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FILMS & FILM PROJECTS PRESENTED BY FILM CENTER SERBIA CANNES 2017 The required documentation can be downloaded on the following websites: on the following can be downloaded documentation required The www.privreda.gov.rs of Economy: Ministry Serbia: www.fcs.rs/serbian-film-commission Film Centre please contact all information For Serbia Film Center www.fcs.rs serbianfi[email protected] +381 11 2625 131 Tel: First come - first serve policy. serve - first come First *quick incentive payout, easy prodedure easy payout, incentive *quick 20% CASH REBATE IN SERBIA EASY* QUICK & Cannes 2017 4 WWW.FCS.RS were recently filmedorare currently filminginour country. gleaned in practice through an increasing number of foreign productions that destination for foreign filmmakers andproductions -a fact that canalready be provided ampleincentives to make Serbiaamore visibleandmore attractive and finallyimplementingthenecessary legalframework, FilmCenter Serbia has in dozens of potential importantfestival entriesorbox office hits. Byadopting thanks to the funds approved by the state and our institution, which have resulted for them;this canbest beseeninthereturn ofthe regular competition cycle, infrastructure andcreating amore welcoming business andcreative environment Film Center Serbiahasduringtheprevious year focused onstrengthening the on by that vigorous spiritoflocalfilmmakers, their coworkers andsupporters, misfortunes andproblems that have beenplaguingitfor sometime. Spurred specific characteristics –itsvitality. Yes, Serbianfilmisalive, despite themany Serbian filmhasoflate once againbegun to display oneofitsmost constant and vital, vigorous, versatile Serbian film today Photo: MajaMedić Director ofFilmCenter Serbia Boban Jevtić, Sincerely, Enjoy. for itallinthe pagesofthiscatalogue. is oneofitsessential foundations –andyou are welcome to getmore ofafeel Besides the aforementioned vitality, Serbian film today still shows that versatility postproduction, aswell asseveral regional minorityco-productions. short film, a string of intriguing projects in the final phases of preproduction or is conventional, popularandsoughtafter. Andthenthere’s thenew Serbian expression, filled with confidence and self-awareness, eschewing allthat which DaneKomljenthe Northby ), whofighttheir own battle for anauthenticfilm radical art-houseadherents (like Tamara Wind by Drakulić orAlltheCitiesof obvious budgetary limitations. Here we should mention a certain number of strengthen theirwork withbothart-housepoeticsanda personal seal,despite an admirable mixture ofcraftsmanship, genre savvy andadetermination to Milošević, thedirector of OpenWound. T Special, whileTrain Driver’sDiaryistheSerbianentryfor theA Bojan Vuletić hadthehonorofbeinginvited to BerlinFestival’s Panorama Film Festival. Besidethose, Requiemfor, thesecond Mrs.J film by writer-director Indian coproduction anditwas first screened to theaudience oftheMontreal competition, while Road by EmirKusturica haditspremiere at theVenice FilmFestival official globally renowned auteurs, Emir Kusturica and On thesubjectofproduction we canboast ofnew films by experienced and the director of Afterparty; whose work shouldbefollowed closelyindays andyears to come: Luka Bursać, film star, Nikola Kojo. Itisnecessary to pointoutseveral top-grade newcomers Danilo Bećković, andHerd, thedirectorial debutofthewell-known Serbian supported by FilmCenter Serbia–The Samurai inAutumn by young director We would alsolike to draw your attention to last autumn’s box office hitsinSerbia, It alsohaditspremiere at anA for Best Foreign LanguageFilm,aswell asbeingafavorite offestival audiences. The Land ofGods by Goran Paskaljević is the first Serbian- Filip Kovačević, themaker ofIncarnation ; andMomir -list festival, inMoscow. heir debutfeature filmshave shown Goran Paskaljević ; cademy A On the Milky ward

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contentS 7 8 WWW.FCS.RS Saturday 20 Short filmsprogram Alexandre III Saturday 21 Alexandre III Alexandre III A of independentfilms was organized last November. that, thevery first French-Serbian Meeting focusing onproduction anddistribution plethora ofA partnership andtheactionsundertaken by theInstitut Français inSerbia , a Srđan Koljević, Nikola Ležaić, MajaMilošandStefan Ivančić. T including whose programme has been curated since 2010 by a group of young filmmakers, In 2015, A Vuletić, andHumiditydirected by Nikola Ljuca. a numberofshortsandtwo feature films:Requiemfor Mrs.J. directed by Bojan from thisnew programming sloton19th,20thand21st ofMay, withamenuincluding Young SerbiancinemaandtheBandeàpartassociation willbethefirst to benefit and audience education. independent filmmakers associations involved in distribution of cinematic works comprised ofthree screenings. DubbedACID TRIP,itwillbeoffered to all Independent FilmDistribution) willbeinaugurating acarte blancheselection As anintegral partofitsprogramme at Cannes,theACID (Association for Cannes Young Serbiancinemaat A Friday 19 CID TRIP#1:Serbia CID TRIP2017: th , 4pm st th Vladimir Perišić, Srdan Golubović, Stefan Arsenijević, Oleg Novković, , 4pm CID beganitspartnershipwiththeAuteur FilmFestival inBelgrade, , 4pm CID filmshave beenscreened andpurchased inthe country. Ontop of 2017 | 94 min | Fiction 2017 |94minFiction Serbia /Bulgaria /Republic of Macedonia /Russia /France REQUIEM FOR MRS.J. by BojanVuletić Serbia /NetherlandsGreece| 2016 |113minFictionp14 HUMIDITY by Nikola Ljuca Serbia |2015 |16minFictionp51 IF IHADITMYWAY IWOULD NEVERLEAVE by Marko GrbaSingh Serbia |2017 |14minFictionp46 A HANDFULOFSTONES by Stefan Ivancić Serbia |2015 |15minFictionp50 EMERGENCY EXITby Vladimir Tagić Serbia |2016 |21minFictionp51 TRANSITION by MilicaTomović Serbia /Cuba|2017 |4minCinepoemp50 DOS PATRIAS by Kosta Ristić p21 hanks to this

