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Depardieu: Serbia is a small big country

BELGRADE - Famous actor Gerard Depardieu, who is on a visit to Belgrade, said on Thursday that he is pleased that Serbia is not following the European Union's policy of anti-Russian sanctions, and noted that life is too beautiful for people to occupy themselves with conflicts.

Actor Depardieu Praises Serbia’s Support for Russia

Depardieu met Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic on Thursday and said that Belgrade had showed foresight by not turning its back on Russia, a country whose citizenship he holds.

Discussing the Ukraine crisis with Vucic, Depardieu played down the armed conflict with pro-Russian separatists, saying that strife in the country dated back to the times of Catherine the Great.

Depardieu "happy Serbia does not follow EU"

BELGRADE -- Gerard Depardieu is in Belgrade this Thursday where he said he was happy that Serbia does not follow EU's lead and has not imposed sanctions on Russia.

Serbian films at festival in San Sebastian

BELGRADE - The upcoming San Sebastian International Film Festival will be screening several Serbian films as part of its thematic retrospective "Eastern Promises" section.

See You In Montevideo producers making basketball film

BELGRADE - The production company behind See You in Montevideo, Serbia's nominee for the 2014 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, has started shooting another sports film based on a true story - this time about basketball.

2nd International Printmaking Triennale opens on Thursday

BELGRADE - The second International Printmaking Triennale will open in Belgrade's Cvijeta Zuzoric Art Pavilion on Thursday, and it will present the works of 209 artists from 40 countries.

Auteur film festival to kick off on Wednesday

PANCEVO - The first Pancevo Film Festival, an international short and feature film competition event, will be held in Pancevo near Belgrade on September 3-7.

See You in Montevideo becomes Serbia's Oscar nominee

BELGRADE - See You in Montevideo, directed by Dragan Bjelogrlic, is Serbia's nominee for the 2014 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Members of the Expert Committee of the Serbian Academy of Film Arts and Sciences voted on Monday to nominate the film, the institution's Secretary-General Mirko Beokovic said.

Vladislav Bajac gets Chinese literary award

BEIJING - Serbian writer and publisher Vladislav Bajac, director and editor-in-chief of the Geopoetika publishing company, has received the Special Book Award of China.

This state award has been granted since 2005 to foreign translators, writers and publishers for their contribution to the promotion of Chinese culture.

Art: Heritage House Belgrade to host “Transformations”

BELGRADE – A contemporary art project under the title “Transformations”, based on connections and cultural dialogue between visual artists of contemporary artistic expression coming from Eastern and Western Europe, will be shown at the Heritage House in Belgrade starting from September 9.

2nd International Printmaking Triennale opens next week

BELGRADE - The second International Printmaking Triennale will open in Belgrade's Cvijeta Zuzoric Art Pavilion on Thursday, September 4, and it will present the works of 209 artists from 40 countries.

EU's Creative Europe programme promotes Balkan culture

The Union allocated 1.5 billion euros for cultural and media projects.

The European Union’s Creative Europe programme is making 1.5 billion euros available to support regional cultural organisations, including cinema, and for translating books into regional languages.