The Serbian Film House Bas Celik (www.bascelik.net) and Serbian Vision Team (www.visionteam-belgrade.com) are co-producing the film with the Slovenia's Vertigo Films, A.S.A.P. Films (France), Croatia's Arkadena Zagreb (www.arkadena.si) and Hungary's Tivoli Film Productions (www.tivolifilms.com).
The film (which was also known as Hard Promises) received €200,000 from Eurimages.
Serbian Cannes-awarded director Karanovic also wrote the script for the film which features Miki Manojlovic in the main role.
The shooting was completed in fall of 2008 after 32 Serbian and 2 Hungarian shooting days and is currently in postproduction. Besa is about a forbidden love between a Christian woman and a Muslim man that threatens to cause a life or death oath.
The world sales are under negotiation. The Hungarian release of the movie is planned for the 2010 Hungarian Film Week.
Company info:
Bas Celik Film & Production House
Njegoseva 23, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Tel: +381 11 308 5121
Fax: +381 11 308 5124
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Srdan Golubovic, producer (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Jelena Mitrovic, producer (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Vision Team
Autoput 22, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Tel: : + 381 11 201 9829
Fax : + 381 11 201 9821
Tivoli Film Productions
Denes Szekeres, Managing director (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Huvosvolgyi str. 141, 1021 Budapest, Hungary
Tel: +36 1 275 2320
Fax: +36 1 200 6858
Vertigo/Emotionfilm
Producer Danijel Hočevar, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Kersnikova 4, SI - 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Tel.: +386 1 439 7080
Fax: + 386 1 430 3530
Credits
Directing: Srdjan Karanovic
Screenplay: Srdjan Karanovic
Cinematography: Slobodan Trninic
Film editing: Branka Ceperac
Production: Film House Bas Celik (Serbia); Vision Team (Serbia); Vertigo Films (Slovenia); A.S.A.P. Films (France); Arkadena Zagreb (Croatia); Tivoli Film Productions (Hungary)
Producer: Srdan Golubovic, Dragan Durkovic, Danijel Hocevar, Cédomir Kolar, Dénes Szekeres, Jelena Mitrovic