PRODUCTION: Latvian and Serbian Companies Attached to Kirill Serebrennikov’s New Project Disappearance
BELGRADE: Latvia’s Forma Pro Films and Serbia’s Red Production are on board as producer and coproducer, respectively, of the new film by Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov, Disappearance / DSPR (working…
FNE Oscar Watch 2023: Serbia Selects The Duke and the Poet as Oscar Candidate
BELGRADE: The historical drama The Duke and the Poet / Sto se bore misli moje directed by Milorad Milinkovic has been selected as Serbia’s candidate for the 96th Academy of…
PRODUCTION: Serbian-Canadian Director Sanja Živković Shoots Cat’s Cry, in the Footsteps of Goran Paskaljević
BELGRADE: The Serbian-Canadian director Sanja Živković started shooting her sophomore feature Cat’s Cry / Mačiji krik, which was supposed to be directed by Goran Paskaljević. After the legendary director passed…
PRODUCTION: Serbian Director Pavle Vučković Starts Shooting Serbian/Macedonian/Montenegrin Coproduction Frost
BELGRADE: Serbian director Pavle Vučković commenced the production of his third feature Frost / Mraz, a universal story based on a myth from Eastern Serbia. The film is a coproduction…
GRANTS: Film Center Serbia Announces More Production Grants
BELGRADE: Film Center Serbia has announced the list of winners in eight more grant categories, including debut features, long documentaries, nationally-themed features, and potentially commercial and/or genre features.
PRODUCTION: Serbian Drama Series Time of Death in Postproduction
BELGRADE: Serbian drama series Time of Death / Vreme smrti, directed by Ivan Živković and based on the bestseller by author and politician Dobrica Ćosić, is currently in postproduction. It…
PRODUCTION: Feature Film Vasilija the Beautiful Starts Shooting in Serbia
BELGRADE: Vasilija the Beautiful / Vasilija Prekrasna directed by Žikica Jovanović, Ivica Vidanović and Vlastimir Stevanović started shooting in Serbia. The film focuses on a child, which is a rarity…
Film Center Serbia Announces Grant Winners
BELGRADE: Film Center Serbia has announced the grant results regarding projects in several categories, including minority coproductions, fiction feature and long documentary. 477,548 EUR / 56 mil RSD have been…
PRODUCTION: Veteran Director Lordan Zafranović Shoots Serbian Feature Film The Children of Kozara
BELGRADE: Following a short shooting in the summer of 2022, more than 100 actors and 60 professionals are currently filming the Serbian feature and TV drama series The Children of…
Serbian/Slovenian Documentary Bottlemen Acquired Ahead of Sarajevo FF
BELGRADE: Nemanja Vojinović’s Serbian/Slovenian long documentary Bottlemen / Flašaroši has been acquired by the London-based Taskovski Film ahead of its world premiere at the Sarajevo Film Festival (11 – 18…
FESTIVALS: Christian Petzold’s Afire Wins 2023 European Film Festival Palić
BELGRADE: The 30th edition of the European Film Festival Palić, which ended on 21 July 2022, awarded its top prize to Germany’s Afire directed by Christian Petzold. The Tower of…
OBITUARY: Serbian Producer Tea Korolija
BELGRADE: Serbian producer Tea Korolija passed away at the age of 49, after a long battle with an illness. She produced the megahit Besa through the Serbian production company Adrenalin.
GRANTS: Film Center Serbia Announces Feature Film Production Grants
BELGRADE: Film Center Serbia has distributed 1,077,000 EUR / 126,286,250 RSD for the production of three feature films. New projects directed by Mirjana Karanović, Kosta Đorđević and Hadži-Aleksandrar Đurović received…
OBITUARY: Serbian Scriptwriter and Film Director Srđan Koljević
BELGRADE: Prominent Serbian scriptwriter, director and university professor Srđan Koljević passed away on 8 July 2023 at 56, after a long battle with a disease.
FESTIVALS: European Film Festival Palić 2023 Ready to Kick Off
PALIĆ: Over 150 film professionals from Serbia and abroad are expected to attend the 30th edition of the European Film Festival Palić, which will be held in Palić and Subotica…
PRODUCTION: Serbian Queer Representation Documentary in Postproduction
BELGRADE: The long documentary Warm Film / Topli film, focusing on queer representation in Yugoslav and Serbian cinema, is in the final stages of postproduction. The film is directed by…
PRODUCTION: Maja Novaković in Postproduction with Serbian/Belgian Hybrid Documentary
BELGRADE: Young director Maja Novaković is in postproduction with her docufiction At the Door of the House Who Will Come Knocking / Ko će pokucati na vrata mog doma, a…
PRODUCTION: Serbian Director Miroslav Lekić Shoots Russian Consul
BELGRADE: Serbian director Miroslav Lekić is currently shooting his seventh feature film Russian Consul / Ruski konzul, which is supported by Film Center Serbia.
Ivan Karl Appointed as Film Center Serbia’s Acting Director
BELGRADE: The Goverment of the Republic of Serbia has appointed Ivan Karl as acting director of Film Center Serbia (FCS). Karl is succeeding Gordan Matić, who ran Film Center Serbia…
FNE at Cannes 2023: Serbian Cinema in Cannes
‘Lost Country’ by Vladimir Perišić included in the Critics’ Week program of the Cannes Film Festival
