with ''Early Works''. At the Trieste Film Festival, the Cei (Central European Initiative) also supports a screenwriting workshop, involving students from film schools and young professionals from Central and Eastern European countries, and the co-operative event ''When East Meets West'', organized by the FVG Audiovisual Fund. (ANSA).

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