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Cannes Classics 11 12 WWW.FCS.RS www.prababa.rs [email protected] Prababa Production Jovana Nikolić - Dragan Nikolić (indevelopment). Black Wedding, afeature documentaryby Dragan a feature documentarySuperBishopby Jovana’s current slate ofprojects includes Documentary Filmmakers ofSerbia. the Board ofDokSerbia, the Association of She iscurrently servingas the President of Berlinale T Undertaker multiple-winning documentaryfilms,The Jovana Nikolić isthemainproducer of BIOGRAPHY PRODUCER JO of Production ofDocumentaryFilmsat Faculty 2012, andPhDinfieldofManagement majmuna EA She hasT International (Canada). of IDF SVT and WWF, andinassociation withChannel4, production withZDF/ premiered at IDF (2008) andNational Park (2006),allthree Drama , YLENRK,R V A BerthaFundandFilmT ANA NIK Nikolić (in production), and alents alumna. Arts in Belgrade in 2017. She is a he Year oftheMonkey /Godina (2013), VE Producers Workshop TV SLO A, andrealised inco- The Caviar Connection Arte, ITVS international, OLIĆ, , andwithsupport ransit The selected forBal k supported by FilmCentreSerbia dirECTOR Dra feature documentary In development Pro loved onesand notto waste it! essence of every moment we share with the at ourlives; to provoke theaudience to feel the by thegrave” andfrom that positiontake alook people we care for. Inbrief, Iwould like to “sit us reconsider how we express ourlove to the and aboutallofus–afilmwhichshouldmake the dead,butaboutpure andimmortallove is notonlyaboutthewedding ofthelivingto cinema, they should understand that the film to aphilosophicallevel.When people leave the I planto film,Iwould like to “elevate” thestory a loved one and the absurdities of real life that By capturingemotionscausedby thedeath of Director’s note collective silence inthenameofimmortallove. of women protected inthelocalcommunity by their worlds, theauthordiscovers auniquecult these custom-related activities. related activities,andthemotherwhoperformed 4 at thetimeofherinitiation into thecustom- widow at the sametime, theniece who was only in it:theblackbridewhobecameawife anda three generations ofthewomen whotook part of thedeceased MikiKušljić marked thelives of unforeseen realization that theblackwedding video material. T finally comes into possession of authentic into one, the film’s director after years of research custom, whichmerges wedding andfuneral rites Intrigued by thestories abouttheblackwedding S CRNA SV THE BLA ynopsis ject inf o gan Nik CK WEDDING ADBA he director also comes to an an Documenta ry Centre. olić , drama Entering into PRODUCER www.senseproduction.rs [email protected] SENE Production Milan Stojanović - documentary by BojanaNovaković. Mladen Đorđević and The Forbidden Aunt, a Users by Ivan Ikić,The ReturnofElijah by Milan’s current slate ofprojects includesThe A became a member of the was partofProducers ontheMove 2016 and at Cottbus FilmFestival (2007). In2016, he prize for young East European producers He isthefirst laureate ofthePromotional T A a filmmaking course at New York Film of Drama ArtsinBelgrade. Hecompleted 2014 andFilm&TVProducing at Faculty graduated from EA He was bornin1983Belgrade, Serbia.He Best Film,Crossing Europe Linz). / Seyfi T (2014 /SpecialMentionat Karlovy Vary FF winning debutby Ivan Ikić-Barbarians Milan Stojanovic produced theaward- BIOGRAPHY MILAN S alents 2016. cademy. cademy andparticipated inBerlinale eoman A TO ward, European FFPalic / VE Producers Workshop J ANO European Film VIĆ, their wrists together. determined to complete their plan of cutting psychical pressure, Robert andMarijare-unite, another home. A tries to stab him,thecouncilor transfers herto of thebadinfluence shehasonhim.A councilor separates Robert from Marija because ends communication withbothandRobert’s T best-friend. hiding thisfrom Dragana, herinstant-new- the Home. Shealsofalls inlove withRobert, new userwithaggressive behavior, comes to T and accomplice, very muchinlove withRobert. accompanied by Dragana, hisfaithful friend suicide attempts for suicidewere often once resulted incutwrists. T needs, whosetendency to lockinmore than the Homefor children andyouth withspecial Robert is a melancholic teenager, a ward of S k the usrs developed throughCinef Film CenterSerb ia supported by Creative Europ–MEDIA , dirECTOR Iv feature fiction,melodrama In development Pro ynopsis he triangleisbroken when Dragana, hurt, heir relationship isinterrupted whenMarija,a orisnic ject inf an Ikić o

fter monthsofseparation and ondation Residence hese unsuccessful fter Marija 13 producers network / producers on the move 14 WWW.FCS.RS films Feature 15 DOCUMENTARIES 2017 ACID TRIP Saturday 20th, 4pm, Alexandre III RUNNING TIME 113 min RUNNING TIME 85 min Premiere DATE 15. 2. 2016. Premiere DATE 23. 6. 2016.

Directed by Directed by Nikola Ljuca Miloš Radović Screenplay Screenplay Staša Bajac, Miloš Radović Nikola Ljuca Humidity Produced by Train Driver’s Diary Produced by Zillion Film (Serbia), Dart Film & Video (Serbia), Vlažnost Inter Film (Croatia) Dnevnik mašinovođe Lemming Film (Netherlands), Cast 2.35 (Greece), Lazar Ristovski, Petar Korać, Cinnamon Production (Serbia) Mirjana Karanović, The wife of a successful construction manager has disappeared Ilija, a train driver near retirement, finds out that his adopted son Cast after an ordinary morning in Belgrade. He is is certain that she will Sima wishes to continue the family tradition. He decides to help Miloš Timotijević, Tamara Krcunović, - come back and continues his life as usual. But, maybe she is just the him run over his first victim and break down the mental barrier that Slaven Došlo Contact first of the collapsed dominoes. Zillion film has troubled him ever since he began his career. - [email protected] Contact Festivals: Berlin IFF, Vilnius IFF, Sarajevo FF, Cinedays FF, www.zillionfilm.com Festivals: Moscow IFF, Raindance, Montréal FF, International Vladimir Vidić (Dart Film & Video) Nederlands FF, Cinema Jove IFF Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg, Sarajevo FF, Festival [email protected] Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara, Warsaw FF, Bengaluru IFF www.dartfilm.com WWW.FCS.RS

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RUNNING TIME 72 min RUNNING TIME 82 min premiere DATE 1. 3. 2016. premiere DATE 28. 6. 2016.

Directed by Directed by Momir Milošević Filip Kovačević Screenplay Screenplay Momir Milošević Filip Kovačević, ur e f il ms f eat Open Wound Produced by Incarnation Maša Seničić, Cinnamon Production (Serbia) Ivan Stančić Cast Produced by Otvorena Milena Ðurović, Jelena Puzić, Inkarnacija Void Pictures (Serbia) Jelena Angelovski Cast Stojan Đorđević, Dača An intense friendship between Sara and Alisa comes to a strange - A young man wakes up in a square of an unknown city again and Vidosavljević, Sten Zendor and abrupt end after Sara opens up about urges beyond physical Contact again, after each failed attempt to escape four masked assassins. Momir Milošević - desire. Oppressed by her environment, Alisa grows ever more Through the never ending chase, he tries to recover his identity, [email protected] Contact distant, leaving Sara to struggle with nightmarish solitude and and find out who set him up. Filip Kovačević (Void Pictures) repression which begins manifesting itself in a monstrous form. [email protected] Festivals: Raindance FF, Screamfest LA, Night Visions FF, Cottbus www.voidpictures.com Festivals: FEST, Cinema City International Film Festival, Merlinka – FF, Fantasporto FF, Let’s Cee Film Festival, Cinema City, FEST- International Queer Film Festival International Film Festival, Belgrade RUNNING TIME 100 min RUNNING TIME Premiere DATE 5. 8. 2016. 125 min (international cut) 140 min (domestic cut) Premiere DATE 9. 9. 2016.

