2014 Jul. 19
> CULTURE

With the opening ceremony, on Saturday, 19 of July at 9 pm, under the slogan Full Eyes of Europe, 21 European Film Festival Palić will be opened at miraculous Summer Stage, one of the most beautiful open cinema theaters in the region, from this year on with the support of Turkish Airlines.

On this occasion Aleksandar Lifka Award will be assigned to Serbian celebrated actress Mirjana Mira Banjac and famous French director Claude Lelouch. The award is assigned by the Festival for an exceptional contribution to the European cinema and will be presented to the laureates by the director of the Festival Radoslav Zelenović.

During the ceremony the jury of the Festival will be introduced, chaired by Pierre-Henri Deleau, well known to the public as the one who has established famous Director Fortnight program at Cannes Film Festival. Beside him other members of the jury are Karin Hoffinger (program director of the Berlin Film Festival), Hajdu Szabolcs (director, Hungary), Hristina Popović (actress) and Dalibor Matanić, director and writer from Croatia. Jury of the Festival will assign awards to the best films within Official Selection – Golden Tower for the best film and Palić Tower for the best director.