Apply Now for First Date Photo Open Call!

DEADLINE: 20th August 2022 SELECTION ANNOUNCEMENT: 22nd of August 2022 OPENING: 25th August, Art Cave Zurich Gallery FINISSAGE & SHOW: 27th August, Eisladen, Zurich ​ We welcome artists from all over the world, bringing with them new ideas and fresh interpretations of art.  How to apply  Entry fee: 35 Fr. for 3 images  * Maximum  […]

The 28th Sarajevo Film Festival will host a retrospective of films by Sergei Loznitsa

The 28th Sarajevo Film Festival will host a retrospective of films by Sergei Loznitsa The 28th Sarajevo Film Festival will host a retrospective of films by screenwriter, director and producer Sergei Loznitsa in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the art of film. A selection of the esteemed auteur’s films will be presented as part […]

BEST JAPANESE SHORT FILMS FROM JSFF2021 TO BE SCREENED IN CETINJE, MONTENEGRO

JSFF | JAPANESE – SERBIAN FILM FESTIVAL will be part of newly born GNIFF Linden Fest with its special 2021 selection contribution of 8 best ranked Japanese films from the previous edition. GNIFF Linden Fest will feature more than 40 foreign short films and several feature films.. A special program, in cooperation with the JSFF […]

misUNDERSTANDING JAPANESE CINEMA

WHERE DID WE GET IT WRONG?   Probably the highest influence on building the prejudice regarding Japanese Cinema and the image of Japanese national character in the post-war era was the work of Ruth Benedict The Chrysanthemum and sword (1946), where Japan was considered as the most complete OTHER to the United States. Benedict’s approach […]

An interview with music composer Sara Brajovic

MEET THE ARTIST Sara Brajovic is a French composer, pianist, model and writer of Serbian origins. As a classical pianist, she performed at several concerts and released a classical music album “Story of O” under the recording name Sara O. in 2022. FM42:  You are continuing your career on the move despite the Covid pandemic most affected […]

Mirsad Purivatra Leaving the Position of Director of the Sarajevo Film Festival

Sarajevo Film Festival Mirsad Purivatra, the founder of the Sarajevo Film Festival, is leaving the SFF Director’s position after 27 years. Purivatra will assume the role of President of the Obala Art Centar Association, the umbrella organisation behind the Sarajevo Film Festival. “I am proud of everything we have accomplished over the last 27 years. […]

Oleg Kushnir: “I am a big fan of the beauty and expressiveness of the human body”

The exhibition report Oleg Kushnir, a photographer from the capital of Ukraine, famous for his skillful achievements in the art-nude style, presents an exhibition of his artwork in cities of Europe. The first event in this season has been hosted in Zurich, Switzerland. The exhibition is titled “Chiaroscuro Laws” and it is a collection of […]

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH RUSSIAN DJ VERA PARISH

Featuring fabulose woman DJ  Vera Parish! FM42: When did you start DJing? I started playing officially at parties in 2019. It was a bar called “Kusto”, Hotel “Utesov” (Anapa, Krasnodar region). Later I became a resident there. But actually my first acquaintance with DJing began even earlier, in 2016. That’s when I first discovered the […]