BOX OFFICE: Serbian Box Office Plummets in 2020

BELGRADE: The total cinema admissions in Serbia plummeted from 4,784,598 in 2019 to 1,562,590 in 2020, while total gross fell from 16.6 m EUR in 2019 down to 5.2 m…
26-01-2021

FNE TV: Milica Božanič: Executive Director of the Serbian Film Commission

FNE asked Milica Božanič how the pandemic has affected foreign and domestic shoots in Serbia and what safety measures have been taken to get production back on course. She also…
25-01-2021

FESTIVALS: Kustendorf International Film and Music Festival 2021 Set to Kick Off

BELGRADE: The 14th edition of the Kustendorf International Film and Music Festival will kick off on 22 January 2021 and run through 25 January via the online platform kustendorf.online. A…
21-01-2021

Serbia Adopts Changes to Film and TV Incentives Programme

BELGRADE: The Ministry of Culture and Information of the Government of Serbia has taken charge of the country’s film and TV incentives programme. It was previously handled by the Ministry…
20-01-2021

Belgrade’s Firefly Announces Three International TV Coproductions

BELGRADE: Belgrade-based Firefly Productions has announced it is developing internationally coproduced TV productions.
10-12-2020

FNE Oscar Watch 2021: Dara in Jasenovac is Serbian Submission to Academy Awards

BELGRADE: The historical drama Dara in Jasenovac / Dara iz Jasenovca directed by Predrag Antonijević is Serbia's candidate for the 93rd Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award in…
02-12-2020

GRANTS: Film Center Serbia Announces Grants in Five Major Categories

BELGRADE: Film Center Serbia has announced the recipients of its latest round of grants. The grants were awarded in five separate categories: feature films, long documentaries, minority coproductions, feature for…
19-11-2020

Serbian Feature Weekend With Pop Tops Local Box Office

BELGRADE: The premiere of the Serbian comedy Weekend With Pop / Vikend sa ćaletom, scripted and directed by Miroslav Momčilović and supported by Film Center Serbia, soared to the top…
13-11-2020

PRODUCTION: Serbian/USA The Game in Postproduction

BELGRADE: Director Ana Lazarević is currently in postproduction with her feature debut The Game / Igra, as a coproduction between Serbia and the USA.
10-11-2020

FNE at FilmFestival Cottbus 2020: Serbian/German/Bulgarian Living Man Competes at Cottbus 2020

BELGRADE: Oleg Novković’s sixth feature Living Man / Živ čovek is one of three Serbian productions screening in the main competition of the 30th edition of FilmFestival Cottbus, 3 –…
29-10-2020

FNE at Ji.hlava IDFF 2020: Emerging Producer: Iva Plemić Divjak - Serbia

Iva Plemić Divjak is participating in the 2020 Emerging Producers programme of the Ji-hlava International Documentary Film Festival, which runs 27 October - 8 November 2020.
23-10-2020

PRODUCTION: British/Serbian Thriller The Ledge Begins Filming

BELGRADE: Principal photography on the mountain climbing thriller The Ledge has started on locations in Serbia. The feature is directed by Howard J. Ford and produced by UK’s Evolution Pictures…
21-10-2020

PRODUCTION: British Actress Miriam Margolyes Stars in Stevan Filipović’s New Feature

BELGRADE: The BAFTA-winning British actress Miriam Margolyes will make her Serbian debut in a contemporary lockdown thriller Next To You / Pored tebe being filmed in London and Belgrade.
09-10-2020

PRODUCTION: Serbian Feature Golden Boy Starts Filming

BELGRADE: The production of the Serbian feature Golden Boy / Zlatni dečko directed by Ognjen Janković and supported by Film Center Serbia, started on 30 September 2020.
07-10-2020

Serbian Cinema Admissions Increase in Mid-September

BELGRADE: Cinemas in Serbia officially re-opened on September 3 and there already is a slight increase in admissions in comparison with the results in the first ten days of the…
21-09-2020

FESTIVALS: Speak So I Can See You Wins Belgrade's Beldocs

BELGRADE: Marija Stojnić’s long documentary Speak So I Can See You / Govori da bih te video won the Serbian Competition Programme of the 13th International Documentary Film Festival Beldocs…
16-09-2020

Cineplexx Opens Fourth Multiplex in Belgrade

BELGRADE: Cineplexx, the leading cinema chain in the region, opened its fourth cinema in Belgrade on 3 September 2020. The latest Cineplexx, situated in the BEO Shopping Centre, has eight…
15-09-2020

PRODUCTION: Romantic Melodrama Once Upon a Time in Serbia Starts Shooting

BELGRADE: The production of the Serbian romantic melodrama Once Upon a Time in Serbia / Bilo jednom u Srbiji started in the Serbian town of Leskovac on 3 September 2020.…
10-09-2020

CineStar Opens Fourth Multiplex in Serbia

BELGRADE: The German exhibitor CineStar opened its fourth multiplex in Serbia and its 24th in the CEE region on 5 September 2020. Cinemas in Serbia were allowed to reopen on…
07-09-2020

PRODUCTION: Serbian Action Thriller South Wind 2 in Production

BELGRADE: Serbian action thriller South Wind 2 / Južni vetar 2 directed by Miloš Avramović and supported by Film Center Serbia, started shooting on 17 August 2020.
03-09-2020