Directed by Dane Komljen Screenplay Directed by Dane Komljen Emir Kisturica Produced by All the Cities of the North Screenplay On the Milky Road Dart Film & Video (Serbia), SCCA/ Emir Kisturica pro.ba (BiH), Svi severni gradovi Produced by Na mlečnom putu Code Blue (Montenegro), Pinball London (Great Britain), Cinnamon Production (Serbia) BN Films (SAD), Rasta International, (Serbia) Cast A single, white room, a blue tent inside, where Boban and Boris It is mid-1990s and the war in Bosnia is in full swing. A Serbian Boris Isaković, Boban Kaluđer, Cast share a relationship for which there are no words. Someone else solder named Kosta crosses the battle lines every day to provide Dane Komljen Monica Bellucci, Emir Kusturica, enters this secluded space. New bonds form and old ones shift. milk to his comrades. He falls in love with the Bride, a woman of Sloboda Mićalović, Predrag - Love can be fragile when not given a name. No, don’t call me Manojlović mixed Sebian-Italian origin who is trying to hide from her dark past Contact ‘comrade’. What should I call you, then? in this remote region. Dart Film & Video - [email protected] Festivals: Locarno Film Festival, Sarajevo FF, New York FF, FIC World sales Festivals: Venice Film Festival, London Film Festival, Göteborg www.dartfilm.com Valdivia, Cottbus FF, IFF Rotterdam, FICUNAM, Hong Kong IFF, Carole Baraton (Wild Bunch Paris) International Film Festival, Dubai International Film Festival, Hong Jeonju IFF [email protected] Kong International Film Festival

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RUNNING TIME 100 min RUNNING TIME 92 min premiere DATE 26. 8. 2016. premiere DATE 10. 9. 2016.

Directed by Directed by Srđa Penezić Goran Paskaljević Screenplay Screenplay Srđa Penezić Goran Paskaljević ur e f il ms f eat Produced by Land of the Gods in collaboration with Name: Dobrica, Surname: Unknown Logos Film (Serbia) Victor Banerjee Cast Produced by Ime: Dobrica, prezime: nepoznato Slavko Štimac, Hana Selimović, Dev Bhoomi Nova Film (Serbia), Helena Jakovljivić, Mirjana Joković Zepter International (Serbia), Gorvic Pictures (India) As an infant Dobrica was abandoned by his parents. After a few - After a long exile, Rahul returns to his village in the Himalaya. Cast happy years, spent surrounded by people who truly loved him, Contact It causes commotion amongst the villagers, who have never Victor Banerjee, Geetanjali Thapa, Vesna Golubović (Logos Film) Uttara Baokar, Raj Zutshi the system takes notice of him and the next twenty-eight years forgiven him for his sins from the past. Rahul has to face the [email protected] of his life are spent mostly in orphanages or in prison. Still, maybe isolated world full of prejudice, in which women have no right to www.logosfilmproductions.com - simply because early in life he experienced truly unconditional choose their own destiny. Contact love, or simply because it is his nature, he chooses only to see Nova Film goodness in people. Festivals: Toronto International Film Festival (MASTERS), Hong Tel: +381 63 303 306 Kong International Film Festival, Valladolid IFF, Sofia IFF, Bari IFF, [email protected] Festivals: Montréal Film Festival San Sebastian Human Rights FF

Worldwide VOD distribution: Amazon (release in May 2017) Market screening Tuesday, May 22nd 5.30pm, Palais F RUNNING TIME RUNNING TIME 70 min 118 min / 86 min (international cut) Premiere DATE 22. 11. 2016. Premiere DATE 3. 10. 2016.

Directed by Directed by Danilo Bećković Tamara Drakulić Screenplay Screenplay Dimitrije Vojnov Ana Rodić Produced by Samurai in Autumn Produced by Wind Mali Budo (Serbia), Monkey Production (Serbia) Gargantua Films (Serbia) Jesen samuraja Cast Vetar Cast Tamara Stajić, Eroll Bilibani, Darko Petar Strugar, Hristina Popović, Kastratović, Tamara Pjević Nikola Kojo, Sergej Trifunović Karate champion Vladica falls from grace after being caught in Sixteen-year-old Mina is spending the summer with her father - a doping scandal. He returns to his birthplace, a small town in Andrej on the Bojana river, in Montenegro. To her great annoyance, - Contact Serbia and finds redemption by falling in love with a single mother she falls in love with a kite surfer, Saša, who is older than her and World sales Jelena Angelovski Wide Management whose son he is teaching in his karate class. Unable to maintain his (Monkey Production) engaged to Sonja. This love triangle will leave a deep mark on the [email protected] lifestyle, he secretly enters the underground MMA fighting circuit [email protected] adolescent’s universe. www.widemanagement.com and risks losing it all. Festivals: Torino Film Festival, FAF Belgrade, Göteborg Film Festival, FEST, Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema WWW.FCS.RS

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RUNNING TIME 96 min RUNNING TIME 99 min premiere DATE 8. 11. 2016. premiere DATE 23. 11. 2016.

Directed by Directed by N/A Nikola Kojo Screenplay Screenplay Boban Jevtić Nebojša Romčević ur e f il ms f eat Milan Konjević Herd Produced by Military Academy 3: The New Beginning Produced by K-12 (Serbia), Vojna akademija 3: Novi početak NIRA Pro (Serbia) Stado Prva TV (Serbia), Cast CinepleXX (Serbia) Bojan Parić, Anđela Jovanović, Ivan Cast Mihailović, Branko Janković Nikola Kojo, Zoran Cvijanović, The New Year begins and new cadets arrive to the Academy. Two This is a hilarious satirical comedy about life behind the camera. Vesna Trivalić, Nataša Ninković stand out, Grujica and Bogoljub, friends from a small town. Ceca is - More often than not, a greater drama precedes a film or TV drama Contact - trying to decide between going to military school or immigrating we see on the screen. Filmmakers, those hopeless enthusiasts Ljubica Smiljanić (NIRA Pro) Contact with her boyfriend; chubby Maša sees the military as a means of who ignore the reality of life, risk their very existence in their [email protected] Biljana Prvanović (K-12) escaping from her possessive parents; Ilija’s officer father expects desire to create a great work of art. This story can be told in many www.nira.rs [email protected] a lot from his son; and then there’s Anđela, a mysterious loner different languages and in many different countries, even in many who does not like to talk about herself. different time periods. Market screening Wednesday, May 23rd 12.00pm, Palais E RUNNING TIME 115 min RUNNING TIME 94 min ACID TRIP Saturday 21st, 4pm, Alexandre III Premiere DATE 20. 12. 2016. Premiere DATE 13. 2. 2017. Requiem for Mrs. J

Directed by Directed by Bojan Vuletić Rekvijem za gospođu J. Zdravko Šotra Screenplay Screenplay Bojan Vuletić Zdravko Šotra Produced by Produced by Santa Maria della Salute SEE Film Pro (Serbia), VisionTeam (Serbia), Geopoly Film (Bulgaria), RTS (Serbia) Santa Maria della Salute Skopje Film Studio (Republic of Cast Macedonia), Vojin Ćetković, Tamara Aleksić, Surprise Alley (France), Aleksandar Đurica, Nela Mihajlović Alexsander Rodnyansky The greatest love story Serbia has ever known – between the Mrs. J, a depressed middle-aged woman, decides to take her life Cast paramount Serbian poet Laza Kostić, and young, educated, on the anniversary of her husband’s death. She has five days to - Mirjana Karanović, Danica beautiful Lenka Dunđerski. The film follows the life and inner wrap up her private and administrative matters so she could kill Contact Nedeljković, Jovana Gavrilović, Iva Vukmirović (VisionTeam) turmoil of a great and “different” man, poet, translator, lawyer, Mira Banjac herself in the way she wants to and leave her family situated. The [email protected] journalist… In his late age, the spirit of Lenka and the church Santa plan seems simple, but its execution will not go through without www.visionteam.rs Maria della Salute will intertwine in his mind and bring forth his - dilemmas and complications. most famous poem. Contact Nenad Dukić (SEE Film Pro) Festivals: Berlin IFF (Panorama Special), Belgrade IFF, Sofia IFF, [email protected] Kino Pavasaris - Vilnius IFF. WWW.FCS.RS

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RUNNING TIME 92 min RUNNING TIME 105 min premiere DATE 24. 1. 2017. premiere DATE 15. 2. 2017.

