Requiem for Mrs. J. with a premiere at the Berlinale Zoo Palast

Yesterday at the Berlinale Zoo Palast the world premiere of the coproduction Requiem for Mrs. J. (Serbia, Bulgaria, Macedonia) was held. The film is in the selection of Panorama Special and is “one of the more pleasantly surprising oddities to premiere at the Berlinale so far” according to the Hollywood reporter. “If Wes Anderson made a movie about suicidal Balkan widows, it would probably look like this”, the article adds.

The film was shot in Skopje, Belgrade and Sofia, where Bulgarian crew took part. The sound design is created by Boris Trayanov, the sound recordist is Alexander Bachvarov.

The Berlin International Film Festival is a great cultural event and one of the most important dates for the international film industry. More than 335,000 sold tickets, more than 20,000 professional visitors from 122 countries, including more than 3,800 journalists: art, glamour, parties and business are all inseparably linked at the Berlinale.