A helicopter touches down just behind Emir Kusturica’s house to deliver Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund, winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes and nominated for the Golden Globes for the terrific The Square [+lee también:
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Amidst the snow-capped chalets, the Serbian filmmaker has gathered together myriad masters of cinema (and of music – we should highlight the presence this year of guitarist Gary Lucas, who has teamed up with artists ranging from Ginsberg to Lou Reed and Nick Cave, via Jeff Buckley, for whom he composed "Grace"), so that they can lead classes, in a spirit of passing on their knowledge (read our interview with Kusturica, published last year). Indeed, besides offering screenings, a competition for students’ short films and concerts, Kustendorf’s defining feature is that it hinges on daily film lessons, which this year will be taught, in consecutive order, by Östlund, Sorrentino, Rosa Attab (the producer of Ken Loach’s I, Daniel Blake [+lee también:
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As for the programme of screenings, besides the latest films by the aforementioned distinguished guests, brought together under the Contemporary Trends umbrella, and the short films in competition, audiences will be able to peruse the filmographies of Paolo Sorrentino and Serbian actor Aleksandar Bercek by means of retrospectives. It is worth noting that on Sunday 21 January, before the final master class and the closing ceremony, the bonus film set to be screened in the Stanley Kubrick cinema in Kustendorf’s main square, not far from Bruce Lee, Jean Vigo and Che Guevara Streets, will be the documentary Ni dieu ni maître, une histoire de l'anarchisme by France’s Tancrède Ramonet.