Famous British actress, Oscar and Golden Globe winner, Vanessa Redgrave has kept her promise. She reached Prishtina, where she will host the "PriFilm" festival on Tuesday night. "If my mother was alive, she would be extremely happy to know that I came back to Kosovo. She always said that she never saw me happier than in Kosovo. I am really happy, " expressed Redgrave.
It's not the first time Redgrave comes to Kosovo. She has extended her hand of aid for Albanians in Kosovo in moments of difficult times during the war. Besides visiting hospitals in Prishtina in 1997, Redgrave travelled to Albania and the FYROM the following year to visit Albanian refugees of Kosovo, conducting drama workshops for children in several of the refugee camps. In London, she organized a concert, For the Children of Kosovo, on behalf of the United Kingdom Committee for UNICEF.
This time, she was sent to Prishtina for another purpose. She is the President of the Board of PriFilmFest- Prishtina International Film Festival- whose mission is to open doors of the newest country in the world, Kosovo, to welcome different cultures of the world through cinema, using it as a medium to promote open dialog between cultures and nations. She will be hosting the opening event of PriFilmFest on Tuesday night.
Vanessa Redgrave is widely considered one of the finest actors of her generation.She has had an extraordinary career which has been marked by numerous stage and screen accolades, including an Oscar as best supporting actress for "Julia," five Academy Award nominations, an Emmy Award for "Playing for Time," and a nomination for "Second Serve," the Cannes Film Festival best actress award for "Morgan, A Suitable Case for Treatment" and "Isadora" and the Venice Film Festival award in 1996 for "Little Odessa."
She is equally well known as a passionate activist in the cause of children and as an advocate of peace, tolerance and reconciliation. In June 1995, she was appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.She called for peace in Kosovo during a rally in Trafalgar Square in 1998 where thousands gathered to demonstrate against the atrocities commited against Kosovar Albanians by Serbia's occupation and colonialist forces.
It's not the first time Redgrave comes to Kosovo. She has extended her hand of aid for Albanians in Kosovo in moments of difficult times during the war. Besides visiting hospitals in Prishtina in 1997, Redgrave travelled to Albania and the FYROM the following year to visit Albanian refugees of Kosovo, conducting drama workshops for children in several of the refugee camps. In London, she organized a concert, For the Children of Kosovo, on behalf of the United Kingdom Committee for UNICEF.
This time, she was sent to Prishtina for another purpose. She is the President of the Board of PriFilmFest- Prishtina International Film Festival- whose mission is to open doors of the newest country in the world, Kosovo, to welcome different cultures of the world through cinema, using it as a medium to promote open dialog between cultures and nations. She will be hosting the opening event of PriFilmFest on Tuesday night.
Vanessa Redgrave is widely considered one of the finest actors of her generation.She has had an extraordinary career which has been marked by numerous stage and screen accolades, including an Oscar as best supporting actress for "Julia," five Academy Award nominations, an Emmy Award for "Playing for Time," and a nomination for "Second Serve," the Cannes Film Festival best actress award for "Morgan, A Suitable Case for Treatment" and "Isadora" and the Venice Film Festival award in 1996 for "Little Odessa."
She is equally well known as a passionate activist in the cause of children and as an advocate of peace, tolerance and reconciliation. In June 1995, she was appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.She called for peace in Kosovo during a rally in Trafalgar Square in 1998 where thousands gathered to demonstrate against the atrocities commited against Kosovar Albanians by Serbia's occupation and colonialist forces.
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... Thank you, ms redgrave! what an upbeat piece. vanessa has always been one of my personal favorites, and WAY back when i started college, in 1971, my brother gave me a poster of her (i think from Blow-Up) which cause quite a bit of comment and controversy. my dorm room wall was eventually voted among the most interesting of the entire dorm. anyway, vanessa has proven loyal to the people of bosnia (she stayed in one of my fav hotels in sarajevo during the war), and then loyal to the people of Kosovo/a. i'm so pleased that she's involved with the film fest. thanks, Vanessa. we love you! roberto frisco ps my favorite role of hers in in the 1970s film "Julia," with Jane Fonda. |
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