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[Studio BG] June – MUST DO in Serbia

BELGRADE

Sajam venčanja

Wedding Fair

http://www.arenabeograd.com/sr/events/details/173/sajam-vencanja

Afro Festival

http://www.museumofafricanart.org/

Beogradski festival hrane i pića
Belgrade Food and Drink Festival

http://www.foodfest.rs/index.html

Mamma Mia! – West End mjuzikl
Mamma Mia! – West End Musical

http://www.arenabeograd.com/sr-ci/events/details/154

Muzički festival – Ušće fest
Music Festival – Ušće fest

www.uscefest.org

REFRACT – Regionalni festival alternativne kulture
International regional festival of alternative culture – REFRACT

http://www.refractfestival.net/

CONCERTS

Elton John

Massive Attack

Vlado Georgiev

Bajaga & Instruktori

Severina

Goran Bregović

Billy Idol

Zorana Pavić & Old Hat Orchestra

Roger Sanchez

Bob Dyilan

Del Arno Bend

Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood

Gilles Peterson

Kaliopi Bukle i Edin Karamazov

Cheick Tidiane Seck Sextet

Skunk Anansie

Cristina Branco

Whitest Boy Alive

For detailed information on all events in Belgrade, please contact the Tourist organization of Belgrade.

http://www.tob.co.rs/

OUT of BELGRADE

Novi Sad

Cinema City – Internacionalni festival filma i medija
Cinema City – Film & Media Festival

http://www.cinemacity.org/

Majdanpek

Festival Sound and Visions

www.soundandvisionsfestival.com

For detailed information on all events outside of Belgrade, please contact the Tourist organization of Serbia.

www.serbia-tourism.org

June 9th, 2010 · Tags Event Previews, Lidija, Uncategorized | No Comments »

[Studio BG] December – MUST DO in Serbia

BELGRADE


Noć reklamoždera
LA NUIT DES PUBLIVORES
http://www.nocreklamozdera.eunet.yu/

Treći festival nauke
Third Science Festival Belgrade
www.festivalnauke.rs

Disney on Ice: Miki i Mini čudesno putovanje
Disney on Ice: Mickey & Minnie’s Amazing Journey
http://www.arenabeograd.com/sr-ci/events/details/126/disney-on-ice-miki-i-mini-cudesno-putovanje

EXIBITION African Hair: Berber and Hairdresser Signs
http://www.museumofafricanart.org/sr.html

Osmi festival italijanskog filma
8th Festival of Italian Film
http://www.iicbelgrado.esteri.it/IIC_Belgrado/webform/SchedaEvento.aspx?id=224

15. Festival autorskog filma
15th Festival of Author Films
www.faf.rs

Holiday on Ice
http://www.arenabeograd.com/sr-ci/events/details/141%20voor%2025-27
http://www.holidayonice.com/

KONCERTI
CONCERTS

Miroslav Ilić
Nouvelle Vague
Vroom
Harlem Gospel Choir
Željko Vasić
The Belgrade Dixieland Orchestra
Massimo Savić
Olivera Katarina
Jelena Tomašević
Bajaga i Instruktori
Intruder
Backstreet Boys
Saša Vasić
Boris Režak & Brass orchestra Pod sjajem zvezda
Haris Džinović
Zabranjeno pušenje
BRAVISSIMO MAESTRO MOZART – Jovan Kolundžija


OUT of BELGRADE

Euro in 2009 European and Independent Film Festival, Novi Sad
Radio festival 2009, Vrnjačka banja
Sales exibition of folk handicrafts, Gornji Milanovac
International Children’s Festival – Songs from Vojvodina, Srbobran


For detailed information on all events outside of Belgrade, please contact the Tourist organization of Serbia.
www.serbia-tourism.org

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December 4th, 2009 · Tags Event Previews, Lidija | No Comments »

[Studio B] November – MUST DO in Belgrade

Compiled by Sitka Creations’ Belgrade Blogger: Lidija Butkovic

November – MUST DO in Belgrade

Nedelja brazilske kulture
Brazilian Culture Week

www.brazilserbia.com

“Slobodna zona” – Filmski festival
Free Zone – Film Festival

www.freezonebelgrade.org

15. Festival pozorišnih predstava za decu - FESTIĆ
15th Festić – Children’s Theater Festival

www.buha-theater.com

15. Festival autorskog filma
www.faf.rs

50. Oktobarski salon
50th October Salon

www.oktobarskisalon.org

FIST 05 – Festival internacionalnog studentskog teatra
FIST 05 – International Student Theater Festival

www.fistbelgrade.com

KONCERTI
CONCERTS

Eros Ramazzotti
Simple Minds
Tom Jones
Underworld
Diana Krall
Brazil Tropical
Van Gogh
Slobodan Trkulja
Paul Diano (ex Iron Maiden)
Tommy Emanuel