Directed by Directed by Jug Radivojević Milan Karadžić Screenplay Screenplay Ivana Mitić Vlada Đurđević ur e f il ms f eat Zona Zamfirova Part Two Miroslav Mitić Diamond of Boyana Produced by Produced by VisionTeam (Serbia) Zona Zamfirova drugi deo Vrati se, Zone d.o.o. (Serbia) Biser Bojane MM Production Montenegro Cast (Montenegro) Brankica Sebastijanović, Milan Cast Vasić, Ljiljana Stjepanović, Milan Slaven Došlo, Vanja Nenadić, The sequel to the biggest Serbian blockbuster of all time takes Lane Gutović Đorđe Popović, a young Belgrade doctor, receives an anonymous Milutin Mima Karadžić, Andrija place after Zona and Mane got married. Set in in a small town call to come meet his father Nikola. Đorđe believes his father to Milošević - in the South of Serbia and Belgrade between 1905. and 1908, be dead, but he still decides to go. He leaves for Montenegro, Contact - the film deals with jealousy, envy, gossip, and greed which strain meeting Lola on the way, a young kite surfer and daughter of a Miroslav Mitić Contact Zona and Mane’s perfect marriage. The dramatic development police inspector. Meanwhile, Nikola arrives to Montenegro after [email protected] Iva Vukmirović (VisionTeam) intertwined with background characters; introduce comedic years of being in prison in Trieste, to get the diamonds he had [email protected] elements to this romantic melodrama. robbed years ago. www.visionteam.rs RUNNING TIME 101 min Premiere DATE 5. 3. 2017.

Directed by Luka Bursać Screenplay Luka Bursać Produced by Afterparty Ljuti Bicikl (Serbia), Mashina & Zec (Serbia) Afterparti Cast Rade Ćosić, Nikola Šurbanović, Jana Milosavljević, Marko-Mare is a hero of our time, devoid of a moral compass, Lidija Vukićević unfocused, seemingly ready to do anything to make his dream come true and become famous. While awaiting fame, he works - Contact as a bartender, completely resigning himself to a hedonist and Ljuti bicikl somewhat self-destructive lifestyle. In his almost desperate [email protected] endeavor to rekindle his acting career, desiring fame which seems www.mashinaizec.com to constantly elude his grasp, Mare neglects that which he has. WWW.FCS.RS In production 24 25

RUNNING TIME 108 min premiere DATE 25. 4. 2016. & post- Directed by Marko Kostić Screenplay Vladislava Vojnović production Out of the Woods Produced by Luks film (Serbia), R IE S 2017 DO CUM ENTA Gustav film (Slovenia) Kozje uši Cast Gorica Popović, Slobodan Ćustić, Milica Spasojević, Nikola Kojo Stojanka lives in a small village in Banat. As with all her compatriots, her circumstances are wretched – a daily struggle - Contact to scrape out an existence and an even worse struggle to make Luks film sense of such a life. At one point in her past, Stojanka – like the [email protected] country in which she lives – stood at a crossroads and took the www.luksfilm.com wrong turn. Now, she is determined not to cry over spilt milk. RUNNING TIME N/A RUNNING TIME N/A STATUS post-production STATUS post-production

Directed by Marina Radmilac Directed by Screenplay Lazar Bodroža Strike Lucicki Screenplay Marina Radmilac Dimitrije Vojnov Produced by Alexander Produced by Ederlezi Rising Satibara (Serbia) Mir Media Group (Serbia) Cast Aleksandar Cast Ederlezi rising Strike Lucicki, Denis Lavant, Stoya, Sebastian Cavazza George Ilich, Dušan Vesić Alexander is an expat returning to Belgrade for the restitution of - Ederlezi Corporation recruits Milutin, a Slav cosmonaut trained - Contact his family’s property and with an intent of adapting Shakespeare’s in the newly reformed futuristic Soviet Union and partners him Contact Mir Media Group Richard III into an opera. Although feeling strangely displaced from up with him with Nimani, a female android programmed to fulfill Marina Radmilac [email protected] [email protected] his surroundings, he keeps pursuing the project with maniacal drive. www.ederlezi.org whatever Milutin desires. Bored by an endless succession of He gradually becomes aware of the sinister manipulations of his different sexual games and pre-programmed behaviors, Milutin psychiatrist, who encircles him with doppelganger agents. As the decides to reboot Nimani and make her work only based on pressure mounts, he faces a mental breakdown. custom settings generated from experiences with him. WWW.FCS.RS

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Directed by Directed by Kosta Ristić Dejan Zečević Screenplay Screenplay pr od uc tion t-

Kosta Ristić Đorđe Milosavljević s Bandits in Search of Mom Produced by OFFenders Produced by Faculty of Dramatic Arts (Serbia), Biberche (Serbia) Banditi u potrazi za mamom Cinnamon Production (Serbia), Cast Platforma (Serbia) Izgrednici Radovan Vujović, Marta Bjelica, Cast Mladen Sovilj, Svetozar Cvetković Kristijan Garip, Sunita Garip, Edin Arifi,E mran Garip - A mother has abandoned her children, and now this group of Three young people are systematically committing acts of in pr od uc tion & p o “bandits” are growing up on the streets of Belgrade. One evening, vandalism in different parts of Belgrade. Soon we discover that Contact - Nikolina V. Zečević (Biberche) during one of the adventures, they get caught by the police and the trio is filming, watching these locations around the clock, Contact [email protected] are sent to the youth detention centre. Kristijan, the only one who trying to prove a sociological equation, as a part of their Master Miloš Ivanović (Platforma) www.biberche.com managed to escape the arrest, has to find a way to get the others thesis at the Faculty of Philosophy. The story reveals the students [email protected] out of there – he embarks on a journey to find his mom. have failed to maintain the required distance from their own project. It drew them in more than they could have ever expected. RUNNING TIME 88 min RUNNING TIME 90 min status post-production status post-production

Directed by Dragan Pešikan Directed by Screenplay Miloš Pušić Dragan Pešikan Screenplay Produced by Ivan Knežević 3K Production (Serbia) The F#@king Dog Dušan Spasojevič Working Class Heroes Cast Miloš Pušić Srđan Žika Todorović, Nina Seničar, Prokleti pas Produced by Heroji radničke klase Jelena Galović, Maja Lukić Altertise (Serbia) Cast Jasna Đuričić, Boris Isaković, - Usually it is us who choose the dog, but sometimes the dog The Professor and a group of illegal construction workers, left Contact Stefan Beronja, Aleksandar Đurica chooses us. By choosing one dog, Aleksandra, Jovana and Marija without money and basic rights, try to fight their bosses by Dragan Pešikan (3K Production) come into conflict with a criminal gang led by Sergej, a ruthless all means at their disposal. Their bosses are building a huge [email protected] - dealer. Aleksandra’s American ID and her fiancee’s FBI pass lead Contact “Potemkin’s village” intending to steal money from a development the criminals to mistake this for an international operation, and Miloš Pušić (Altertise) fund. As they are approaching the deadline the stakes increase. since the local cops are corrupt, the three girls are left with no [email protected] What was once a simple construction job becomes a fight for life choice but to take matters in their own hands. [email protected] and death.

