Description :
Mirko is an activist for gay rights and his dream is to organize the first successful PRIDE event in Belgrade. This is an almost “impossible mission.” Then a Serbian homophobic gangster shows up and forces him to guard Belgrade Pride, but no one is willing to stand by his side. He is therefore forced to travel throughout the former Yugoslavia to create a team of people willing to expose themselves to a society rife with inequality and human rights violations.
THE PARADE, in a tragicomic way, tells the story of the ongoing battle between two worlds in contemporary post-war Serbian society. The characters’ behaviors and scenes in the film are related to real events that took place at the first Belgrade Pride in 2010, which, after an attack by far-right extremists, ended in bloodshed with over 100 people injured. The film was condemned by the then president of Serbia himself. Belgrade Pride has been held regularly since 2014, but always with a significant police presence.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 28
THE PARADE – PARADA
Comedy, Drama | 15+ | 2011 | Ser | 115’
Director: Srdjan Dragojevic
Cast: Nikola Kojo, Milos Samolov, Hristina Popovic
21:30 | Vista Marina, 8 Salaminos Street, Kalamata Marina | General admission €5, €3 for unemployed persons, students, and large families, free for persons under 18
The event will be in the Serbian language with Greek subtitles
Organizers :
The gap of the old remarkable cinema club and the chronic absence of quality cinema in the city is being filled by the New Cinema Club of Kalamata, a non-profit, cultural institution.
The main purpose of the club is to undertake any initiative related to the promotion of cinema and the encouragement of local cinema.
For this purpose, the New Cinema Club of Kalamata plans to organize screenings of films representing all the trends, directors and creators of cinema. Among the immediate plans of the Club, the organization of special events that seek to promote Greek cinema and its dissemination as an art form, such as the organization of a film library, lectures, conferences and workshops, is included.
The New Cinema Club of Kalamata is already a member of the Federation of Cinema Clubs of Greece. It cooperates closely with the Municipality of Kalamata and the public benefit enterprise of the Municipality of Kalamata “Faris”, and at the same time plans and seeks cooperation with other wider movements and cultural institutions.
New Cinema Club of Kalamata
48 P. Kaisaris, 24 100 Kalamata
Press Office – press@filmhouse.gr
Anastasia Liokoura – 6932904072
Vassilis Papaefstathiou – 6944776332
Place :
Marina Garden Bistro (Vista Marina Garden)
