{"id":33502,"date":"2017-05-22T10:43:41","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T14:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=33502"},"modified":"2017-06-20T09:01:59","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T13:01:59","slug":"mirkovic-documentary-reaps-accolades-premieres-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2017\/mirkovic-documentary-reaps-accolades-premieres-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Mirkovic documentary reaps accolades, premieres in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"
Zeljko Mirkovic<\/a>\u2019s \u201c<\/em>The Promise\u201d continues to reap awards, as it premieres in Belgrade and France this summer. This time, the accolade was an Award of Excellence from IndieFest in California.<\/p>\n The documentary, produced and written by Dusan Gajic, follows a French family of winemakers who moved to a remote village of Rogljevo in Serbia, an area once known worldwide for its wine. \u201cThe Promise is a stunningly filmed documentary\u2026,\u201d British critic Marcus Agar writes in a review<\/a> published on his Wild Rooster website. \u201c[Mirkovic] skilfully counterpoints pastoral images of verdant fields, mist-glistening mornings and amber-hued dusks with the stress and frustration that Cyrille and Estelle must endure as outsiders with big ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n