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RUNNING TIME 90 min status in production

Directed by Ognjen Glavonić Screenplay pr od uc tion t-

Ognjen Glavonić s The Load Produced by Non-Aligned Films (Serbia), Cinéma Defacto (France), Teret Kinorama (Croatia)

Photo: Stefan Đorđević Stefan Photo: Cast Leon Lučev, Pavle Čemerikić, Tamara Krcunović, Ivan Lučev During the NATO bombing of Serbia in 1999, Vlada gets a new in pr od uc tion & p o job. As a freezer truck driver, his mission is to transport heavy - load across the country, from Kosovo to Belgrade, without Contact stopping. He is driving through unfamiliar territory and the Stefan Ivančić (Non-Aligned Films) consequences of the bombing are visible everywhere around. [email protected] Vlada does not know what the load in the back of the truck is, but his cargo slowly becomes his burden. 30 WWW.FCS.RS Still to c ome 31 DOCUMENTARIES 2017 running time 100 min (expected) RUNNING TIME 90 min (expected) status status filming funding in 2017, shooting in early 2018.

Directed by Dragan Marinković Directed by Screenplay Ana Maria Rossi Dragan Marinković Screenplay Produced by Ana Maria Rossi, Ajvar Marebo (Serbia), Leeches Maja Todorović Zillion Film (Serbia), Produced by Ajvar Inter Film (Croatia), Pijavice Biberche (Serbia), Pank Film (Republic of Macedonia) Artikulacija (Montenegro), Cast Small Moves (Republic of Nikola Đuričko, Lazar Ristovski, Vida and Bane are a married couple. They are about forty-years-old. Literary writer Petar Mirić expresses views which are in opposition Macedonia) Marijana Janković, Iva Mihalić They have been together for a long time. They live in the Sweden to the principles of the current political regime at the time of a Cast and come to Serbia during the summer vacation and holidays. huge socio-political crisis in Serbia. A close encounter with the Nataša Ninković, - Sergej Trifunović Vida is a translator and Bane a computer programmer, they earn Contact state security apparatus plunges him into a life marked by paranoia enough money to live a decent life. They have no children. We are Zillion film and a search for truth. - witnessing the last days of a relationship, a marriage which has [email protected] Contact been used up, people whose life together is at an end. www.zillionfilm.com Nikolina V. Zečević (Biberche) [email protected]

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status in preproduction RUNNING TIME n/a running time n/a status pre-production o m e

Directed by Directed by Predrag Gaga Antonijević

Srdan Golubović Screenplay c till to s Screenplay Nataša Drakulić, Father Srdan Golubović Soldier’s Lullaby Predrag Gaga Antonijević Ognjen Sviličić Produced by Produced by Komuna (Serbia), Otac Film House Baš Čelik (Serbia), Zaspanka za vojnike Film Danas (Serbia),

Srdan Golubović, the director Golubović, Srdan Neue Mediopolis GMBH (Germany), Dandelon Productions Inc. (USA) ASAP Films (France), Cast Father is a story of a man who gets his children taken away from Propeler Film (Croatia), Stevan Jakovljević, a biology teacher and World War I veteran Nebojša Glogovac, Branislav Lečić him because of his poverty, It’s a story about a loser, a cast out Pro.ba (Bosnia), who fought for the Serbian army, arrives to the celebration of the Vertigo (Slovenia) - and humiliated man who, through his journey, walking from his twentieth anniversary of the end of the war and the opening of an Cast Contact village in the south of Serbia to the capital, from one end of the ossuary in the village where he used to be stationed with his first N/A Maksa Ćatović (Komuna) country to the other, out of protest, dignity and his wish to make company, the Fifth Artillery Battery. There he encounters only the [email protected] a point to himself and others, out of desperation – becomes a - aged Commander, and through their flashbacks we see the fate of hero. Contact the Fifth Battery which was disbanded in that very village. Jelena Mitrović (Baš Čelik) [email protected] www.bascelik.net RUNNING TIME 100 min (expected) RUNNING TIME 90-100 min (expected) status pre-production status pre-production

Directed by Directed by Miloš Avramović Stefan Arsenijević Screenplay Screenplay Miloš Avramović, Stefan Arsenijević, Petar Mihajlović South Wind Nicolas Ducray, Strahinja Produced by Bojan Vuletić Eye to Eye d.o.o. (Serbia) Južni vetar Produced by Strahinja Banović Art&Popcorn Motion Picture

Cast the director A rsenijević, Stefan Miloš Biković, Predrag Miki Company (Serbia), Manojlović, Bogdan Diklić, Surprise Alley (France), Things are just beginning to make sense in the life of Petar Maraš, Strahinja, a 22-year-old migrant from Ghana, does his best to Srđan Todorović Just Saying’ Films (France) a car thief from Belgrade. He leaves his parents’ home and moves integrate in Serbia. He works hard to get the asylum, volunteers for Cast into a new apartment with his longtime girlfriend Sofija. The crew the Red Cross, tries to make money in the black market, struggles - N/A Contact he is a member of, led by the experienced “Tzar” is doing real well. to survive in the Refugee Camp. But his greatest fight is to win Goran Šušljik (Eye to Eye) There’s enough money for everyone and the police is off their - back the woman he loves. Even if it means risking everything he’s [email protected] backs. But all that will change when he steals the wrong car. Contact got. Miroslav Mogorović (Art&Popcorn) [email protected] www.artandpopcorn.com WWW.FCS.RS

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RUNNING TIME N/A RUNNING TIME 100 min (expected) status pre-production, status SHOOTING BEGINS IN JULY 2017 SHOOTING BEGINS IN MAY 2017 o m e

Directed by Directed by

Miroslav Terzić Raško Miljković c till to s Screenplay Screenplay Stitches Elma Tataragić The Witch Hunters Marko Manojlović, Produced by Miloš Krečković Šavovi West End Production (Serbia) Zlogonje Produced by Cast Akcija produkcija (Serbia) N/A Cast Mihajlo Milavić, Silma Mahmuti, Ana’s routine is interrupted when she accidentally finds out that - Jovan, a 10 year-old boy born with cerebral palsy, has created a Jelena Đokić, Bojan Žirović her baby boy who allegedly died minutes after the birth 17 years Contact fantasy world as a means of escaping reality. His comfy routine is Miroslav Terzić - ago is still alive, as she has suspected all those years. While she upset by a friendship with a girl called Milica. She slowly breaks [email protected] Contact is obsessed with the search, her family is falling apart, but Ana down the wall Jovan has built around himself to guard against West End Production, Jovana Karaulić cannot stop now until the truth is out. Her sister enters the frame, emotional damage and invites him to an adventure – they have [email protected] [email protected] helping Ana track down the whereabouts of the boy who is now a to free her father from the clutches of Milica’s stepmother, whom teenager and lives in a nearby town outside Belgrade. Milica believes is a witch and has put a spell on him. RUNNING TIME N/A status pre-production, SHOOTING BEGINS IN AUGUST 2017

