FNE Europa Distribution: Cinema of the Month: Cultural Centre of Novi Sad, Serbia
This month we speak with Branislava Lovre, project manager, expert associate and assistant film programmer at the Cultural Centre of Novi Sad, Serbia. Located in the very centre of the…
FESTIVALS: Quit Staring at My Plate Wins the 45th Belgrade International Film Festival – FEST
BELGRADE: Quit Staring at My Plate by Hana Jušić was awarded the Belgrade Victor for Best Film at the 45th Belgrade International Film Festival – FEST, while Requiem for Mrs.…
FNE at Belgrade International Film Festival – FEST 2017: Wind
BELGRADE: Wind will screen in the National Competition programme (Serbian Film) of the 45th edition of the Belgrade International Film Festival – FEST, unspooling from 24 February to 5 March…
FNE at Belgrade International Film Festival – FEST 2017: Afterparty
BELGRADE: Afterparty will screen in the National Competition programme (Serbian Film) of the 45th edition of the Belgrade International Film Festival – FEST, running from 24 February to 5 March…
FEST FORWARD Coproduction Market Announces Lineup
BELGRADE: Ten Serbian and ten foreign projects have been selected for the third edition of FEST FORWARD, the industry segment of the Belgrade International Film Festival – FEST, unspooling from…
FNE at Belgrade International Film Festival – FEST 2017: Train Driver’s Diary
BELGRADE: Train Driver’s Diary, Serbia’s candidate for the 2017 Academy Award for best foreign language film and Miloš Radović’s third feature film, was selected for the National Competition programme (Serbian…
FNE at Belgrade International Film Festival – FEST 2017: All the Cities of the North
BELGRADE: Dane Komljen’s debut feature All the Cities of the North, one of Serbia’s most successful films in the 2016/2017 festival circuit, will screen in the National Competition programme (Serbian…
FNE at Belgrade International Film Festival FEST 2017: The Samurai in Autumn
BELGRADE: Danilo Bećković’s The Samurai in Autumn / Jesen Samuraja, one of Serbia’s highest grossing films in 2016, will screen in the National Competition programme (Serbian Film) of the 45th…
SERBIA: Country Report 2016
Even with a notable Serbian presence at some of the world’s A-list film festivals, the increase in public funding through grants given out by Film Center Serbia, new incentives legislation,…
FESTIVALS: Belgrade International Film Festival Announces Lineup
BELGRADE: The 45th edition of the Belgrade International Film Festival – FEST will screen 95 feature films in 14 different categories from 24 February to 5 March 2017. Emir Kusturica’s…
First Films First Launches Scriptwriters Networking Platform
BELGRADE: First Films First program manager Stefan Arsenijević announced the launch of an online networking platform on 15 February 2017. The project, Meet the Scriptwriters, is a collaboration with Goethe…
Lost Country Wins ARTE Production Prize
BERLIN: The project Lost Country by Serbian director Vladimir Perišić and produced by KinoElektron (France), MPM Film (France) and Trilema Films (Serbia) won the ARTE International Prize at the Berlinale…
FNE a Berlinale 2017: Serbian Film in Berlin
Serbian Films in Berlin are REQUIEM FOR MS. J in Panorama Special and HERD on EFM
PRODUCTION: Bojana Novaković Shoots Debut Doc The Forbidden Aunt
BELGRADE: Serbian actress Bojana Novaković is in production with her directorial debut, the documentary The Forbidden Aunt / Zabranjena tetka. The film is a study of the actress-director’s own aunt…
Serbia Signs European Coproduction Convention
ROTTERDAM: Serbia has signed the revised Council of Europe Convention on Cinematographic Coproduction, updated for the digital age and welcoming non-European countries, during the 2017 edition of the International Film…
Applications Open for First Films First
BELGRADE: Goethe-Institut Young Directors´ Academy South-Eastern Europe starts a new professional training programme First Films First aiming at supporting young Southeast European directors to develop their debut feature.
PRODUCTION: Katarina Mutić Completes the Way of the East
BELGRADE: Serbian newcomer Katarina Mutić has completed her first documentary, The Way of the East / Tako mi na Istoku. The film follows a fortune-teller and was supported by Film…
FESTIVALS: The Thorn Wins 10th Küstendorf Film & Music Festival
BELGRADE: The Thorn by Michael Alalu was awarded Golden Egg for best film at the 10th jubilee edition of Emir Kusturica’s Küstendorf Film & Music Festival that ran from 14…
Serbian The Flock Tops Domestic Box Office 2016
BELGRADE: Nikola Kojo’s debut feature The Flock topped the Serbian total chart with 163,395 admissions and 478,019 EUR / 59,099,647 RSD gross in 2016, boosting the box office by eight…
FESTIVALS: Emir Kusturica’s Küstendorf Film and Music Festival Announces Lineup
BELGRADE: Twenty two titles have been selected for the Official Competition programme of the 10th Küstendorf International Film and Music Festival, running from 14 to 19 January 2017. The festival…