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The 12th International Queer Film Festival Merlinka was held from December 3rd to 6th at the Belgrade Youth Center. More than 80 short, documentary and feature films have been screened.
Despite the protection measures against COVID-19 and the shortening of working hours until 5pm, the Merlinka festival had a solid attendance and great media attention.
The festival was opened by the Lithuanian-Serbian film The Lawyer directed by Romas Zabarauskas, which was mostly shot in Belgrade. The film follows a Lithuanian lawyer who falls in love with a Syrian migrant who is stuck in Belgrade.
On the last day of the festival, awards were given in the following categories: Best feature film Summer of 85 (directed by Francois Ozon), Best documentary Maria Luiza (directed by Marcelo Diaz), Best short film Fabiu (directed by Stefan Langthaler), Best animated film Carrousel (directed by Jasmine Elsen), Audience award I’m not gay (directed by Martin Chichovski), ERA award for best documentary Let there be colour (directed by Ado Hasanović), ERA award for best film Snake (directed by), special award for best Serbian film The prom (directed by Andrey Volkashin).
The Merlinka Festival in Novi Sad was organized from December 5 to 10 at the Cultural Center of Novi Sad and nine films were screened.
Uspešan 12. Merlinka festival uprkos merama
12. Međunarodni festival queer filma Merlinka održan je od 3. do 6. decembra u Domu omladine Beograda. Prikazano je više od 80 kratkih, dokumentarnih i igranih filmova.
Uprkos merama zaštite od COVID-19 i skraćivanju radnog vremena do 17 časova, festival Merlinka imao je solidnu posećenost i veliku medijsku pažnju.
Festival je otvorio litvansko-srpski film Advokat reditelja Romasa Zabarauskasa, koji je uglavnom sniman u Beogradu. Film prati litvanskog advokata koji se zaljubi u sirijskog migranta koji je zaglavljen u Beogradu.
Poslednjeg festivalskog dana dodeljene su nagrade u sledećim kategorijama: Najbolji igrani film Leto 85. (režija Fransoa Ozon), Najbolji dokumentarac Marija Luiza (režija Marcelo Diaz), Najbolji kratki film Fabiu (režija Stefan Langthaler) , Najbolji animirani film Кarusel (režija Jasmine Elsen), nagrada publike Nisam peder (režija Martin Čičovski), ERA nagrada za najbolji dokumentarac Nek je što šarenije (režija Ado Hasanović), ERA nagrada za najbolji film Zmija (režija Andrej Volkashin), posebna nagrada za najbolji srpski film Matura (režija Ado Hasanović).
Festival Merlinka u Novom Sadu organizovan je od 5. do 10. decembra u Кulturnom centru Novog Sada i prikazano je devet filmova.
