Receiving the award, Petar Ristovski said he is extremely honored to be a part of the festival and expresed appreciation for the invitation and warm welcome and hospitality.

“It is an honor for me to be a apart of the Festival and to welcome my family, who is part of the film crew. Many great and good films have been made in Chicago, so I feel like I’ve been here before. I grew up with domestic cinema, but always with one eye on the old and new Hollywood.

I do not have to explain the importance of this Festival, and especially through films with such patriotic themes, because every person needs to know where he belongs. Historical films like these are practically eternal cultural monuments, helping us to remember who our ancestors fought for freedom.

That’s what I had in mind while working on this film, and stories about our ancestors that enabled us to fight in some other fields today. The name Petar means stone, rock, so this is some kind of King Petar character I wanted to portray. Working with parents was not a problem, we professionally understood that family relationships should not be interrupted, although it is impossible to eliminate them completely.

This is my debut film with a good dramatic and emotional charge, while meeting the expectations of the public and the audience. This was the biggest movie project in Serbia in the last 10 years, both in complexity and in production, so I also plunged into it. The movie was finished due to end in 2018, the 100th anniversary of the end of World War II.

The Oscar nomination is also important, for me and for the production, it is a great honor to represent Serbia with this film in America, it may also open some doors for new projects. ”

In addition to the director, the festival also hosted actresses Teodora and Danica Ristovski, who along with actors Milos Biković and Miodrag Radonjić attended screenings and a press conference.

The festival this year was dedicated to the 20th anniversary of NATO’s bombing of Serbia.

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A three-member jury, composed of Argyris Theos (Greece), Dejan Dimeski (Northern Macedonia) and Kosta Glusica (Serbia), decided on the awards and judged that the cinematographic work on the movie “King Peter the First” left the most striking impression and once again confirms Joksimovic’s unbridled talent.

Three years earlier, Dusan Joksimovic received the same award for his work on another film by Lazar Ristovski, “Train Driver’s Diary”. As stated in the award’s statement in 2016, Joksimovic created a work in the movie “Train Driver’s Diary” with extraordinary visual settings that “bring authentic artistry and sophisticated styling, which he accomplished in close collaboration with decor and costume authors.”

The festival of filmmaking “Slika u pokretu” was held under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture, with the assistance of the Yugoslav Cinematheque and the Film Center of Serbia, organized by the Serbian Association of Cinematographers (S.A.S.) with the idea to present the work of the director of photography.

The movies in which directors of photography were able to achieve the visual unity of the image throughout the film were chosen by festival selector Miodrag Misa Milosevic, while the festival director was director of photography and S.A.S. President Predrag Bambic.

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