Emir Kusturica will take part in SPIEF

MOSCOW, May 27. Serbian director Emir Kusturica will take part in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), he will speak at the session “Uniting cultures and traditions in modern intercultural projects,” according to the forum’s official website.
The session will be moderated by Deputy Head of Rossotrudnichestvo Dmitry Polikanov.

«Speakers: Mikhail Bryzgalov — General Director, Russian National Museum of Music; Sergey Emelyanov — Director, National Drama Theater of Russia (Alexandrinsky Theatre); Roman Karmanov — General Director, Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives; Emir Kusturica — film director, musician, producer; Mikhail Shvydkoy – Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for International Cultural Cooperation,” says the SPIEF program.

The session will also be attended by Fyodor Sosnov, executive director of the Cinema Foundation, Dmitry Spivak, head of the Center for Fundamental Cultural Research at the Heritage Institute, and Vardan Mkrtchyan, director of the Gabriel Sundukyan National Academic Theater.
The 27th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum will be held from June 5 to 8.