BELGRADE: Srđan Kovačević’s Croatian/Serbian/Slovenian The Thing to Be Done won Best Film in the International Competition of the 19th International Documentary Film Festival Beldocs, held in Belgrade 20 - 26 May 2026. Miloš Jaćimović’s Serbian/Croatian/Montenegrin Sunset won Best Film in the Serbian Competition.

BELGRADE: The production of the feature film The White Week / Bela sedmica is currently in progress. The third directorial feature for Serbian filmmaker Bojan Vuletić is an official coproduction among Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, and Montenegro, supported by the respective national film centres.

BELGRADE: This year’s edition of the International Film Festival Beldocs (20 – 26 May 2026) is bringing over 100 short and long documentaries, as well as VR works, all grouped in 15 sections.

BELGRADE: Belgrade-based MCF Megacom Film has recently expanded onto Bulgaria’s market through MCF 7Arts, a newly founded distribution company, which is about to bring top film content from the most prestigious world festivals to the Bulgarian market.

BELGRADE: Serbian director Marko Nikolić is in final postproduction with his 80-minute documentary Long Live the Factory! / Fabrika ne sme da stane, a coproduction between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina supported by Film Center Serbia and the Audio-visual Centre of the Republic of Srpska.

BELGRADE: 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.

BELGRADE: 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.

BELGRADE: 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.