MARTOVSKI FESTIVAL, 70th EDITION: WINNERS OF THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD ARE MIHAJLO P. ILIĆ ILKE AND BOŽIDAR KALEZIĆ
The Board of the 70th Martovski Festival decided to award the Lifetime Achievement Award equally to two auteurs who have made significant contributions to the national cinema - Mihajlo P. Ilke Ilić and Božidar Kalezić.
The awards will be presented at the opening ceremony of the 70th Martovski Festival on March 28, 2023, starting at 7 p.m., in the Great Hall of the Belgrade Youth Hall.
Mihajlo P. Ilić Ilke je srpski filmski reditelj, montažer, producent i teoretičar filma. Njegova filmska aktivnost počela je u okviru nekadašnjeg Kino kluba Beograd, gde je držao kurseve kinoamaterima. Istovremeno je montirao igrane filmove mnogim autorima, među kojima su Kokan Rakonjac, Živojin Pavlović, Mića Popović, Saša Petrović, ali i mnoge kratkometražne i dokumentarne filmove. Samostalno je režirao dugometražni igrani film „Prirodna granica“, kao i veliki broj kratkih i dokumentarnih filmova, za koje je dobijao najvažnije nagrade na Martovskom festivalu (Gran pri za najbolji film festivala – „Markale“ 1999, nagradu za najbolji dokumentarni film – „Presuda“ 1998…) i na drugim festivalima širom sveta („Zlatni vitez“ u Rusiji…). Početkom devedesetih godina prošlog veka formirao je producentsku kuću u kojoj je više desetina mladih ljudi dobilo priliku da napravi samostalne kratkometražne filmove na 35 milimetarskoj traci. Istovremeno se bavio filmskom teorijom, a njegova najpoznatija knjiga „Serbian Cutting“ objavljena je u izdanju Filmskog centra Srbije. U rukopisu mu je obimna knjiga o Kino klubu Beograd, odakle su potekli neki od naših najznačajnijih „crnotalasnih“ reditelja. Značaj Ilićevog rada kao dokumentariste nije samo u estetskom kvalitetu njegovih filmskih ostvarenja, već i u angažovanoj analizi montažnih postupaka.
Božidar Kalezić is a famous Serbian documentary filmmaker and former editor of the Radio and Television of Serbia documentary department. He obtained his BA in film directing at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in the class of Professor Hugo Klajn. Director and auteur of hundreds of television shows and documentaries: My Life in Art, Portraits of Artists/ Moj život u umetnosti, portreti umetnika (1974-1994), Trilogy About Milan Konjović / Trilogija o Milanu Konjoviću (1973), Political convicts / Politički osuđenici (1986), Are the Prison Walls the Walls of Hell / Da li su zidovi zatvora zidovi pakla, about life in Yugoslav prisons (1987), Creators / Stvaraoci (1987-1990), Space Flickers or a Record of a Prison Madhouse / Treptači svemira ili zapis o zatvorskoj ludnici (1989), The Morning and the Mist / Jutro i magle (1992), Three Convicts of Socialism/ Tri sužnja socijalizma ( 1992), The Fate of the Mićić Family / Sudbina porodice Mićić and The Ballad of Life / Balada o životu (1993). For the documentary film Victory is Ours / Naša je pobeda, about FC Crvenka in the First Federal League of Yugoslavia, he received the first prize at the prestigious international film festival in Oberhausen. He won an award at the former television festival in Neum, the Duda Timotijević award, as well as the October award of the city of Belgrade. He is the author of the book Flying Fortress Television / Televizija tvrđava koja leti. He was the subject of more than ten TV shows, as well as two books, Wreaths of Thorns of Božidar Kalezić / Venci od trnja Božidara Kalezića and Television as Fate / Televizija kao sudbina.
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Martovski festival - 70th edition The Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival, a permanent event of cultural importance for the City of Belgrade, will take place from March 28 to April 2, 2023 in the Belgrade Youth Centerunder the management of the Center. One of the oldest Europe film festivals will this year go on for 6 days, and it will be marked by the significant anniversary of 70 years of establishment, something no film festival in Serbia and the former Yugoslavia has had so far.
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Festival Patrons are the City of Belgrade, the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia, Film Center Serbia.
Festival management: Belgrade Youth Center
Festival su podržali: Jugoslovenska kinoteka, Austrijski kulturni forum, Zastava film, Filmske novosti, Francuski institut u Beogradu, DPC, Living Pictures, Turistička organizacija Beograda, Turistička organizacija Srbije.
