Liberating Cinema: A Cross in the Desert + The Service + intro

Name: Liberating Cinema: A Cross in the Desert + The Service + intro
Genre: History
Released: 2026-09-26
Duration: 2 h 32 min
Cast: Milena Predić, Milica Stefanović, Mariam Amer, Filip Hajduković, Andrej Šepetkovski ( A Cross in the Desert ); Vesna Trivalić

<div><b>This screening will have an introduction from Liberating Cinema founder & director Dr Mina Radović.</b></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://liberatingcinema.org.uk/crew/">Liberating Cinema UK</a> is an Edinburgh-based non-profit charitable organisation committed to the representation, restoration, and exhibition of world cinema heritage. </div><div><br></div><div>We run an annual programme of Masterclasses, Workshops, Exhibitions, Curated Retrospectives, a regular Film Series, premiere Restoration Lab connecting archives, heritage and education, and are the home of Serbian Film Festival UK, the first festival of its kind in Britain and flagship event building cultural bridges. </div><div><br></div><div>Celebrating the 10th anniversary of The Liberating Cinema Film Series, the year-round exhibition programme was born in St Andrews and has since grown to a Scottish/UK-wide and international phenomenon, spotlighting world cinema, restored classics and contemporary gems. </div><div><br></div><div>The programme is curated by Liberating Cinema founder & director Dr Mina Radović who will be here in-person to introduce the films. </div><div><br></div><div><i>All copies provided by Liberating Cinema and with Courtesy of Aleksandrija Film, Spas, Ison Film Productions and Archangel Digital.</i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><div>FILMS FEATURED:</div><div><b><i><br></i></b></div><div><b><i>A Cross in the Desert </i></b>(dir. Hadži-Aleksandar Đurović, Serbia/Jordan, 2022, 122 mins, Serbian and Arabic w/ English subtitles)</div></div><div><br></div><div>Set in the 10th century, young Paraskeva leaves her life in the city of Constantinople and retreats into the Jordan desert, where she spends the next 40 years in ascetic struggle. Steeped in the legacy of Byzantium and finely exploring the relations between Christians and Muslims, Hadži-Aleksandar Đurović’s <i>A Cross in the Desert</i> is an inspired rethinking of art and faith and fantastic continuation of a tradition started by Bergman and Tarkovsky.</div><div><br></div><div><b><i>The Service </i></b>(dir. Andrej Šepetkovski, Serbia, 2024, 30 mins, Serbian w/ English subtitles)</div><div><br></div><div>One of the most celebrated actors of his generation, Andrej Šepetkovski’s directorial debut <i>The Service</i> follows two members of the national security services in 1960s Yugoslavia arriving at an impoverished, remote female monastery to find a suspected monk. Capturing the epoch with vivid detail the film invites us into an encounter that redefines our notion of what it means to serve and rediscover the transformative power of love.</div>HistoryPT2H32MN/C 182026-09-26

Milena Predić

Milica Stefanović

Mariam Amer

Filip Hajduković

Andrej Šepetkovski (<i>A Cross in the Desert</i>); Vesna Trivalić

Mladen Nevelić

Đorđe Kreća

Julija Petković (<i>The Service</i>)

Hadzi-Aleksandar Djurovic (<i>A Cross in the Desert</i>); Andrej Šepetkovski (<i>The Service</i>)

Liberating Cinema: A Cross in the Desert + The Service + intro"Liberating Cinema: A Cross in the Desert + The Service + intro"

Showtimes

September 26, 3:00 pm