In Praise of Nothing by Boris Mitić was the most viewed documentary of 2019 on Mubi, the leading online arthouse film platform. MUBI offers only 30 films at any given time, from cult classics to contemporary festival favorites, replacing one film every day. In Praise of Nothing is a satirical documentary parable about the positive aspects of nothing, […]
The noted documentary Occupied Cinema, directed by Senka Domanović, will be screened at the International Rotterdam Film Festival, as a part of the Perspectives section. Occupied Cinema is another in a long series of new documentaries supported by the Film Center Serbia. It deals with the overarching social phenomenon of occupation of the Belgrad “Zvezda” cinema theater. The […]
Noted award-winning documentary The Makavejev Case or Trial in the Movie Theater by Goran Radovanović will be screened at the International Rotterdam Film Festival, as a part of Deep Focus and Regained segments. The film screenplay is Goran Radovanović (who is also the director) and Boris Trbić. The camera work was by Dragan Đorđević, Aleksandar Angelovski, Miroslav Jakovljević and Radoslav Vladić, and editing by Maja Kokić. The music […]
In addition to My Morning Laughter, Marko Djordjević’s feature film debut, Merry Christamas, Yiwu, Mladen Kovačević’s new feature documentary, is also part of the Bright Future program of the upcoming edition of the International Film Festival in Rotterdam (IRFF). It will be the film’s world premiere. According to the authors and producers, this is an […]
Gorana Jovanović’s short film project titled No Elephants Here was selected for presentation at the Euro Connection program, taking place at the co-production market segment of the short film festival in Clermont-Ferrand, France. The festival will take place from January 31st to February 8th. The synopsis of this movie is: Frankie is a former boxing […]
The projects that will participate in the 10th When East Meets West (WEMW) co-production forum in Trieste have been announced, and among those selected is the project for the Serbian feature film 1970 by director Darko Lungulov. Lungulov’s previous work includes films There and Here and The Monument to Michael Jackson. The forum will take place […]
Friday night’s ceremonial opening and the General Assembly on Saturday kicked off the 37th FICTS Festival of the Federation of International Sports Film and Television (Federation Internationale Cinema Television Sportifs – FICTS) in Milan. It is a “festival of festivals”, as 16 festivals from all 5 continents send the best films from their selections. There 120 […]
A co-production between Croatia and Serbia, Aleksi is the feature film debut by the writer and director Barbara Vekarić. The film has recently won three awards at the Changing Face international film festival in Australia. Aleksi won awards for Best Feature Film, as well as best photography for Filip Tot and best performance for the actress Tihana […]
It has been revealed and confirmed that My Morning Laughter, the feature film debut of screenwriter and director Marko Đorđević, will be featured in the official program of the upcoming 49th Rotterdam International Film Festival. After notable festival performances in our country and even three major festival awards in just two weeks (awards at the […]
On Wednesday, December 18th, a ceremony was held at the Yugoslav Cinematheque to mark the 60th anniversary of Film Center Serbia, an institution of national importance in charge of promoting Serbian cinema. In the Makavejev Hall, Jelena Trivan, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Film Center Serbia, and Director Gordan Matić addressed the gathering. […]
Serbian film Then Comes the Evening by Maja Novaković is continuing its sucessful festival run, winning the Special Jury Prize at the recently concluded 13th Cinema Vérité Iran International Documentary Film Festival in Tehran, The documentary depicts the lives of two old women living in isolation in the hills of Eastern Bosnia. Nature is an entity that grandmothers […]
More great news for Serbian film comes from Berlin. Eurimages, the Council of Europe’s film fund, has supported the project of another Serbian production. May Day, a new feature film directed by Mladen Đorđević. This film was also supported by Film Center Serbia. The session in which May Day was supported was held from December 9th […]