The discussion on the cinema “Zvezda”, the future plans, the sustainability of the occupied cinemas, on the state of culture and necessary changes will be spoken about by film maker Mina Đukić and her team from the film “The Disobedient”, who are in the cinema “Zvezda” from the first day of occupation.

The moderator of the discussion will be Petar Mitrić, programmer of the European Film Festival Palić, and the organizer of the Eurocinema.

The discussion is realised in cooperation between the Open University Subotica, the Modern Art Gallery, Foundation for Youth Culture and Creativity “Danilo Kiš” and the Art Cinema “Aleksandar Lifka”.

7 PM Special screening of the film “The Disobedient”
Director: Mina Đukić
Cast: Hana Selimović, Mladen Sovilj, Minja Subota, Danijel Sike
Eurocinema, Entrance fee: 200 RSD
As children, Leni and Lazar were best friends. When Lazar returns from extensive travels abroad for his father's funeral, Leni yearns to reconnect with her childhood soul mate. Nevertheless, hoping to escape the doldrums of adult life, she embarks with Lazar on an impromptu bicycle trip across a gorgeous, sun-baked countryside. As they revel in raucous bouts of disobedience, Leni must decide if their shared language of misbehavior is a bond upon which she can build a life.

9 PM Discussion
Culture Defense: the Movement of Cinema Occupation
Eurocinema, free entrance
A group of young filmmakers and students went into the building of the “Zvezda” cinema in Belgrade on 21st November with the aim to revive the premises for film screenings and to return the devastated real estate to the citizens. They named their action “the Movement of Cinema Occupation”. In Belgrade there are no cinemas outside the multiplex system due to the catastrophic privatization of the company “Beograd film”, which resulted in the destroying of 14 cinemas. Couple of ten of cinemas shared the same destiny all over Serbia. As a quick reaction to the “Movement of Cinema Occupation” the cinema “Sloboda” in Kula was also revived.

The movement was backed up by numerous filmmakers and citizens like film director Goran Marković, who added: “the action of these young people has also a symbolic feature. That cinema reminds us of our life: filthy, neglected, cold and closed. They grabbed brooms and vacuum cleaners, and suddenly there was a big crowd in front of the cinema, life started to swirl. I think this is a good sign that young people are fed up with this situation.”