GALA KONCERT
GALA CONCERT

Ruski balet
Russian Ballet

OUT of BELGRADE

Novi Sad Jazz Festival, Novi Sad
Europian Day of Young Wine, Palić
Pie preparing Contest, Čačak
Auto Expo – Car Fair, Kragujevac
Sport & Equipment Fair, Kragujevac
Biennale “Lights of Milena Pavlović Barili”, Požarevac
Exhibition of ethnic souvenirs, Leskovac
Festival of Tambourine Music “Sava Vukosavljev”, Zmajevo

For detailed information on all events outside of Belgrade, please contact the Tourist organization of Serbia.

www.serbia-tourism.org

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Belgrade

Photo © Sitka Creations

November 17th, 2009 · Tags Uncategorized | No Comments »

[Serbia] Exploring BELGRADE ZOO

This month our Belgrade blogger, Lidija Butković, takes us on a photo tour of Belgrade’s Zoo.

Wikipedia states “Belgrade Good Hope Garden (Serbian: Београдски врт добре наде) is a Zoo in Belgrade situated at the very center of the city, in the Kalemegdan park. It was founded in 1936 and it is one of the oldest zoological gardens in Europe.

It covers an area of 6 ha, and has 2,000 animals of 200 species, and besides wild animals it abounds in domestic animals too.

Its present look is contributed by many newly built facilities, new drinking-fountains, Wooden Sculpture Gallery, the work of the sculptor Vuk Bojović and a nursery for young animals – Baby Zoo. For its 60th anniversary it was enriched with a monument dedicated to its once most interesting and most famous resident – Sammy the chimpanzee, the first of its kind ever in this Zoo. The zoo suffered badly during the bombing of Belgrade in World War II when almost all animals were killed and its size was reduced to the size it is today.

We are glad to see that under the direction of Mr Vuk Bojovic, the Manager of the Belgrade Zoo, it is once again a brilliant jewel in Belgrade’s crown of many attractions. Enjoy!
-The Crew at Sitka

Photos by Lidija Butković and Stefan Pesic

For more information about the Zoo, including location, hours and events:
www.beozoovrt.izlog.org (Serbian + English)

Belgrade Zoo

Belgrade Zoo

Belgrade Zoo

Belgrade Zoo

Belgrade Zoo

Belgrade Zoo

Belgrade Zoo

Belgrade Zoo

Belgrade Zoo

Belgrade Zoo

Belgrade Zoo

Belgrade Zoo

September 20th, 2009 · Tags Lidija, Serbia | 1 Comment »

SEPTEMBER U SERBIA – Don’t miss it

Don’t miss SEPTEMBER’S highlights from SERBIA!

BEOGRAD SVETLOSTI 09
Belgrade of Light
www.belgradeoflight.net

AFRIČKO SELO- SOUTH AFRICA VILLAGE – WEEK OF SOUTH AFRICAN CULTURE
www.moyafrika.com

43 BITEF 09
BELGRADE INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL

www.bitef.rs

Jelen Pivo LIVE
www.jelenpivo.com/live

Treći Salsa kongres Srbija 2009
3rd SALSA CONGRESS SERBIA 2009
www.salsacongressserbia.rs

INTERNATIONAL COMICS SHOWROOM
www.skc.org.rs

September 14th, 2009 · Tags Lidija, Serbia, Uncategorized | No Comments »

JULY U BEOGRADU – Don’t miss it

Don’t miss these JULY events in SERBIA!

