Radoslav Zelenovic - Jury member of Bosifest 2017

Radoslav Zelenović jury member of BOSIFEST 2017

Radoslav Zelenovic, a former editor of the film program of RTS and the director of the Yugoslav Cinematheque, was born on 20 January 1948 in Kosovska Mitrovica.

During his studies, he was a member of an amateur film club Belgrade Youth Center, for which he directed several films. His professional career started in 1971, as editor of the film program of the Belgrade Youth Center, where he remained until 1979, when he was appointed editor of the editorial board of Television Belgrade film. There he remained until 1992. For the director of the Yugoslav Cinematheque was elected the same year.

He actively participated in the establishment of film events such as FEST, Short Film Festival, the Film Festival in Sopot, Film Script Festival in Vrnjacka Banja. He is the founder and director of the European Film Festival in Palic. He was the founder and chief editor of YU VIDEO from 1982, which dealt with the problems of video and digitalization. He is the author of many programs that have helped the promotion and popularization of our film at home and abroad. He was a professor of film history at the Faculty of Arts "Braca Karic". He is member of the Serbian Commission of UNESCO. In 2012 he was elected member of the European Film Academy.

For outstanding achievements in the field of film art, the President of the Republic, awarded him the Sretenjski orden of third degree. For many years of work and lasting contribution to the development of the city of Belgrade, and for the recognizable success of the Yugoslav Cinematheque and the reputation of this institution in the world, Radoslav won Award of the City of Belgrade in 2012. The French Republic in 2014 decided to award him Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters, in recognition of the great dedication and action in favor of cultural and artistic relations, particularly in the areas of film, between France and Serbia.