Ivan Ikic wins special recognition at Karlovy Vary festival

BELGRADE/KARLOVY VARY - Young Serbian director Ivan Ikic won the special recognition at the 49th Film Festival in Karlovy Vary for his debut film 'Varvari' (Barbarians).

The recognition was delivered to Ikic within the East of the West competition programme.

Another film screened in category which presents the first or second film directed by authors from East European countries, Balkans and Central Asia is film 'Spomenik Majklu Dzeksonu' (Monument to Michael Jackson) directed by Darko Lungulov.

The third representative of Serbia, film 'Neposlusni' (The Disobedient) by Mina Djukic, ran in the competition 'Another View'.

Georgian film 'Corn Island' directed by Georgi Ovashvili won the Crystal Globe, the first prize of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival.

Over 200 films from countries worldwide were screened during the prestigious festival in the Czech Republic which took place July 4-12.

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