Photo: TanjugGordan Matić learned from friends, who read on Twitter, that he is no longer the director of the Film Center of Serbia. The new acting director is the former secretary for culture of Belgrade, Ivan Karl
"I heard from friends who read it on social media. Today around half past five, they told me that it was written on Twitter that I had been fired," says Gordan Matić for the "Vremena" portal about the news that the government dismissed him from the position of director of the Film Center of Serbia (FCS).
"Nobody, neither from the Government nor from the Ministry of Culture and Information, told me anything, and neither did the Film Center of Serbia."
Gordan Matić's mandate expires on July 18. He says that "the FCS reminded the Ministry by the legal deadline, May 18, that it should announce a competition for a new director because my mandate is expiring, but they did not do it." Now I understand why."
Namely, Today, the Government of Serbia dismissed Gordan Matić and appointed Ivan Karl for the acting director of the Film Center of Serbia, it was confirmed on Instagram of the Ministry of Culture.
Ivan Karl is the former city secretary for culture, graduated in film and television production at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. While he was in the position of city secretary for culture, after the 50th Fest last year, he announced a number of changes to this festival, including the postponement of the Fest to the fall, but he resigned in the meantime.
Gordan Matić, otherwise a theater and film director, spoke optimistically about the work of the FCS two days ago on the panel of the Network of Cinematographers, pointing out that this national institution got a new Board of Directors and a new strategy after a year and a half of vacuum. On that occasion, he announced the preparation of the annual plan and budget for 2024 and pointed out that FCS is open to new ideas.
Tonight, Gordan Matić says that the manner in which he was dismissed, without explanation and only a month and a half before the end of his mandate, is another "unprofessional act of the Government". He concludes that "the force argument is bad for the reputation of the state and a bad example for younger generations." There really wasn't any need for that."
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