CDRSEE :: Center for Democracy and Reconcilliation in Southeast Europe

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26 August 2008: CDRSEE at European Forum Alpach 2008. From 14 to 30 August 2008, the forum explored the issue of how perception and interpretation lead to diagnostics that in turn have an impact on decision-making. The general topic of ‘Perception and Decision’ was discussed by a variety of scientific disciplines and was presided upon by Dr. Erhard Busek. The event offers an opportunity to enter into discussion with renowned personalities. To read more, click here.

2-3 July 2008: CDRSEE at the final conference for the “European Young Journalist Award”. The Center’s executive director, Nenad Sebek, was invited to speak at the closing conference for the European Young Journalist Award, which took place in Ljubliana on 2-3 July and was organised jointly by the European Commission’s Directorate General for Enlargement and the European Youth Press Association. The conference allowed for a productive debate between 400 young journalists on topics such as mobility in the ‘enlarged Europe’, identity issues, or cultural interaction, with representatives from media and politics as well as researchers and specialists on EU-related topics. Following the conference, Mr. Jan Truszczyński, Deputy Director-General of DG Enlargement presented all national winners with an award.

13 July 2008 - CDRSEE rocks EXIT! What do you take with you if you are performing at one of Europe’s most happening, funky, energetic and diverse music festivals? A guitar…? Groupies and roadies…?….a list of the most ridiculous backstage demands you can think up? ….well, if you are the CDRSEE, you take sticky syrupy pastries! Click here for the full story and more photographs.

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Projects - SEE film

SEE FILM

The CDRSEE and the SEE Film are planning a common project with the following objectives:

Long term

To facilitate a long-term genuine reconciliation process in the Western Balkans
To enhance the role of women and of youth in that process
To conceive and re-animate the cultural identity of ex-Yugoslavia

Short term

To create a piece of art that stimulates reflection on the experiences, shared realities, and recent violent conflict in the region;
To reveal the reality of today's youth – their hopes, dreams, experiences, wishes, fears – further complicated by life in a post-war society;
To provide a forum for artistic, cross-border co-operation.

SEE Film is a non-governmental organisation specialised in work on cooperation among countries of South Eastern Europe in various spheres of filmmaking activity. This work is linked to film activities of other parts of Europe, both in the sense of co-operation with European film institutions and funds, and in the promotion of quality film in both directions.

The establishment of a complementary non-governmental organisation is currently underway in the United States (SEE Film, USA), an organisation that would offer programmatic and financial support to certain individual projects and programmes, as well as efforts of SEE Film, Belgrade to activate filmmaking cooperation in the SEE region.

SEE Film was founded in Belgrade by a group of film professionals at the end of 2001. The founder and director is film critic Nenad Dukic. Apart from the team of people operating in Belgrade , SEE Film also has experts/consultants in other countries of the SEE region. The intention is for this cooperation with experts-individuals to grow in the future into separate branches/offices.

Also to be formed soon is the SEE Film International Board and SEE Film Advisory Board whose members would be reputable filmmakers and professionals from the SEE region and other parts of Europe . Similar consultative bodies will also be formed within SEE Film, USA.

Activity

SEE Film has several spheres of activity and, consequently, several programme departments:

1. New Projects Laboratory

Screenplay Development Assistance

Creative Production Supervision

Conception of models/programmes for co-production cooperation within the SEE region, the establishment of ties with European film funds and cooperation with SEE Film , USA .

These programmes refer to the spheres of feature film, children's film and animated film.

2. Special Events Programme: Festivals and reviews of quality film exchanged between SEE film and European film.

3. Festival Promotion: Contacts and promotion of films of the SEE region at international festivals.

4. Creative Information, Publications and Education Program, CIPEP:

Database (DB) – the collection and analysis (in the form of a Bulletin) of quality information about the potentials and topical issues in the filmmaking of the SEE region.
The foundation (in the future) of a film magazine (SEE Film Magazine) as a result of the previous co-operation among magazines in the SEE region. The magazine, as well as the Bulletin, would be published in the English language so as to be accessible to all interested film institutions, companies and individuals.
Organisation of domestic and international panel discussions, seminars and professional workshops whose goal would be to transfer European knowledge and experiences in the sphere of production and other creative filmmaking spheres to filmmakers in the SEE region. (In cooperation with the Education Center of the Belgrade University of Arts).

Financing

SEE Film is a non-profit association whose work is financed by donations provided by domestic and foreign organisations for the preparation of certain projects, as well as by SEE Film's Professional Services Fee.

In line with the Statute, i.e. the prescribed rules for the foundation of non-governmental organisations, if a certain project were to achieve extra profit, this money must be invested in the development of new projects, especially those which are non-commercial.

CURRICULUM VITAE, Nenad Dukic

- Film critic for Radio Belgrade since 1980.

Publishes articles in domestic and foreign magazines ( Filmograf, Filmska Kultura, Sineast, Moving Pictures, European film reviews ), and presents texts on the radio and television ( BBC World Service, Deutsche Welle, the Berlin radio SFB, TV Belgrade, TV YUinfo ).

Publishes theoretical texts on acting in the magazines Scena, Polja, Filmograf .

- For years a correspondent of the American film weekly »The Hollywood Reporter« (1989-1996).

Held lectures on contemporary Yugoslav film at foreign universities ( William Patterson University, New York; George Masson University, Washington ), 2000.

President or member of the jury of critics at leading international film festivals ( Cannes , San Sebastian , Toronto , Karlovy Vary ...).

Vice-chairman (in two terms-in-office) of the International Film Critics' Federation (FIPRESCI), then the director of the FIPRESCI special projects department, 1996-2000 (seated in Munich ).

- Chairman of the Yugoslav section of the International Film Critics' Federation, 1989-1996.

- Vice-chairman of the Balkan Film Board , since 1995 (seated in Athens ).

- Member of the presidency of the Yugoslav Film Academy , since 1997.

- Artistic director of the Belgrade International Film Festival – FEST (1995-

1997).

- Programmer of the International Film Festival in San Sebastian (1995-97) and the British Film Festival in Belgrade (since 1997.)

- Recipient of the Belgrade Film Institute's » Golden Pen « award for the best critique published in Yugoslavia in 1985.

Graduated (in production) and completed post-graduate studies (theory and history) at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade .

- One of the founders and first journalists of Radio Avala, 1969 (later RTV Studio B), the first independent radio station in ex Yugoslavia and Eastern Europe .

- Born in Belgrade on October 5, 1947 .