Directed by Maša Nešković Screenplay Maša Nešković, Three Territories of Summer Vladimir Arsenijević Produced by Tri teritorije leta This and That Productions (Serbia) Cast Daria Lorenci Flatz, A little girl and a little boy spend the final days of summer Mira Janjetović, Mladen Sovilj seemingly carefree… A girl and a boy meet by listening to each other through thin walls of their building. A mutual interest - Contact develops, the young man is beset by an inexplicable feeling that he Snežana Penev (This and That has met her before… A woman and a man separate after 20 years Productions) of marriage. They both try to get on, but the relationship they have [email protected] built does not allow them to move forward. www.thisandthat.rs WWW.FCS.RS Minority 36 37 coproductions R IE S 2017 DO CUM ENTA RUNNING TIME N/A RUNNING TIME 85 min (expected) status FILMING STAtus post-production

Directed by Directed by Barbara Vekarić Miha Mazzini Screenplay Screenplay Barbara Vekarić Miha Mazzini Produced by Aleksi Produced by Erased Studio Dim (Croatia), Gustav Film (Slovenia), FilmKombajn (Serbia) Aleksi Kinorama (Croatia), Izbrisana Cast Delirium (Serbia) Tihana Lazović, Neda Arnerić, Cast Aljoša Vučković, Goran Marković Judita Franković, Jernej Šugman, Charming and outspoken 24-year old woman named Aleksi, On 26th February 1992 the Interior Ministry of the Republic of Marko Mandič, Izudin Bajrović who after years of studying in the capital, comes back to her Slovenia erased 25,671 of its own nationals. The majority of those - hometown on the peninsula Pelješac, under the roof of her strict erased still have no legal status... Ana gives birth in local hospital Contact - Gordan Kičić mother Nataša and jokester father Vati. Her main focus is to find Contact and everything goes well. But there is a problem: she’s not on the [email protected] something that she can do to make a living, but she soon starts Petra Vidmar (Gustav Film) computer files. She is erased! Ana is suddenly a foreigner, even an affair with a local musician. [email protected] though she spent all of her life in Slovenia. Legally, she doesn’t www.gustavfilm.si exist. So, her child can go for an adaption. WWW.FCS.RS

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RUNNING TIME 92 min RUNNING TIME 108 min status post-production status COMPLETED

Directed by Directed by Nikola Mijović, Miha Knifić Vlastimir Sudar Screenplay

Screenplay Miha Knifić, o pr od uc tion s Borders, Raindrops Nikola Mijović, Perseverance Klavdija Zupan, Vlastimir Sudar Marjan Alcevski, Produced by Tamara Doneva

Granice, kiše Istrajnost m ino r it y c Balkan Kino (BiH/Serbia), Produced by Montenegro Max Film Nukleus Film (Slovenia), (Montenegro) This and That Productions (Serbia) A city girl, Jagoda, visits her extended family in the Balkan Cast Perseverance consists of 15 stories inspired by true events and Cast countryside during the summer, awakening hope, love, and the Kristina Stevović, Vahidin Prelić, characters from all over the world. The events are not formally Daniela Zatler, Nataša Ivanuš Robert Budak, Vejo Kasalica Čuček, Teja Britovšek, Matjaž Biber sense of mystery. The story unfolds in a recently fragmented linked, but together they form a broader narrative. The stories space, on the borders of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro take place worldwide, both in the past and present. - - and Croatia, and is mirrored in the narrative structure of the Contact Contact film, which is broken in two halves and an epilogue. The ghostly Vlastimir Sudar (Balkan Kino) Siniša Jurić (Nukleus Film) presence of the young woman creates a connection across the [email protected] [email protected]; newly formed borders. Snežana Penev (This and That Productions), [email protected] RUNNING TIME 85 min RUNNING TIME N/A status post-production status development

Directed by Directed by Igor Ivanov Marija Džidževa Screenplay Screenplay Igor Ivanov, Ognen Georgievski Zanina Mircevska, Sugar Kid Produced by Sacrifice Philip LaZebnik Small Moves (Republic of Produced by Šećerno dete Macedonia), Žrtva Skopje Film Studio (Republic of Biberche (Serbia) Macedonia), Cast Art&Popcorn Motion Picture Mirjana Karanović, Daniela Ivanoska, Company (Serbia), Three stories, about three women who live in the same building, Marko the Candy Man, in order to make little Marija happy, creates Natalija Teodosievska, Jordančo Audiovideo Orpheus (Bulgaria) interwoven together to create a kaleidoscopic observation of a boy made of sugar. Sugar Kid inspires desire, and desire brings Čevreski Cast the experience of being a mother, and the self-sacrifice that one evil about, which must be destroyed. Sugar Kid becomes a hero... N/A Contact gives to the world, by bringing life into it at the same time. The Nikolina V. Zečević (Biberche) stories take place during the nihilistic period, on the edge of a - [email protected] civil war that almost started in Macedonia in 2001, and express the Contact www.biberche.com psychosis, and the pressure that common people lived through Tomi Salkovski (Skopje Film Studio) during those days. [email protected] Miroslav Mogorović (Art&Popcorn)

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RUNNING TIME N/A RUNNING TIME 99 min status post-production status post-production

Directed by Directed by Ivana Mladenović Jan Cvitkovič Screenplay Screenplay

Ivana Mladenović, Jan Cvitkovič o pr od uc tion s Soldiers. A Story from Ferentari Adrian Schiop The Basics of Killing Produced by Produced by Perfo (Slovenia), HiFilm (Romania), Frakas Pilon Media doo (Serbia)

Vojnici, priča iz Ferentarija Naša porodica m ino r it y c Productions (Belgium), Cast Film House Baš Čelik (Serbia) Primož Vrhovec, Irena Kovačević, Cast Miha Košec, Ula Gulič Adi, a young anthropologist recently left by his girlfriend, moves Adrian Șchiop, Vasile Pavel The Gradniks are a happy family: Marko is a high school teacher to Ferentari, the poorest neighborhood in Bucharest, with the and his wife, Dunja, is a chemical engineer, they have two children. World sales - Tijana Višnjić (Soul Food Films and desire of writing a study on the pop music of Roma community. One day, one of Marko’s students unexpectedly confesses her love Contact Distribution) While researching his subject, he meets Alberto, a Roma ex- for him and Marko is fired on the grounds of sexual harassment. Ada Solomon (HiFilm) [email protected] convict who promises Adi to help him. Soon, the two begin a Then, although her boss regrets it, Dunja is let go from her job as [email protected] romance in which Adi feeds Alberto with improbable plans of www.hifilm.ro well. This is the beginning of the road downhill: jobs are scarce; escaping poverty and Alberto reciprocates with well-concocted their savings are gone, the bills are piling up. phrases of love. RUNNING TIME 80 min status post-production, to premiere in August 2017.

