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The Lab of Cultural, Creative and Festival Journalism | European Film Festival Palić 2026

The third Lab of Cultural, Creative and Festival Journalism of 2026 took place at the European Film Festival Palić 2026 in Serbia (July 18 to 22). Here's everything you need to know!

→ Meet the six participants:

Daniel & Elif
Costanza & Luchezara
Berina & Filip (coming soon)


→ Articles, reviews and interviews written during the festival by the participants:

"Serbian film has fallen" an interview with Radoš Bajić by Filip Etmishovski
"HER LENS": A SIDEBAR PROGRAMME PLUS PANEL ON FEMALE FILMMAKERS by Costanza Rossi
FILM REVIEW: A THOUSAND WAVES AWAY by Costanza Rossi
FILM REVIEW: Desert, She by Lachezara Yordanova
FILM REVIEW: THE SWELL by Berina Musa
FILM REVIEW: WOMEN AS LOVERS by Elif T. Erisik
FILM REVIEW: BLACK MONEY FOR WHITE NIGHTS by Berina Musa
FILM REVIEW: THE MISERABLE MOTHER by Berina Musa
FILM REVIEW: CHINA SEA by Daniel Morawitz
FILM REVIEW: Eraserhead in a Knitted Shopping Bag by Lachezara Yordanova
FILM REVIEW: MILK TEETH by Lachezara Yordanova
FILM REVIEW: OH, THIS VOID, THIS UNSPEAKABLE VOID by Daniel Morawitz
FILM REVIEW: RESILIENCE by Costanza Rossi
FILM REVIEW: STIINAby Elif T. Erisik
FILM REVIEW: TELL ME WHAT YOU FEEL by Filip Etmishovski

Through our partnership with Cineuropa, an article written by a participant during the latest European FIlm Festival Palić Lab will be published on the Cineuropa website.

The Lab on Cineuropa > MIOB Journalism Lab : Woman as Lovers


The participants worked under the guidance of senior journalist Neil Young.

Neil Young (b. Easington UK, 1971), originally from Sunderland, England, has been living and working in Vienna since 2019. He writes about, presents, curates, makes and acts in films. He has worked as a freelance film-critic since 2000, publishing hundreds of articles, features and reviews in The Hollywood Reporter, Screen, Sight & Sound, Senses of Cinema, MUBI Notebook plys many other international outlets. His festival work includes being Head of Selection for the Austrian Competition at Vienna Shorts. He has also mentored critics' workshops at many film-festivals across Europe since 2016.

→ Interview: 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗿


The Lab of Cultural, Creative and Festival Journalism

The European Festival Network Moving Images – Open Borders (MIOB) is inviting students and recent graduates in cinema, journalism, and related fields to apply for an exclusive opportunity in cinema journalism training. The MIOB Lab is dedicated to cultivate the next generation of cultural journalists, offering free, hands-on training at European film festivals.

European Film Festival Palić

European Film Festival Palić is currently one of the most important cultural events in Serbia, one of the most important film festivals in the region.