FNE at Cannes Film Festival 2026: Luminalia Picks-Up Promised Spaces by Ivan Marković Ahead of Its World Premiere in ACID 2026
Serbia 20-04-2026BELGRADE: Serbian-German filmmaker Ivan Marković' hybrid feature Promised Spaces has been selected for Cannes Film Festival's sidebar programme ACID 2026. Bologna-based Luminalia is handling its world sales.
BOX OFFICE: Domestic Films Sportsman’s Heart and Harvest Topped Serbian Box Office in March 2026
Serbia 07-04-2026BELGRADE: During the course of March 2026, two domestic films consecutively topped the Serbian box office charts. Both Sportsman’s Heart and Harvest are solely Serbian productions, and both were supported by Film Center Serbia.
BELGRADE: The Serbian/Croatian long documentary Yugo Goes to America / Yugo ide u Ameriku had its world premiere at the CPH: DOX (11 – 22 March 2026) in the Special Premieres section. The first long film by Aleksa Borković and Filip Grujić was backed by Film Center Serbia and the Croatian Audiovisual Centre.
Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead by Zoran Lisinac and Domagoj Mazuran Hits U.S. Cinemas
Serbia 10-03-2026BELGRADE: The postapocalyptic SF adventure Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead will be released in American cinemas on 13 March 2026. The film written and directed by Zoran Lisinac (Serbia) and Domagoj Mazuran (Croatia) was shot in both countries, benefiting from the local cash rebate.
BELGRADE: The board of the FEST International Film Festival appointed Dragan Jeličić as programme director of the festival. The 53rd edition of Serbia’s most popular film festival will be held in Belgrade 2 - 11 October 2026.
BELGRADE: Retro-chic teen comedy Haiduk in Belgrade by Milan Todorović and sequel The Return of Žika’s Dynasty by Milan Konjević are third and ninth, with 150,687 and 91,202 admissions, respectively, in the Serbian Top 10 in 2025.
BELGRADE: Over 20,000 tickets were sold at the first edition of the Belgrade Film Festival (30 January - 6 February 2026), organised by the Association of Citizens BFF Belgrade Film Festival.
BELGRADE: Serbian director Narcisa Darijević Marković and Croatian-Swedish director Marija Ratković Vidaković are currently in postproduction with their long documentary Reborn, a project backed by Film Center Serbia and the Croatian Audiovisual Centre.
PRODUCTION: Lee Filipovski in Postproduction with International Coproduction The Myth of a Real Man
Serbia 16-12-2025BELGRADE: Young Serbian director Lee Filipovski has entered postproduction with her debut feature. The Myth of a Real Man / Mit o pravom čoveku is produced as a Serbian/Canadian/Greek/Czech coproduction.
BELGRADE: Milan Todorovvić’s third feature film Haiduk in Belgrade / Hajduk u Beogradu pulled 120,590 admissions in its fourth weekend of cinema distribution in Serbia, grossing 544,408 EUR / 63,923,798 RSD.