Directed by Elmir Jukić Screenplay Pjer Žalica The Frog Produced by Refresh Production (BiH), Žaba Skopje Film Studio (Republic of Macedonia), Living Pictures (Serbia), Zeko, a barber and an ex-fighter, calls his brother Braco and his Propeler film (Croatia) friend Švaba to visit him for Eid al-Adha with the idea to use the Cast festive occasion to point out to his brother, a gambler and an Emir Hadžihafizbegović, Aleksandar Seksan, Mirsad Tuka, alcoholic, the errors of his ways. Braco does not want to listen and Moamer Kasumović after a huge fight he leaves in anger. Švabo suggest that he should seek out help. It arrives with Muki, who calls upon Braco to choose - life and come play football with his friends. Contact Refresh Production

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RUNNING TIME N/A AWARDED status post-production AT 45TH FEST

Directed by Vladimir Blaževski Screenplay - NATIONAL Vladimir Blaževski R IE S 2017 DO CUM ENTA Produced by The Year Of The Monkey Punk Film (Republic of Macedonia), Kiselo dete (Serbia), Godina majmuna COMPETITION Strup Produkcija (Slovenia), Infinity Production (Kosovo*) Cast The two main protagonists of this black comedy are Tsobe, a Igor Angelov, Marija Kohn, SELECTION poor warden at the Zoo in Skopje and the chimpanzee Coco, Bereda Reshit, Peter Elliot inhabitant at the same Zoo. The simple story tangles up with

- Coco’s escape from “captivity to freedom”. Tsobe, because of the Contact general economic crisis and poverty, gets fired from his job but he Darko Popov also receives a promise that he would be taken back to work if he [email protected] manages to track down and bring back the fugitive.

*Under UNSC Resolution 1244 44 WWW.FCS.RS Jury Prize –Wind Best Direction -BojanVuletić Best Screenplay -BojanVuletić Belgrade Best FilmAward -Requiem for Mrs.J. Best DebutFilm–A Best Female Performance -MirjanaKaranović Best MalePerformance -LazarRistovski fterparty national selectionSerbian Film Diary, The Samurai inAutumn, Incarnation, AlltheCitiesof theNorthandWind. the BerlinFilmFestival. T (second feature oftalented BojanVuletić). T Afterparty (directed by up-and-comingLuka Bursać) andRequiemfor Mrs.J. directed by BojanVuletić, produced by NenadDukić.p21‑ Belgrade Best FilmAward -Requiem for Mrs.J. directed by T Jury Prize -Wind for Requiem for Mrs.J. p21 Best Direction -BojanVuletić for Requiem for Mrs.J. p21 Best Screenplay -BojanVuletić for Requiem for Mrs.J. p21 Best Female Performance -MirjanaKaranović for T Best MalePerformance -LazarRistovski directed by Luka Bursaćp22 Best DebutFilm –A T T Serbian Filmprogramme, two ofwhichhadanational premiere at 45 Seven Serbianfilms were selected to compete withintheframework ofthe Serbian Film. competition festival withfour competition selections,includingnational selection coming ofagemany generations offilm fans. In2015,ES F in SerbiaandapillarofBelgrade’s cultural life, anindispensablepartofthe International FilmFestival -FEST –evolved into themost importantfilm festival Envisioned asanannualreview ofthebest filmsoftheseason, Belgrade of January1971 inDomSindikata, withthescreening ofRobert Altman’s Mash. he first FES he winnersof45 rain Driver’s Diaryp15 T amara Drakulić. p19 , undertheslogan“ fterparty he otherfilmsinthe competition were: Train’s Driver A Brave New World” was openedonthe9 th FES he latter haditspremiere several at T T becameanofficial v th FEST: th

45 FILMS AWARDED AT 45th FEST - NATIONAL COMPETITION SELECTION 46 WWW.FCS.RS FILM ES AND SHOR DOCUMENTARY 64 A FILMS W TH ARDED AT BEL GRADE TIV T AL 47 DOCUMENTARIES 2017 Running time: 5 min

Produced by: Film i Ton Directed by: Krunoslav Jović Contact: [email protected] Bon Voyage [email protected]

Sretan put A group of enthusiasts is hard at work on a joint project: an animated film about Icarus which is Running time: 16 min to be shown in a packed theatre. But not all is going according to plan... Produced by: Faculty of Dramatic Arts, Belgrade Directed by: Siniša Galić Grand Prix – Animated film Cast: Radoje Čupić, Mugdim Avdagić, Nenad Okanović AWARDS Contact: [email protected] Mihajlo and Hamdija, an Orthodox and a Muslim cleric, live in neighboring villages in Bosnia in the aftermath of war. The two of them meet Fliposcope on a bus ride, but no one wants to speak first, Fliposkop though they know each other. WWW.FCS.RS

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Produced by: Restart Produced by: Roremachine, Beogradski festival Directed by: Dane Komljen, James Lattimer cveća

: [email protected] : Milan Popović

Contact Directed by AL Ivana Marić Malinović TI V A Handful of Stones Two seemingly unrelated points in the develop- Only Girls Cry Contact: [email protected] / [email protected] GR ADE Kamen u ruci ment of Brasilia: the dream of St. Don Bosco as Samo devojčice plaču the foundation of a megalopolis and a shanty A group of authors which surprised the public town built by his workers in which they lived with their film Our Belgrade Waterfront in 2016, T F IL M E S ACID TRIP Friday 19th, 4pm, Alexandre III with their families. Running time: 23 min now has another gift for their fellow citizens, Running time: 14 min with a new message – take part in our city’s Produced by: Propaganda Film, development. 64 T H B EL A R DED AT SENSE Production W Produced by: Film House Kiselo Dete Grand Prix – Experimental film Directed by: Vladimir Milovanović Directed by: Stefan Ivančić Cast: Andrej Lukić, Đorđe Branković, Lola Vi- Cast: Ognjen Zlatić, Dubravka Kovjanić, Igor Special Award – Animated film F IL MS A tasović, Milica Stefanović Benčina : [email protected] Contact AND SH O R RY DO CUM ENTA Contact: [email protected]

It is 1989 in Yugoslavia and class elections for Ivica is a 11-year old boy who spends his days 10 year old students of a school are being held. with friends, wandering the unexplored land- All Still Orbit Boban wins the vote. Our City scape of the industrial sprawl he lives in. He is bitter and upset because he has found out that Sve, još uvek, u orbiti Naš grad his parents are getting separated. Grand Prix – Short film

Best Director Award 50 WWW.FCS.RS shor t s 51 DOCUMENTARIES 2017 Running time: 4 min Running time: 15 min

Produced by: Black Factory Cinema, Platforma Produced by: Faculty of Dramatic Arts, Belgrade Directed by: Kosta Ristić Directed by: Nemanja Ćeranić Narrator: Daissy Pérez Ospina Cast: Igor Benčina, Branislav Lečić Co-Drivers Contact: [email protected] If I Had it My Way I Would Contact: [email protected]

Suvozači Two homelands have I, Cuba and the night... Never Leave In this short based on a story by Stephen King, a The film was created in the Cuban film school journalist decides to blow the lid off a conspiracy ACID TRIP Friday 19th, 4pm, Alexandre III Running time: 21 min Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión and avenge his brother’s death. (EICTV) as a part of the “Filming in Cuba with Running time: 21 min Produced by: Faculty of Dramatic Arts, Belgrade Werner Herzog” workshop. Festivals: Grossmann, Night Visions, Cinedays, Directed by: Ognjen Isailović Skomrahi, FRKA Produced by: studAVP Cast: Draginja Voganjac, Marko Baćović, Marko Directed by: Marko Grba Singh Vasiljević Cast: Abdul Akin, Hamza Amash Contact: [email protected] Contact: [email protected]

