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Days of Russian cinema in Serbia start in Belgrade on September, 28. Until October 1, the visitors of the cultural center in the center of the Serbian capital will have the chance to watch four new Russian films and attend a meeting with the famous Russian actor Yuri Nazarov, RIA Novosti reports.
The organizer of the Days, the head of the Serbian branch of the International Foundation for the Unity of Orthodox Peoples, Natalia Kotsev, said that they decided to hold the festival "despite everything that is happening today." She assured that many residents of Serbia want to watch the new Russian cinema. Natalya Kotsev stressed that the event is a support for Russian culture and Russia in difficult times.
Serbia is hosting the Days of Russian Cinema for the third time, the Belgrade authorities have allocated a cultural center for organizing the festival.
The festival's program includes new feature films: The Bronze Horseman of Russia by Vasily Livanov, Sky by Igor Kopylov, Vladivostok by Anton Bormatov (produced by Karen Shakhnazarov) and Eleven Silent Men by Alexei Pimanov.
Russian and Serbian filmmakers are constantly working together, films from both countries participate in festivals held in Moscow, Belgrade and other cities of Russia and Serbia. In the spring, filmmakers from the two countries began the production of The Leshy, a movie dedicated to the bombing of Yugoslavia by NATO forces in 1999.
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