The play "Agreement" is the winner of the Amateur Drama Festival

The play "Agreement" by the Bijelo Polje Theater, winner of this year's 55th Festival of Dramatic Amateurs of Montenegro in Bijelo Polje, and the director of the play Minja Novakovic It also won the award for best direction. The play "Agreement" was performed on the last night of the festival. The enthusiasm and ovations of the audience, alternating with the actors' encores, lasted for a long time on the stage where this play was premiered. Second place went to the play "Autumn in My Country", produced by the NGO Association for Children and Youth "House" from Podgorica, author Zorana Rakocevic i Mila Besovic, while third place went to the play "Danilovgrađanke" by the director Petar Pejaković, produced by JU Centar Danilovgrad. The award for best male role was given to an actor from the Bjelopolje Theater, Predrag Vukojević for the role of Agathon in the play "Agreement", but for a woman Sanji Cirovic for the role of Gina in the same play.

The award for acting excellence "Fuad Zaimović - Strela" was awarded Uni Stankovic for her role in the play "Autumn in My Country". She stood out with her episodic role Ljiljana Bubanja for the role in the play "Normal People", and the male Vlado Tomovic for the role of Tanasi Dimitrijević in the play "Agreement". Best Young Actress is Nerma Bećirbasic for the role of Death in the play "Belgrade, the Promised Land", while the best young actor Petar Jovanovic in the play "Autumn in my Country". The best partnership on stage was awarded to Vlado Tomović and Nela Terzić in the play "Agreement", while the award for collective play was awarded to the members of the ensemble of the play "It is Me", the Public Institution Day Care Center for Children with Developmental Disabilities and Persons with Disabilities from Nikšić. The organizer of the FDA is the Public Institution Center for Culture "Vojislav Bulatović Strunjo" Bijelo Polje, under the auspices of the Municipality of Bijelo Polje and with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Media of Montenegro. The media sponsor is Radio Bijelo Polje. The festival was supported by the sponsors of the Trebjesa Brewery "Nikšićko pivo", Voda Rada, and Water Group.

Disagreement about the "Agreement"

The play "Agreement" was the subject of controversy because the leaders of the Municipality of Bijelo Polje and the Cultural Center asked the director to change the third act, which allegedly sent bad messages about Bijelo Polje, which the director refused. In an earlier statement to Vijesti, she said that it was incomprehensible that representatives of the Municipality, including the President of the Assembly, attended the Council session at all. Selma Omerović and vice President Tufik Bojadzic, who demanded changes. The text, among other things, in the third act talks about air pollution, the departure of young people, the collapse of factories, economic insecurity, while criticizing political elites (“the air that is checked first”, “The tin is cold as a tin grave”), mentioning the departure of young people to Germany and betting shops, as well as the final rap section criticizing politicians (“Politicians come before the elections and then they know every street, but afterwards they are gone”).