BELGRADE: Film Center Serbia distributed 1,255,779 EUR / 147 m RSD as production grants to four feature film projects. The biggest amount of 358,813 EUR / 42 m RSD went to Jeza directed by Siniša Cvetić.

BELGRADE: Legendary Serbian and Yugoslav cinema filmmaker Želimir Žilnik’s latest feature Eighty Plus / Restitucija, ili, san i java stare garde has been acquired by US-based sales agent EXPOBLVD LLC ahead of its world premiere in the Forum section of the Berlin International Film Festival (13 – 23 February 2025).The film is a coproduction between Serbia and Slovenia.

BELGRADE: Young Serbian director Nemanja Ćeranić, known for his crime drama Loan Shark / Lihvar and biopic Sunday / Nedelja, is already shooting his fourth feature, Hand of Justice / Ruka pravde, co-directed by Nebojša Pajkić.

BELGRADE: Young Serbian director Luka Mihailović has recently begun postproduction of his sophomore feature, the independent production The Claim. His debut feature Indigo Crystal had nearly 120,000 admissions in 2023 and landed seventh in the annual box office charts.

BELGRADE: Young Serbian director Momir Milošević (1989) is currently in production with Soap / Sapun. His sophomore feature, which he is also producing, is a horror film supported by Film Center Serbia.

BELGRADE: The mystery thriller Isolation directed by Marko Backović has reigned in the local domestic box office charts with 56,430 admissions and 283,047 EUR / 33,111,253 RSD gross since the beginning of its cinema distribution on 31 October 2024.

BELGRADE: The ten-episode series Robin Hood, coming from Lionsgate Television and set to premiere on MGM+ later in 2025, will start shooting at the PFI studio near Belgrade in February 2025.

BELGRADE: The Return of Žika’s Dynasty / Povratak Žikine dinastije, a long-awaited sequel of the famous franchise that opened in 1977 with Zoran Calic’ Crazy Years – Žika’s Dynasty / Lude godine, is currently in production in Serbia, directed by Milan Konjević. Film Center Serbia is supporting it.

BELGRADE: Serbian director Marko Novaković is filming his fifth feature, Accomplices / Saučesnici, which is a coproduction of Serbia, Croatia and North Macedonia, supported by all three national film centres and using Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Montenegrin and Bosnian actors.

BELGRADE: Young Serbian director Filip Kovačević is currently in production with his sophomore feature Absolution / Oprost, a SF adventure film shot in English. The cast is led by Dutch actor Jonas Smulders, Canadian actress Nina Kiri and Serbian actor Predrag Bjelac.