10 th FORTECA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL PERAST
26-30 July 2026, PERAST MONTENEGRO proudly presents
PROGRAM – FIFFP 2026
Sunday, 26.7.2026.
21.00 PERAŠKI TRG – MAIN SELECTION
OPENING CEREMONY with the Festival guests
The Patron/ Mecenaten
Sweden, 2026, drama, 100’, Swedish, Danish, English with English subtitles
Director: Julia Thelin
Festival guests Julia Thelin
Утре наутро/Sutra ujutro/Tomorrow Morning
North Macedonia, 2025, drama, 135’, Macedonian with English subtitles
Director: Jani Bojadzi
Monday, 27.7.2026.
10.30 PANEL at Panoramic Terrace, Heritage Grand – Perast
Montenegro/Balkan v.v. Sweden/Norden – film destination. Film as Art or as Politics – with the Festival guests and regional filmmakers
12.00 Documentary and Short selection, at Grand Heritage – Perast
Perast, mrtvi grad/The Dead City
Yugoslavian, Montenegro,1952, short documentary 17’, Lovćen Film
Director: Velimir Stojanovic
Dom pokraj mora/The House by the Sea
Yugoslavian, Montenegro, 1965, short documentary 14’, Lovćen Film
Director: Branislav Bane Bastać
Festival guest Zoran Ciko, child character in the film
Budvanska barka/ The Budva Boat
Montenegro, 2026, short film, 15’25’’, with English Subtitles
Director: Dejan Senic
Festival guests Dejan Senic and Momčilo Zeković Zeko
21.00 PERAŠKI TRG – MAIN SELECTION
7 Steps/ 7 Steg
Sweden, 2025, romatic drama, 108’, Swedish with English subtitles
Director: Andreas Öhman
Saučesnici / Accomplices
Serbia, 2025, family drama, 107’, Serbian with Englush subtitles
Director: Marko Novakovic
Tuesday, 28.7.2026.
10.30 PANEL at Panoramic Terrace, Heritage Grand – Perast
FILM as local/global product, with the Festival guests and regional filmmakers
12.00 Documentary and Short selection, at Heritage Grand – Perast
Joymakers
Serbia, 2024, documentary, 45’, Serbian with English subtiles
Director: Jelena Radenović
After Party/ Poslije zabave
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2025, documentary, 29’26’’, Serbian with English subtiles
Director: Stefan Tomić
Matija Ban
Serbia, Croatia, 2024, documentary-feature,40’, with English Subtitles
Director: Milica Bajić Djogo
18.30 PANEL at Crkva Roždestva
Memories, facta, fiction and Film
20.00 FILM FOR CHILDREN and Workshop – Peraški trg
Animated films – SAF – School of the Animated Films – Vranje
21.00 PERAŠKI TRG – MAIN SELECTION
Orenda
Finland, Estonia, Sweden, 2025, drama, 118’, Finnish with English subtitles
Director: Pirjo Honkasalo
The Quiet Beekeeper
Sweden, 2026, drama, 104’, Swedish, Norwegian with English subtitles
Director: Marcus Carlsson
Wednesday, 29.7.2026.
10.30 PANEL at Panoramic Terrace, Heritage Grand – Perast
FILM and SCRIPT, Film – past, presence and future, with the Festival guests and regional filmmakers
AALTO
Finland, 2020, documentary, 103’, Finish with English subtitles
Director: Viirpi Suutari
Choice
North Macedonia, 2025, short film, 17’, Macedonian with English subtitles
Director: Marko Crnogorski
15.00 Gospa od Škrpjela boat visit – A tour of the cinematic Perast assembling at Perast Square at 14.45
20.00 FILM FOR CHILDREN and Workshop – Peraški trg
Animated films – SAF – School of the Animated Films – Vranje
21.00 PERAŠKI TRG – MAIN SELECTION
Obraz/The Tower of Strength
Montenegro, 2026, drama, 95’, Albanian, Serbo-Croatian, English, with English subtitles
Director: Nikola Vukcevic
Maricel
Cyprus, Greece, 2025, drama, 120’8’’, English, Greek (Modern), Tagalog with English subtitles
Director: Elias Demetriou
Thursday, 30.7.2026.
10.30 PANEL at Panoramic Terrace, Heritage Grand – Perast
PRESS MEETING with the Festival guests – FILM as local/global product
12.00 Documentary and Short selection
Conventions of Contracts/Συμβάσεις Έργων
Greece, 2024, documentary, 26’21’’, with English subtitles
Director Stefanos Mondelos
Babini devetini
Bulgaria, 2024, documentary, 38’58’’, Bulgarian with English subtiles
Directors: Daniell Tahor, Ana-Mariya Georgieva
Smal Talk Full Mouth
USA, 2025, short film, 11’, on English
Director: Jelena Sorkin,
Festival guest Jelena Sorkin
20.00 FILM FOR CHILDREN and Workshop – Peraški trg
Film discussion – Workshop in Storytelling – Peraški trg
21.00 PERAŠKI TRG – MAIN SELECTION
AWARDS AND CLOSING CEREMONY
Dr Glas/ Doktor Glas
Sweden, 2026, drama, 111’, Swedish with English subtitles
Director: Erik Leijonborg
Festival guests director Erik Leijonborg, actors Isac Calmroth och Christian Fandango Sundgren
Човек лавина/The Avalanche Man
Montenegro, 2025, Documentary 83’, with English subtitles
Director: Slobodanka Radun
Festival guests:
Erik Leijonborg – TV and film director
Isac Calmroth – actor
Christian Fandango Sundgren – actor
Julia Thelin – director
Jelena Sorkin – director, producer
Ziri:
Mulitin Darić, Daka – director
Regula Steiner Tomic – actress, producer
Sead Šabotić – director, professor
With support:
Turistička organizacija Kotor
Grad Kotor
Local organizations:
Mesna zajednica Perast
Katolička crkva Perast
Pravoslavna crkva Perast
Conte Restaurant and Hotel
Hotel Heritage Grand 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!