Nikita Mikhalkov is coming to 50th FEST film festival in Belgrade, Oliver Stone also invited

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Ivan Karl, the secretary of culture for the City of Belgrade, announced today the arrival of famed Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov to the 50th FEST film festival in the Serbian capital.

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In a statement for Tanjug, Karl noted that plans for organizing FEST on its 50th anniversary this year are ambitious, but depend on the situation with the pandemic.

"At this moment, I can say that the arrival of Nikita Mikhalkov to either the opening or the closing of the festival is realistic. At the same time, we've sent an invitation to Oliver Stone, who said he would respond after the holidays, when he will be able to plan his activities in more detail," said Karl.

According to him, the plan is to organize a panel during which Kusturica, Mikhalkov and Stone would present their views and thoughts to the audience, touching on various topics - history, geopolitics, film...

Karl previously announced that the 50th FEST will be held from February 25 to March 6 under the slogan, "A New Brave World."

"The slogan of the first FEST in 1971 was 'A Brave New World', the 50th FEST will be, 'A New Brave World'. A bit of a play on words," said Karl.

(Telegraf.rs/Tanjug)