From our Belgrade Blogger – Lidija Butkovic

European Film Festival (Palic)
www.palicfilmfestival.com

SOFEST (Sopot)
www.ffs.rs

BELEF – Belgrade Summer Festival
www.belef09.org

Summer 3P (Palic)
www.summer3p.org

EXIT FESTIVAL 2009 (Novi Sad)
www.exitfest.org

Sesti beogradski celo fest
www.rts.rs

CONCERTS:

Carlos Santana 11 July
Sinead O’Connor 3 July
George Benson 23 July

SPORTS:

Universiade Belgrade 2009
www.ub2009.org

Volleyball World League Finals
www.ossrb.org

July 6th, 2009 · Tags Event Previews, Lidija, Serbia | No Comments »

JUNE U BEOGRADU – Don’t miss it

Universiade Belgrade 2009
www.ub2009.org

International Danube Day
www.danubeday.org

Fish Fest 2009
www.fishfestbeograd.com

Belgrade Omnibus
www.beogradskiomnibus.rs

Cinema City – Film and Media Festival (Novi Sad)
www.cinemacity.org

Forest Fest
www.forestfest.rs

EtnoFest 2009 (Palić – Subotica)
www.etnofest.org

TIBA Festival
www.tibafestival.com

SOFEST (Sopot)
www.ffs.rs

Concerts:
Simply Red, June 26th

June 19th, 2009 · Tags Event Previews, Lidija, Serbia | No Comments »

MAJ U BEOGRADU – Don’t miss it!

MAJ U BEOGRADU – May Events in Belgrade

Noć muzeja
www.nocmuzeja.rs
Belgrade Design Week
www.belgradedesignweek.com

April 27th, 2009 · Tags Lidija, Serbia | No Comments »

FILM REVIEW: The Belgrade Phantom – Beogradski Fantom

The Crew at Sitka is happy once again to share a review from our own blogger Lidija Butkovic. Lidija covers all that’s happening in Art & Culture from her vantage point in Belgrade, Serbia. Thanks again Lidija!

The Belgrade Phantom
The Boy Who Shaked The System

The Belgrade Phantom

Based on a true story.
Review by Lidija Butkovic
Photo: Dom sindikata, Belgrade

Director: Jovan Todorović
Screenplay: Jovan Todorović, Bogdan Petković
Production: Emote productions, Belgrade / Tivoli-Film productions, Budapest / Camera Fx, Sofia
Cast overview: Milutin Milošević, Radoslav Milenković, Marko Živić
Genre: Thriller
Duration: 82 minutes
Country: Serbia
Trailer: The Belgrade Phantom Trailer
Distributor: Tuck
Premiere: March 29, 2009 at the Sava Center, Belgrade

During the last year of Tito’s rule, while the president of SFR Yugoslavia was in Cuba attending The Summit of Non-aligned Movement, a mysterious boy with a stolen white Porsche 911 appears in the Belgrade streets. For ten nights he drives through streets of the capital at over 200 kilometers an hour (124 MPH), contrary to traffic regulations, at times even driving in the opposite direction. Each night “The Phantom”, that was the nickname given him by the people, announces his route through the most popular Belgrade radio station “Studio B”. Each time futile, Yugoslav police – Narodna milicija – tries to catch him. Inspector Fanđo, with his Ford car, also joins in the chase of “The Phantom”. What started as a game has turned into a serious political problem.

For more information watch:
The Belgrade Phantom Trailer


Beogradski Fantom
Dečko koji je uzdrmao sistem

The Belgrade Phantom

Review by Lidija Butkovic
Dom sindikata, Beograd

Režija: Jovan Todorović
Scenario: Jovan Todorović, Bogdan Petković
Produkcija: Emote productions, Beograd / Tivoli-Film productions, Budapest / Camera Fx, Sofia
Uloge: Milutin Milošević, Radoslav Milenković, Marko Živić
Žanr: Triler
Trajanje: 82 minuta
Zemlja porekla: Srbija
Web: www.tuck.rs
Distributer: Tuck
Premijera: 29. mart 2009. Sava Centar, Beograd

Poslednje godine vladavine Tita, dok predsednik SFR Jugoslavije boravi na Kubi na Šestom samitu nesvrstanih, na ulicama Beograda se pojavljuje misteriozni dečko sa ukradenim poršeom. On deset dana juri ulicama glavnog grada brzinom i do 200 kilometara na čas, ne poštujući saobraćajne propise, vozeći i u suprotnom smeru. Svake večeri Fantom, kako ga je narod nazvao, najavljuje svoju maršrutu putem talasa tada najslušanije gradske radio stanice – “Studija B”. Svaki put tadašnja Narodna milicija bezuspešno pokušava da ga uhvati. U poteru se uključuje i inspektor Fanđo sa svojim fordom. Ono što je počelo kao igra prerasta u ozbiljan politički problem.

