Punk’s Not Dead [Pankot ne e mrtov] - Dinner and a Movie
Join us for some good food and stay for the film!
North Macedonia's official submission to the Best Foreign Language Film category of the Academy Awards in 2012, "Punk's Not Dead" is a remarkable black-comedy by Vladimir Blazevski about a reunion of [an] old punk band. Mirsa is a punk who is trying to put up with the struggles of everyday life in Skopje [North Macedonia].
One day he [is] offered [the chance] to play for some multicultural-happening...Actually, all he wants is to play again with his punk band, so he accepts the offer. The next step is to find all [the] former members of the band and play again. His ex-girlfriend [returns] to him and she is helping him to find the former members of the band.
Punk's not dead gives good message - "We should keep on trying to make our dreams come true." — Filmofil
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The film screening is part of the 11th Macedonian-North American Conference for Macedonian Studies (MNACMS) 2022 hosted by the Melikian Center: Russian, Eurasian and East European Studies, with support from the Mary Choncoff Fund at ASU.