{"id":9698,"date":"2025-08-12T13:49:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T11:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zillionfilm.com\/?p=9698"},"modified":"2025-09-13T20:33:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T18:33:01","slug":"lazar-ristovski-receives-the-meto-jovanovski-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zillionfilm.com\/en\/lazar-ristovski-receives-the-meto-jovanovski-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Lazar Ristovski Receives the \u201cMeto Jovanovski\u201d Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gmail_default\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">At the Balkan and Mediterranean Film Festival &#8220;Across the Lake&#8221;, held from August 7 to 12 in Dojran, actor Lazar Ristovski was presented with the \u201cMeto Jovanovski\u201d Award for outstanding acting achievements in the art of film.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9683 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/zillionfilm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1871200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"688\" height=\"538\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><span class=\"article-image__details-desc\" data-v-f691642e=\"\">Meto Jovanovski<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">As festival director and film director Jani Bojad\u017ei pointed out, this recognition is being awarded for only the second time and is intended for great actors from the Balkans and the Mediterranean:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">\u201cLazar is a true ambassador of Balkan and Mediterranean cinematography. He has acted in more than seventy films, in all types of roles, and in almost all the languages of this archipelago. The Macedonian audience remembers him for his roles in the films The Necklace and Goodbye, 20th Century!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Upon receiving the award, Ristovski expressed that he was especially moved by the fact that the recognition bears the name of his colleague:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">\u201cI didn\u2019t have the opportunity to share the screen with Meto Jovanovski, but we often met at festivals. This award has special value because it is international, it bears the name of a great actor, and it is being presented for only the second time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9724 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/zillionfilm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2348417-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"688\" height=\"917\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">The audience in Dojran had the opportunity to see his film &#8220;Train Driver\u2019s Diary&#8221;, Serbia\u2019s submission for the Oscars, and Ristovski also announced new projects, among them the series &#8220;The name is Varvara&#8221;, directed by Milo\u0161 Radovi\u0107 and produced by Telekom Srbija and Zillion Film.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">You can read the full interview at this <a 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