{"id":31898,"date":"2017-02-15T15:00:02","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T20:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=31898"},"modified":"2017-02-24T08:21:53","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T13:21:53","slug":"zeljko-mirkovics-promise-will-screened-french-embassy-d-c-francophonie-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2017\/zeljko-mirkovics-promise-will-screened-french-embassy-d-c-francophonie-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Zeljko Mirkovic’s ‘The Promise’ will be screened at the French embassy during the D.C. Francophonie Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

A documentary by Zeljko Mirkovic<\/a>, a professor at Eastern Mennonite University, will be screened Friday, March 10, at the Embassy of France in Washington D.C. The event, which begins at 7 p.m. and will include a talkback and wine tasting reception, is part of The D.C. Francophonie Cultural Festival.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Promise\u201d is an award-winning documentary, filmed over four years, about French winemakers who move to Rogljevo, Serbia, to revive the ancient tradition of Serbian winemaking. In the area are more than 20 wine cellars, some of which have been in use for 2000 years. The French and Serbian embassies are co-hosting the event.<\/p>\n

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Winemakers in the vineyards of Serbia in the documentary “The Promise.” (Courtesy photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Admission to the screening is free, but pre-registration<\/a> is required.<\/p>\n

Watch a trailer.<\/a><\/h3>\n

Since its release in August, the documentary has won the Best Cultural Documentary Award at Eugene (Oregon) International Film Festival, and the Best Documentary Award<\/a> at the Mediterranean Film Festival (Winter Edition) in Italy. The film is also an official selection of the Queens (New York) World Film Festival<\/a> and has earned Best Cinematography Documentary Feature at the Red Dirt Film Festival<\/a> in Stillwater, Oklahoma.<\/p>\n

Mirkovic and producer Dusan Gajic made many trips to the village to film interactions between the villagers and the entrepreneurial couple. Each year was a challenge, both financially and in terms of whether the vineyards were productive, Mirkovic said. \u201cThey were thinking all of the time whether to continue or to give up. The story is really about their strength and motivation and hope that someone will recognize their efforts. Wine in this area is not just something you drink, but it\u2019s very connected culturally. The whole circle of life, from birth to death, is connected with wine.\u201d<\/p>\n

The collaboration was eventually successful and the couple continues to make wine today, which is sold around the world.<\/p>\n

Mirkovic\u2019s films have won 45 international awards and been featured at more than 200 international film festivals and broadcasted over TV stations throughout Europe,\u00a0USA\u00a0and Asia.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Second Meeting,\u201d about the friendship of an America F-117A pilot and the missile officer who shot him down in 1999, was an Oscar candidate. [Read a New York Times review<\/a> and watch the trailer<\/a>.]<\/p>\n

Mirkovic has taught in the Visual and Communication Arts Department<\/a> at EMU since fall 2016. He is completing his PhD dissertation at the University of Vienna, Austria, in the Media and Communication Department on the topic of media and war.<\/p>\n

Mirkovic earned an undergraduate degree in television directing at the Academy of Art in Belgrade in 1999, and an MA at\u00a0ETMA\u00a0(European Television Management Academy), Strasbourg, France, and Bournemouth University, UK.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> for more information about The DC Francophonie Festival, which celebrates the diversity and richness of the French language and francophone communities around the world through a series of cultural events and outreach programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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