The short animated film “Light and Shadows” by Rastko Ćirić will have its world premiere at the upcoming Göteborg Film Festival. It is an adaptation of Goethe’s Faust, in which the main character sells his shadow to the Devil. Midhat Ajanović says of the film: “Relying on Shadow Theater, Rastko Ćirić reminds us that the birthplace […]
The 31st Trieste Film Festival, the leading Italian festival dedicated to the cinemas of Central and Eastern Europe, will take place from January 17th to January 23td, and several Serbian films as well as Serbian minority co-productions are taking part. The feature film competition program will see the screenings of Asymmetry by Maša Nešković as […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
The well-known New York Anthology Film Archives cinema will feature a short Serbian film Bambiland by young director Danilo Stanimirovič on January 15th at 6 pm, as part of the First Short Films for Young Film Makers program. Short film synopsis: Strahinja has just graduated from acting academy and is working as a clown at children’s […]
Yesterday, December 9th, the 13th Cinema Vérité Iran International Documentary Film Festival launched in Tehran, and the Serbian film Then Comes the Evening finds itself in the short film competitions (up to 40 minutes runtime). The film was also made with the support of the Film Center Serbia, and it has recently received special recognition […]
Nine projects for new feature films have been selected for the new season of MIDPOINT Feature Launch workshops for 2020. This projects are either first or second feature films by the selected authors, and among them is one project from Seriba, Fate, by screenwriter and director Stefan Malešević and producer. Andrijana Sofranić. The program will start […]
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 the Best European Feature Film Award at the Tonneins International Film Festival in France. This is the tenth festival award for this film, which was supported by Film Center Serbia. Aleksi opened the Pula […]
The project for the film Bauk (The Erl-King) (initial title: Self Portrait) by screenwriter and director Goran Radovanović, was endorsed by the Bulgarian National Film Center, it was disclosed on the official website of the institution. On this occasion, Radovanović said: “I am glad that Bauk is supported by the Bulgarian Film Fund, among other things, […]
At the fourth Franco-Serbian Film Meetings organized by the French Institute, Film Center Serbia and the Festival of Auteur Film (FAF), an agreement on co-productions between France and Serbia was presented, signed during this year’s visit of Emanuel Macron to our country. The advantages of this agreement for the Serbian and French markets were also […]