FNE at FEST 2021: Loan Shark
BELGRADE: The crime thriller Loan Shark / Lihvar by young director Nemanja Ćeranić will have its national premiere in the main competition of FEST 2021. This is the first Serbian…
FNE at FEST 2021: The Living Man
BELGRADE: The first of the announced six Serbian feature films to have their national premiere at FEST 2021 is the Serbian/German/Bulgarian coproduction The Living Man / Živ čovek directed by…
FESTIVALS: FEST 2021 Invites Audiences to Return to Belgrade Cinemas
BELGRADE: The 49th FEST International Film Festival in Belgrade, the largest and the most popular film festival in Serbia, will present 71 Serbian premieres, including both domestic and foreign productions,…
PRODUCTION: Mladen Kovačević in Production with 1972 Yugoslavian Smallpox Outbreak Documentary
BELGRADE: Serbian filmmaker Mladen Kovačević is currently in production with his long documentary Another Spring / Još jedno proleće, about the 1972 Yugoslavian smallpox outbreak. The project recently won the…
PRODUCTION: Young Serbian Director Siniša Cvetić in Production with Debut Feature
BELGRADE: The young Serbian film director Siniša Cvetić is currently in production with his debut feature Usekovanje. The feature is produced by Belgrade’s Košutnjak Film and it is being shot…
MCF Group Opens Third Multiplex in Serbia
BELGRADE: MCF Group will open Multiplex Cine Grand MCF in the Delta Planet shopping centre in Niš, the third largest town in Serbia, on 22 April 2021.
Film Center Serbia Prioritises PCR Testings for Film Crews in Serbia
BELGRADE: Film Center Serbia (FCS) is making the PCR testing for film crews a priority, and in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and Information, it is supporting the filmmaking…
FESTIVALS: Belgrade’s March Festival 2021 Pushed Back to Mid-April for Double Edition
BELGRADE: The 67th edition of the March Festival (Martovski festival – Belgrade’s Documentary and Short Film Festival) in the capital of Serbia, which was not able to take place in…
Italy’s Iervolino Entertainment Opens Two Animation Studios in Serbia
BELGRADE: The international film and television production company Iervolino Entertainment, founded in Rome in 2011 by Andrea Iervolino, recently opened Iervolino Studios, an animation company based in Serbia, with the…
FESTIVALS: Belgrade’s FEST 2021 Pushed Back to May
BELGRADE: The 49th FEST International Film Festival in Belgrade, the largest and the most popular film festival in Serbia, has delayed its 2021 edition. The new festival dates are 7…
Media Move Acquires Serbian Thriller Loan Shark
BELGRADE: Berlin-based Media Move has acquired world sales rights for the Serbian thriller Loan Shark / Lihvar directed by Nemanja Ćeranić. The film is scheduled to have its national premiere…
Srdan Golubović’s Father Sold for Distribution in USA
BELGRADE: Cologne-based The Match Factory has sold distribution rights (theatrical, video, on demand, ancillary) for the Serbian feature Father / Otac directed by Srdan Golubović to the USA. The deal…
PRODUCTION: Serbian Feature Trail of the Beast in Production
BELGRADE: Trail of the Beast / Trag divljači, the feature debut by Nenad Pavlović, has started filming in Serbia. Pavlović co-wrote the script based on characters from novels written by…
UK/German/Serbian Feature Vampir Picked Up by Reel Suspects
BELGRADE: The Paris-based Reel Suspects distribution company has picked up the sales rights for the UK/German/Serbian horror feature Vampir. The film was shot in English and Serbian and it is …
FNE Market Analysis 2020: SERBIA
BELGRADE: Film Center Serbia managed to maintain its standard pattern of financial support contests in full capacity for the fifth year in a row even during the pandemic-stricken year 2020.
PRODUCTION: Serbian Director Mladen Đorđević’s Feature Labour Day in Production
BELGRADE: Director Mladen Đorđević started shooting his fourth feature Labour Day / Prvi maj on February 19. The film is a major Serbian production with coproducers from Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro…
House of Film Picks Up Serbia’s King Peter the First
BELGRADE: The LA-based distribution company House of Film has acquired world distribution rights for the Serbian history drama King Peter the First / Kralj Petar Prvi directed by Petar Ristovski.…
Serbian Thriller The Only Way Out Tops Local Box Office
BELGRADE: The Serbian thriller The Only Way Out / Jedini izlaz, helmed by Darko Nikolić, topped the local box office charts by a landslide. In its first weekend in cinema…
M-Appeal Acquires Serbian Feature The Celts Ahead of Berlinale 2021 Premiere
BELGRADE: The Berlin-based M-Appeal company acquired world distribution rights for the Serbian feature The Celts / Kelti ahead of its world premiere in the Panorama segment of the Berlinale 2021,…
Serbian Feature The Pond to Be Distributed in USA
BELGRADE: The Serbian horror-thriller feature The Pond directed by Petar Pašić is scheduled to be distributed in the USA in February.