Film Beogradski Fantom snimljen je po istinitoj priči. Glavni junak, Vlada Vasiljević, avgusta 1979. godine, “pozajmljuje” automobil Porše Targa 911s poznatog jugoslovenskog tenisera Ivka Plećevića. Vlasnik prijavljuje krađu, ali je milicija sa svojim “zastavama” nemoćna. U zemlji u kojoj politička policija predstavlja stub socijalističkog jednopartijskig režima, njena nesposobnost dovodi u pitanje sposobnost čitavog sistema. Fantom postaje heroj grada koji svako veče dobija sve više simpatizera koji se masovno okupljaju kako bi ga podržali i navijali za njega. I baš ta masa, tih par hiljada ljudi, sprečiće njegovo hapšenje kada mu milicija bude postavila blokadu poslednje noći na trgu Slavija.

Iako je ovo prvenstveno igrani film, u njemu su se našli autentični intervjui i arhivski snimci. Snimanje je i počelo i završeno 2006. godine, ali je komplikovana postprodukcija zahtevala mnogo više vremena tokom kog su igrani delovi filma usklađivani sa arhivskim materijalom i intervjuima. Samo istraživanje trajalo je godinu dana.

Osnovnu emociju ekipe iza kamere više nego dobro izneli su nosioci glavnih uloga. Milutin Milošević (Fantom) je bez ijedne izgovorene reči, samo pogledom i pokretom, uspeo ne samo da oživi ovu urbanu legendu, već i da izrazi postojanje konstantnog prkosa u jednom mladom čoveku. Izuzetno zahtevnu ulogu imao je i Marko Živić (Fanđo) jer se “pravi” Fanđo, inspektor koji se trkao sa Vladom, pojavljuje u dokumentarnom delu filma. Zahvaljujući ubedljivom odgovoru na ovaj glumački izazov, Živića ubuduće sigurno treba mnogo ozbiljnije shvatati.
O Fantomu i njegovim vožnjama u filmu govore i Ivko Plećević – teniser kome je Vlada ukrao poršea, fotoreporter Ilija Bogdanović – jedini čovek koji je uspeo da uslika Fantoma, Marko Janković – novinar u čijoj je emisiji Vlada najavljivao svoje vožnje, kao i njegovi prijatelji i očevici događaja.

Autori su prilično verno rekonstruisali epohu i dočarali nam Beograd s kraja sedamdesetih godina. O kakvom i kolikom je poslu reč shvatiće svi oni koji su prestonicu posetili u poslednjih pet godina – veštom kompjuterskom obradom sa snimaka ulica uspešno su uklonjeni bilbordi i svetleće reklame.
Ipak, ono po čemu će se film najviše pamtiti jesu akcione scene jurnjave kolima po slabo osvetljenom Beogradu. Upravo je to ono što izdvaja Todorovićev film i pokazuje šta je moguće napraviti sa prilično ograničenim budžetom, ali odličnom ekipom i savršenim kapiranjem na relaciji režiser – glumac.

Ovo ostvarenje je dugo najavljivano i očekivano. Ali, što se retko dešava u srpskoj kinematografiji, čekanje se isplatilo. Film je iznedrio jednu novu generaciju, drugačiju ideju i pozitivan stav. Dočekali smo priču o jednom davno prošlom vremenu i jednom Beogradu koji više ne postoji; mit o dečku koji je uzdrmao jedan sistem, ali i priču o jednom narodu koji već tradicionalno proglašava herojima one čije je “čojstvo i junaštvo” prilično diskutabilno. Konačno, bio heroj ili samo dečko s asfalta, Vlada Vasiljević je nesporno (p)ostao urbana legenda.

Za više informacija pogledajte:
Youtube – Beogradski Fantom

April 13th, 2009 · Tags Film Review, Lidija, Serbia | No Comments »

APRIL U BEOGRADU – Don’t miss it!

APRIL U BEOGRADU – April Events in Belgrade

Međunarodni festival dugometražnog dokumentarnog filma
http://www.beldocs.rs/
Šesti beogradski festival igre
http://www.belgradedancefestival.com/
Dani Beograda
http://www.danibeograda.org/

April 7th, 2009 · Tags Event Previews, Lidija, Serbia | No Comments »