Thank you.
Come on!
Didn't you learn it by heart by now?
Dobrovecha, my friends! Dobrovecha.
My name is Christopher Ruder, founder of
The Golden Compass and videographer, photographer, editor
for Uncharted as well as one of its hosts.
It's really amazing to not only be here, but to be the one to kick off such an amazing festival.
It's a real honor.
Although it's nice to be here tonight with you, it's a great honor for me to be here.
Thank you, Amelia.
And the rest of the Lovefest team for not only having me, but for putting together such an important event that gives filmmakers an opportunity to show their work.
So about me and the Golden Compass, TGC is a mixture of a few things I'm passionate about, photography, videography, editing, music and travel.
TGC is a mixture of those things and its mission is to find the beauty in all the cities around the world and to share that beauty with the rest of the world.
So the Golden Compass in Serbia.
Serbia has a bad reputation in the eyes of the Western world.
I think Serbia likes the Golden Compass because, as I said before, its mission of TGC is to find the beauty in every city I visit.
The beauty here in Serbia is its people.
The beauty here in Serbia is the food, the wine, drinks and, of course, rakija.
Serbia has beauty in all the cities around the world.
The beauty here in Serbia is the food, the wine, drinks and, of course, rakija.
Serbia has beauty in its architecture, nature and its rich history.
So no city is perfect and every city has its issues, politics and problems but keep that in the back of your mind and focus on your beauty.
There was beauty in its architecture, nature and very rich history.
Not a single city is perfect, every city has its own problems, such as in politics and so on,
it needs to be focused only on beauty.
I've been here five times and I will definitely come back.
So the documentary that we're going to watch is a three-part series, I think we're going to watch the first two.
It's called Where the Danube Kisses the Savva.
You guys can watch other videos and this year's videos coming this September at thegoldencompass.ca.
Thank you to the Golden Compass team, I couldn't do it without you guys.
Thank you to Lovefest, my Serbian friends and all of you for having me and making me feel at home.
So to Serbia, I say, live and stay beautiful and enjoy the rest of the festival.
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