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
Добродошли!