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Serbian Minority Coproduction Selected for Berlinale Competition

FNE Staff Serbia 2018-12-14

BELGRADE: The German/Serbian coproduction I Was at Home, but / Ich war zuhause, aber by acclaimed German director Angela Schanelec was selected for the Competition of the 69th Berlin International…

GRANTS: Film Center Serbia Supports Nine Minority Coproductions

Zoran Janković Serbia 2018-12-12

BELGRADE: Film Center Serbia distributed 1,445,633 EUR / 171,125,000 RSD in the latest round of grants for 2018, including grants for the production of nine minority coproductions (seven feature films,…

PRODUCTION: Stefan Arsenijević Films Strahinja

Zoran Janković Serbia 2018-11-30

BELGRADE: Stefan Arsenijević started shooting his long-awaited new feature Strahinja as a coproduction between Serbia, France, Luxembourg and Bulgaria in early November 2018. His debut feature Love and Other Crimes…

Serbian Films Dominate Box Office

FNE Staff Serbia 2018-11-14

BELGRADE: In its second week in release Miloš Avramović’s feature South Wind / Južni vetar held on to the number one spot at the Serbian box office, taking in 964,000…

BOX OFFICE: South Wind Sets Record Opening for Serbian Film

Zoran Janković Serbia 2018-11-02

BELGRADE: Miloš Avramović’s feature South Wind / Južni vetar has reached nearly 150,000 admissions in its first seven days of release in Serbia, making it the best opening of a…

PRODUCTION: The Film Fund of Bosnia and Herzegovina Supports Mirjana Karanović’s Mara

Zoran Janković Serbia 2018-10-25

BELGRADE: The Film Fund of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the most recent fund to provide support for Mirjana Karanović’s fiction feature Mara, with a grant of 55,000 KM / 28,121…

PRODUCTION: Greek Film Centre Supports Labour Day by Mladen Đorđević

Zoran Janković Serbia 2018-10-23

BELGRADE: Labour Day / Prvi maj, Mladen Đorđević’s new feature film project, has received a 40,000 EUR grant from the Greek Film Centre, making it yet another Serbian/Greek coproduction.

PRODUCTION: Srđan Dragojević’s Heavens Above

Zoran Janković Serbia 2018-10-10

BELGRADE: Srđan Dragojević’s new feature film Heavens Above / Nebesa, now in preproduction, got a funding boost with a new minority coproduction grant from Film Center Montenegro.

PRODUCTION: Srdan Golubović in Production with Father

Zoran Janković Serbia 2018-09-27

BELGRADE: Award-winning Serbian director Srdan Golubović started shooting his third feature film Father / Otac on 24 September 2018. The project is a coproduction between Serbia, Croatia, France, Germany, Slovenia…

PRODUCTION: Serbian TV Series Turbo in Development

Zoran Janković Serbia 2018-09-26

BELGRADE: The first season of the eight episode Serbian TV series Turbo is currently in development. The project created by Milica Živanović, Matthias Nerlich and Milan Stojanović won the British…

The Last Serb in Croatia by Predrag Ličina

PRODUCTION: Croatian/Serbian Coproduction The Last Serb in Croatia Enters Postproduction

Zoran Janković Serbia 2018-09-18

ZAGREB: The zombie comedy The Last Serb in Croatia / Posljednji Srbin u Hrvatskoj has entered the postproduction phase. Predrag Ličina’s debut feature is a Croatian/Serbian coproduction between Kinorama and…

Serbia Selects Offenders as Oscar Candidate

FNE Staff Serbia 2018-09-10

BELGRADE: Offenders / Izgrednici by esteemed Serbian helmer Dejan Zečevićhas has been selected as Serbia’s official entry for the US Academy Awards in the Foreign Language Film category. The film…

Jour2Fête Acquires Greek/French/Serbian Coproduction Her Job Ahead of TIFF World Premiere

Zoran Janković Serbia 2018-08-27

BELGRADE: Paris-based distribution company Jour2Fête has acquired the Greek/French/Serbian coproduction Her Job directed by Nikos Labôt ahead of its premiere in the Toronto IFF’s Discovery section. The film was supported…

PRODUCTION: Serbian/Bosnian TV Drama Series Morning Changes Everything Wraps Shooting

Zoran Janković Serbia 2018-08-21

BELGRADE: A forty-episode TV series Morning Changes Everything is currently in production in Serbia. The first four episodes of this Serbian/Bosnian coproduction were screened within the Sarajevo Film Festival’s Avant…

PRODUCTION: Serbian Tamara von Steiner Shoots Documentary in Vietnam

Zoran Janković Serbia 2018-08-13

BELGRADE: Serbian documentary filmmaker Tamara von Steiner is currently in production with Road to Agartha, the first Serbian film production to be entirely shot in Vietnam. Von Steiner’s third long…

Serbia Announces Commercial Feature Film Production Grants

Zoran Janković Serbia 2018-08-06

BELGRADE: Film Center Serbia has allocated 847,471 EUR / 100 m RSD for the production of three potentially commercial feature films, including one sequel.

PRODUCTION: Alexandre Aja Shoots Paramount Pictures Production Crawl in Serbia

Zoran Janković Serbia 2018-08-01

BELGRADE: USA- based French director Alexandre Aja has just started shooting his new feature film Crawl in the capital city of Serbia with Work in Progress company servicing. Sam Raimi…

PRODUCTION: First Serbian/Chinese Coproduction Belgrade Escape Starts Shooting

FNE Staff Serbia 2018-07-30

BELGRADE: Belgrade Escape by Wang Zhongyan, the first Serbian/Chinese coproduction, started shooting in Belgrade on 26 July 2018. The film is a coproduction between Chinese Fujian Broken Films and Serbian…

FESTIVALS: Girl Wins the 25th European Film Festival Palić

FNE Staff Serbia 2018-07-23

PALIĆ: Girl, directed by the Belgium Lukas Dhont, was awarded the Golden Tower for Best Film in the Official Competition of the Jubilee 25th European Film Festival Palić (14-20 July…

The Load Sold in the USA

FNE Staff Serbia 2018-07-18

BELGRADE: The Serbian/French/Croatian/Iranian/Qatar coproduction The Load by Ognjen Glavonić was sold by New Europe Film Sales to Grasshopper Films in the USA.