BELGRADE: A new Serbian TV drama series City of Pain / Grad bola is currently in production. The script is based on the same-titled bestselling book written by Meti Kamberi and all the episodes are being directed by young Serbian helmer Luka Mihailović, the director of the local blockbuster Indigo Crystal from 2023, which was produced by Archangel Studios and coproduced by Režim.

BELGRADE: Sweden’s The Quiet Beekeeper , Chile’s Red Hangar, and Cypriot majority coproduction Hold Onto Me by Myrsini Aristidou won the main prizes in the European, International and Regional competition, respectively, at the returning 53rd edition of Belgrade’s FEST.

BELGRADE: Kengur Is Coming Back Home / Kengur se vraća kući written and directed by Miroslav Momčilović went straight to the second place in the charts, second to Brad Pitt’s Heart of the Beast admission-wise over the course of its first week in Serbian cinemas. Up to this point it has amassed 13,877 admissions, grossing 75,569 EUR / 8,874,033 RSD.

BELGRADE: Serbian filmmaker Vasilije Nikitović’s sophomore feature Motka had its world premiere at the newly founded International Film Festival in Niš, Serbia.

BELGRADE: Young Serbian scriptwriter David Jakovljević and director Siniša Cvetić are currently in postproduction with their third common feature film, Is It a Roar of Thunder, or the Shaking of the Ground? / Jali grmi ja l’ se zemlja trese?, a coproduction between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

BELGRADE: I Plant My Hand in the Garden, the first time feature for directors Boris Hadžija, from Serbia, and Hoda Taher, from Iran, will have its world premiere in the competition programme Venice Days / Giornate degli Autori at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival. The film is a coproduction between Germany, Serbia, and the USA.

BELGRADE: Spain-based Bendita Film Sales has picked-up 3 Weeks Later / 3 nedelje kasnije by Serbian filmmaker Miroslav Terzić. This coproduction between Serbia, Italy, Luxembourg, Bulgaria, and Croatia recently won the Europa Cinemas Label award for the best European film at the 60th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (3 – 11 July 2026), where it had its world premiere.

BELGRADE: The Italian/Serbian coproduction Balcanica, the debut feature film of the Italian director Nicola Sorcinelli, starring Matilda De Angelis, will have its world premiere in the competitive programme of the 23rd Giornate degli Autori within the 83rd Venice International Film Festival (2 – 12 September 2026).

BELGRADE: ViceVersa Triangle, founded in the Serbian village of Gardinovci by Israeli documentary director Efim Graboy, has launched a crowdfunding campaign to get 30,000 EUR for the technical equipment (projection, sound, lighting), renovation, and professional services of the film and cultural centre AvanGardinovci.

BELGRADE: Around 100 films are set to be screened in 15 selections at the 33rd Palić European Film Festival, which will be held from 18 to 22 July 2026  in Palić and Subotica, Serbia.