Film selection 9ht Forteca International Film Festival Perast 26-30 july

9 th FORTECA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL PERAST

26-30 July 2025, PERAST MONTENEGRO

PROGRAM – FIFFP 2025

Saturday, 26.7.2025.

19.00 Documentary and Short selection, at Grand Heritage – Perast

 - Opening Ceremony Starts

Време на Бетон / Concrete Time

North Macedonia, 2024, documentary, 55’53’’, Macedonian with English subtitles, 
Director Igor Ivanov 

21.00 PERAŠKI TRG – MAIN SELECTION

OPENING CEREMONY with the Festival guests

Hammarskjöld

Sweden, Norway, South Africa, 2024, biography, drama, history, thriller, war, 114’, Swedish, French, English with English subtitles,

Director: Per Fly

Poslednji krug momci / The final lap

Serbia, 2025, feature, 78’, Serbian, English with English subtitles,

Director: Ilija Stojimirović

Sunday, 27.7.2025.

10.00, PANEL at Grand Heritage Balcony – Perast

PANEL – Film as Art or as Politics – with the Festival guests and regional filmmakers

19.00 Documentary and Short selection, at Grand Heritage – Perast

OFLAG XIII B

Serbia, 2023, documentary, 80’21’’, German, Serbian with English subtitles, 
Director Đorđe Milosavljević Gera 

21.00 PERAŠKI TRG – MAIN SELECTION

Prva klasa – pun gas! / First Class – full Throttle

Serbien, 2024, melodrama, sport, 120’, Serbian with English subtitles.

Director: Vladimir Mića Popovic

Leva lite / Live a little

Sweden, Norway, Denmark, 2025, feature, 98’, Swedish with English subtitles,

Director: Fanny Ovesen

 

Monday, 28.7.2025.

17.00 Panel at Crkva Rozdestva

FILM as local/global product, Mel Gibson at Athos (live from Hilandar)

Rovački Ostrog,

Serbia, Montenegro, Hungary, 2024, documentary 22’, with English subtitles

Director Milan Kićevac

Kuchomoza

Zanzibar, 2024 short documentary 5’ 30’’

Director —Nishanth Raj (India)

 

19.00 Documentary and Short selection, at Grand Heritage – Perast

Muted

Bulgaria, 2023, short film, 7’10’’, Bulgarian, English with English subtitles, 
Director Gergana Nikolova 

Red Rose Aroma
Albania, 2023, short film, 15’, Albanian with English subtitles, 
Director Aurel Naqi 

And that’s for this Christmas

Bulgaria, 2024, short film, 14’40’’, Bulgarian with English subtitles, 
Director Peter Vulchev 

Victory

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2024, short film, 22’12’’, Bosnian with English subtitles, 
Director Zulfikar Filandra 

Palimpsest

Croatia, 2024, short film, 11’23’’, Croatian with English subtitles,
Director Bojan Koštić

19.30 FILM FOR CHILDREN and Workshop – Peraški trg

Дечко делфин/Dolphin boy

Iran, Russia, 2017, animated, 90’, with synchronization on Serbian

Director: Mohammad Kheirandisz

21.00 PERAŠKI TRG – MAIN SELECTION

Kevlar själ / Kevlar soul

Sweden, 2025, feature, 102’, Swedish with English subtitles,

Director: Maria Eriksson-Hecht

Frka

Croatia. 2024, Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime, 109’44’’, Croatian with English subtitles,

Director: Svebor Mihael Jelic

Tuesday, 29.7.2025.

10.00 PANEL – Grand Heritage Balcony

Film – past, presence and future, with the Festival guests and regional filmmakers

15.00 Gospa od Škrpjela boat visit – A tour of the cinematic Perast assembling at Perast Square at 15.00

19.00 Documentary and Short selection, at Crkva Roždestva Presvete Bogorodice – Perast

Доброчинитељ играно-документарни филм о Сими Игуманову / Benefactor – a documentary film about Sima Igumano

Serbia, 2024, documentary 45’, with English text

Director: Boško Milosavljević

Stranac / The Stranger

Croatia, 2024, short film, 19’12’’, with English subtitles,

Director: Milorad Milatović

Старац и његов сан / The oldman and his dream

documentary, 26’8’’, with English subtitles

Director: Duško Mazalica

19.30 FILM FOR CHILDREN and Workshop – Peraški trg

Everlasting story/прича о чаробном мачу

2024, animated, 90’, with synchronization on Serbian

21.00 PERAŠKI TRG – MAIN SELECTION

Mimi

North Macedonia, 2021, feature, 99’30’’, Macedonian with English subtitles,

Director: Darijan Pejovski

Mudbrick

USA, Serbia, 2024, feature, 88’, English, Serbian with English subtitles,

Director: Nikola Petrović

Wednesday, 30.7.2025.

10.00 PANEL – Grand Heritage Balcony

Perast as Heritage – PRESS MEETING with the Festival guests

19.00 Documentary and Short selection, at Grand Heritage – Perast

Nasleđe kralja trube / Legacy – King of Trumpets

2024, documentary, 80’, with English subtitles,

Director Vladimir Kailowic

20.00 CHILDREN Program,

Film discussion – Workshop in Storytelling – Peraški trg

21.00 PERAŠKI TRG – MAIN SELECTION

AWARDS AND CLOSING CEREMONY

Je’vida

Finland, 2024, feature, 100’, Saami, Finnish with English subtitles,

Director: Katja Gauriloff

Bauk / The Erl-King

Serbia, 2024, feature, 97’, Serbian with English subtitles,

Director: Goran Radovanovic

 

Festival guests:

Paul Michael Tapper – film critics, Sweden

Philip Brodie – actor, USA

Nikola Petrović – director, Serbia

Milan P. Kićevac – director and producer, Hungary

 

Jury:

Katarina Bulajić – director, jury president

Radisav Jevrić – playwriter, director

Sara Stijovic – director

 

With support:

Turistička organizacija Kotor

Grad Kotor

Local organizations:

Mesna zajednica Perast

Katolička crkva Perast

Pravoslavna crkva Perast

Conte Restaurant and Hotel

Hotel Grand Heritage Perast

Vila Perast – Design Hotel

Bronza restoran Perast

Centar za Kulturu Kotor

Turistička organizacija Cetinje

Dom kulture Berane

FIFFP is being organized in collaboration with:

Swedish Embassy in Belgrade

Royal Danish Embassy

Embassy of Finland in Belgrade 

Royal Norwegian Embassy

Finnish Film Foundation

Norwegian, Danish, Swedish – Film Institutes

The Danish Agency for Culture and Palaces

Swedish Institute

M.A.M.M.A. production

Justin Theatre Production

Balkan Nordic Film Festival

Yugoslav Film Archive, Kinoteka Belgrade and Kinoteka Montenegro

Film Centres in Montenegro, Serbia, Croatia, Bosina and Hercegovina, Macedonia and internationally

Forteca, Perast Associtaion

Media sponsors:

RTCG, Dan, Vijesti

Warm regards from Adriatic pearl Perast

Jelena Mila

Festival director

Program details www.fiffp.com.

CONTACTS organization: info@fiffp.com, +382 68031880

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