Washington, June 22 -- June 6, The Yugoslav Film Archive (YFA) Day, was marked by first offering a review of the history of the institution, celebrating its 70thanniversary, followed by the Golden Seal Award ceremony, awarded to former students of the Prague Film Academy who became distinguished film directors - Lordan Zafranovicc, Srdan Karanovicc, Goran Markovicc, Rajko Grlicc and Goran Paskaljevicc.

The festivities in the packed Makavejev Hall were attended by former YFA managers and guests of the festival - representatives of various film archives from the region and the world.

The Yugoslav Film Archive's director, Jugoslav Pantelic, pointed out "the multigenerational effort on the part of those who created and create film art, and on...