The world of film and music is a magical place to which all artists who create an unforgettable experience for their audience with their authenticity belong. Novi Sad will become such a magical place on September 22, when the new, international competitive film festival – Novi Sad Film Festival – will be officially opened.

With more than 20 films at several locations in the heart of the city, in September, Novi Sad will become a film city that will host young directors and well-known names from the world of film, with the desire to encourage the affirmation of young creators, develop the existing capacities of the audience and bring the city a new film atmosphere.

Numerous musical performances will accompany the film program, and the crown of the opening of the new film festival will be a concert by a musical visionary, one of the most respected artists in the region – Damir Urban and his quartet, who will perform at the Serbian National Theater,along with the prestigious Novi Sad string ensemble Novi Sad Camerata. Camerata Novi Sad.

The tickets for the Urban & 4 and the Novi Sad Camerata concert can be bought at Gigstix sales points or online at new.gigstix.com..

During his nearly four-decade-long musical career, Damir Urban became synonymous with high-quality emotional music. His path encompassed various styles, making him a versatile artist and an innovator in the modern music scene. He came close to the seventh art by adapting the famous song Ne brini by the Belgrade band U škripcu for the film Boys from Marx and Engels Street..

In 1986, the band Laufer and the song Budi moja voda (“Be My Water“) received an award from Radio Velika Gorica and became the hit of the year. Not long after, the band began a new chapter under the name Urban & 4, and their first album, Otrovna kiša (“Poisonous Rain“), was released immediately after the excellent collaboration with the Rijeka band En Face on the song S dlana Boga pala (“Fallen From God’s Palm“), for which they won the Porin, the most prestigious Croatian music award. In the following years, the awards began to pile up, so Urban and his band acquired several more Porins, one of them for the album Žena dijete (“Woman Child“), which is considered a masterpiece of Croatian music and one of the ten best albums of the decade.

The string ensemble Camerata Novi Sad, consisting of the best young musicians of the Novi Sad Academy of Arts, established itself during its two decades of existence by performing the most demanding pieces of the classical repertoire and achieving numerous successes performing with renowned soloists.

The synergy of Urban & 4 and Novi Sad Camerata will bring the audience a fusion of emotions and sounds that will open the doors of the international competitive film festival in Novi Sad.

By September 24, the audience will be able to watch authors’ films, film homages of cult directors, eco-films, and other film productions that we have not had the opportunity to see so far.

The repertoire will be released soon, and all details can be found on the website, Facebook page, and Instagram profile of the Novi Sad Film Festival.