FESTIVAL INVESTS IN RECONSTRUTION OF SUMMER STAGE ON BUBANJ
20.08.2010.
In the Palilula Municipality, was signed an agreement on business-technical cooperation of interested parties on the reconstruction of the Summer Stage on Bubanj, which, as announced, from next year will be new opportunities for developments within the Nis Film Festival. This idea is, as the press conference stated, brought Prof. Dr Igor Novakovic, president of Palilula Municipality and president of the Council “Film festival” and Srdjan Savic, director of the Cultural Centre of Nis and of this film event. Beginning of the project is verified by signing the contract, which is in the name of realized signed in Slavoljub Vlajkovic director of Public Enterprise “Nis stan”. “Our initiative - to reconstruct the Summer Stage on Bubanj, with a capacity of about 3000 seats, was unanimously adopted at the Council of “Film festival” and we are happy to have the support and from members of Council from Association of film actors in Belgrade, said the Prof. Dr Igor Novakovic, president of the Festival Council and president of Palilula Municipality.

For the sorting of this region, in the first phase is intended million, and the means of our sponsors to achieve in the budget of Film festival. The idea was that after finishing of 45th Film festival we leave to town something worthwhile, this time just on the territory of Palilula, which specifically means to us, as we circle with this activity that is provided in the arrangement of the Memorial Park Bubanj (its arranged already 66 acres of Memorial Park) . This is really only one important part of the funds needed for the reconstruction of memorial complex. As a city municipality, we compete with the European Commission to support for arranging of this sport recreation and memorial complex. Response expected by the end of the month- said the president Novakovic.

According to Srdjan Savic, Director of NKC and Director of the Festival, it was continued a tradition that is part of sponsors money invested for a lasting value for the city. That was last year ordered Kino-cab, which was in terrible condition, acquired a very high quality screen for film screenings in the Fortress. Since you are alone projectors (which is also the procurement plan) is extremely expensive-it was decided to invest this year in the sorting space that will be extremely attractive for the development of related programs of Nis Festival. In that way, as Savic told, part of the events in film meetings will move from the center, as sometimes was the practice (previously there were some programs on Summer stage and in Niska Banja, and even in surrounding cities).