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The projection of the documentary “Indonesia’s struggle for independence, 1945-1949” ended the days of the Indonesian film festival at the Museum of Yugoslav History (MIJ) in Belgrade and closed a multi-dimensional exhibition “Travelling Comunique”.

The festival lasted from the 15th to the 17th of August, on the occasion of the 69 years of independence of the Republic of Indonesia and the 60 years of diplomatic relations between Serbia and Indonesia. The festival was organized by the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Serbia in cooperation with MIJ and the project group “Travelling Comunique”. Before the first screening of the Indonesian-Dutch films “Max Havelaar”, directed by Fons Rademakers, on Friday evening, the editor of the film program “Travelling Comunique” Miroljub Stojanović from the Film Center Serbia had a short but meaningful speech entitled “Positioning the Indonesian film, then and now “.

During the final night which also marked the date of The Independence of Indonesia, the film material “Indonesia’s struggle for independence, 1945-1949,” was presented, portraying key moments of the struggle for freedom of the largest country in Southeast Asia.

The Indonesian National Revolution or Indonesian War of Independence were four year long armed conflicts and diplomatic struggles between Indonesians and the Dutch, until the revolutionary forces successfully to destroy the colonial rule.

At the closing ceremony the speeches were given by Neda Knezevic, the Director of the Museum of Yugoslav History, Milica Tomic, a representative international artist engaged in the project and the Ambassador of Indonesia H.E. Samuel Samson.

The Ambassador expressed his greatest gratitude to the organizers of the “Travelling Comunique” for all the “great ideas presented through activities during the past two months.” The ambassador recalled that August 17 has special meaning for his compatriots as on this day in 1945, in Jakarta, Ahmed Sukarno and Mohamed Hata declared the new Republic of Indonesia free.

The exhibition “Travelling Comunique,” examines the function of the photo archive at the Office of lifelong president of SFRY Josip Broz Tito, examining the possibilities for its use in the future, was opened on 10th June in MIJ.

The closing ceremony was attended by Dejan Ristic, State Secretary at the Ministry of Culture and Information, a significant number of citizens, as well as a large number of members and friends of the Serbian-Indonesian Friendship “Nusantara”.