Küstendorf (), also known as Drvengrad ( sr-Cyrl, Дрвенград, lit=Timber Town, ) and Mećavnik ( sr-Cyrl, Мећавник, ), is a traditional village that the Serbian film director

Emir Kusturica Emir Kusturica ( sr-cyrl, Емир Кустурица, ; born 24 November 1954) is a Serbian film director, screenwriter, actor, film producer and musician. Kusturica has been an active filmmaker since the 1980s. He has competed at the Cannes ...

built for his film ''

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'' from 2003 to 2004. It is located near the village of

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in western Serbia, in the administrative area of

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. Kusturica was the 2005 recipient of the

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The idea

Emir Kusturica stated:

Village

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"dorf" (village) and Kusturica's nickname, "Kusta". Also, "Küste" is German for coast. Kusturica has also been known to call it ''Mećavnik'', which is the name of the neighbouring village. Küstendorf has a library, named the

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Library and an artist gallery named Macola in honor of sculptor Dragan Jovićević (it was previously known as ''Anika'', after a character from Ivo Andrić's prose). There is the

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Theater, a sports hall, a restaurant, a cake shop, as well as a souvenir shop and finally. The main house, which houses a cinema-hall in the cellar, a living room, a guest room, a closed yard, a swimming pool, a gymnasium, a sauna and private rooms for the Kusturica family. The middle of the village marks the Serbian-Orthodox Church dedicated to Holy Sava. Nearby is also a ski slope with four trails, as well as a hotel named ''Mladost'' (Youth). The streets in the village bear the names of various individuals that Kusturica holds in high esteem or finds to be personally significant:

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, and

, after whom the main street is named.

Film and music festival

Since 2008, the village hosts the annual

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,INTERNATIONAL FILM AND MUSIC FESTIVAL KUSTENDORF
which showcases films and music from all around the world. The festival is known for not having a

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as well as none of the popular Hollywood festival artifacts. In 2010, it was visited by actor

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. During his visit, a statue dedicated to him was unveiled. Due to the

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the festival wasn't hosted in the year 2021. The festival was held in 2022 from May 6 until May 10.

Gallery

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