Returning from a family dinner, Luka wants to use th ACID TRIP Friday 19 , 4pm, Alexandre III Abdul & Hamza, two Somali immigrants, are the intimate space of the car for an important hiding in an abandoned house in the mountains conversation with his parents. Since they do not near Serbo-Romanian border. want to listen to him, he will begin accelerating... Two Homelands In the Deathroom

Dos patrias Festivals: Cottbus FF, Carthage FF, Antarctis FF, Soba smrti Festivals: Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Filmschoolfest Munich

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Directed by: Lee Filipovski Cast: Ivana Vuković, Milica Trifunović, Milica t Cast: Tamara Krcunović, Srđan Miletić, Helena Stefanović, Nikola Rakočević, Jovana Belović Emergency Exit Jakovljević Nobody Here Contact: [email protected] sh o r Izlaz u slučaju opasnosti Contact: [email protected] Nema nikog [email protected]

ACID TRIP Friday 19th, 4pm, Alexandre III On the eve of her moving to Canada, 10-year old Jana says goodbye to her band members, Running time: 20 min Ljubica wins a huge teddy bear named Fluffy in friends, ex-girlfriend and her family. She’s going Running time: 15 min a contest. The toy causes much confusion and away to have her sex change. Produced by: Faculty of Dramatic Arts, Belgrade completely messes up the family’s travel plans. Directed by: Jelena Gavrilović Produced by: Collapse Films Festivals: Locarno FF, Sarajevo IFF, Toronto IFF, Cast: Teodora Janković, Igor Benčina, Miodrag Directed by: Vladimir Tagić Festivals: Toronto International Film Festival, Premiers Plans FF, Merlinka, IFF Rotterdam Dragičević Cast: Marko Baćović, Marko Panajotović, Bora Aspen Shorts Contact: [email protected] Nenić, Bane Zeremski Contact: [email protected] Sara, a 17-year old daughter of a rich man who ACID TRIP Friday 19th, 4pm, Alexandre III has no time for her, is obsessed with her ex- Several seemingly mundane and non-connected boyfriend Sergej. With her father absent, she situations paint a portrait of our absurd Fluffy looks for emotinal stability in her bodyguard Transition everyday existence. Flafi Dušan. Tranzicija Festivals: ISFF - Clermont-Ferrand, Munich IFF, Festivals: Kustendorf, Belgrade Documentary Cinema City, Golden Knight IFF and Short Film Festival TOP 10 DOMESTICAL TOP 10 THEATRICAL RELEASES IN SERBIA IN 2016 RELEASES IN SERBIA IN 2016 (January 1st - December 31st 2016) (January 1st - December 31st 2016)

Title Country Distributor Release date Admissions Gross box o†ce* Title Country Distributor Release date Admissions Gross box o”ce*

Herd Serbia Con Film 23 Nov 157,207 56,096,812 Herd Serbia Con Film 23 Nov 157,207 56,096,812 WWW.FCS.RS The Samurai In Autumn Serbia Taramount 6 Oct 140,949 50,247,987 Ice age: Collision Course USA MCF 14 Jul 130,413 50,872,115

Military Academy 3: Serbia Art Vista 11 Oct 103,811 31,068,279 The Samurai In Autumn Serbia Taramount 6 Oct 140,949 50,247,987 The New Begining 54 55 Santa Maria della Salute Serbia Art Vista 22 Dec 48,947 15,837,929 Secret Life of Pets USA Taramount 11 Aug 109,736 42,761,661

Double Trouble Serbia Art Vista 17 Mar 52,008 14,913,641 Deadpool USA MCF 11 Feb 111,204 40,290,020

Train Driver's Diary Serbia Art Vista 15 Sep 17,415 5,486,609 Warcraft: The Beginning USA Taramount 2 Jun 87,364 39,645,927

Humidity Serbia MCF 3 Mar 12,021 4,340,292 Suicide Squad USA Blitz 4 Aug 77,947 33,999,491

The Black Pin Montenegro/Serbia Fame Solution 15 Dec 8,775 3,704,834 Military Academy 3: Serbia Art Vista 11 Oct 103,811 31,068,279 The New Beginning S E IN RB IA in 2016 Name: Dobrica, Serbia Film Star 2 Nov 4,178 1,256,506 Batman v Superman USA Blitz 24 Mar 65,225 29,890,866 Surname: Unknown

The High Sun Croatia/Serbia MCF 24 Mar 3,034 974,150 Revenant USA MCF 21 Jan 69,005 28,432,943

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Althoughitis illusion, we have in mind the simple fact that box office data naturally says nothing although it creates an illusion of supremacy of local film. When we say it is an T Collision Course (130,413). Serbian film,Samurai inAutumn (140,949) andthethird place was heldby Ice age: was once again heldby a Serbianfilm.Herd withits 157,207 viewers beat another Last year, which should come as no surprise, the top box office position in Serbia his order iswithoutadoubtmotivating and encouraging for SerbianFilmindustry fter all,thetop 10box office list ismadeupof representatives from only two film he ratio ofthree Serbianfilms to seven U.S. films E ditor-in-Chief, FilmCenter Serbia Miroljub Stojanović, 57 58 WWW.FCS.RS communication withdifferent typesofaudience. important goalofthis festival isto establish highquality authors andto stimulate domestic filmproduction. Another is to promote European feature documentaryfilmsand students andyoung filmmakers. T series ofmeetingsandmaster classes aimedprimarilyat with thepublic.T T Non-competitive Film genre: European feature documentaryfilm Contact: Zoran andSvetlana Popović –festival directors www.kvadrat-film.com Website: www.magnificent7festival.org E-mail: [email protected] T CVK Kvadrat, Niška 3,11000Belgrade, Serbia February 1st –7th2017 FESTIVAL EUROPEAN FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FILM 13th THEMAGNIFICIENT 7 Belgrade, Serbia is renowned director EmirKusturica. the bandsfrom allover theworld. T complemented withthemusicprogram andperformances of held by famous directors. T organizes educational program –workshops for students colleagues. Alongwiththefilmscreenings, the festival dedicated to young directors andtheirolderestablished Kustendorf isanon-commercial film author’s festival Competitive for student films Contact: NanaKusturica –festival coordinator Website: kustendorf-filmandmusicfestival.org E-mail: [email protected] T Milorada Mitrovića 15,11000Belgrade, Serbia Rasta International January 14th-19th2017 10th KUSTENDORF FILM&MUSICFESTIVAL Mokra Gora, Mećavnik, Serbia SERBIA FES FILM el/fax: +38111244 6680 el /fax: +3811124 31505 he festival isattended by filmmakers open to discussion TIV he festival serves asaframework for a ALS IN he festival evenings are he mission ofthefestival he founder ofthefestival “T and Best debutaward - Juryprize: Best director, Best script,Best actress, Best actor - Belgrade Victor for best film program “Maincompetition program” awards -international competition Prizes: – selector Contacts: Jugoslav Pantelić –artistic director; MladenĐorđević Website: www.fest.rs E-mail: [email protected] T Ilije Garašanina 24, 11000Belgrade, Serbia CEBF February 24th –March 5th2017 – FEST 45th BELGRADE INTERNATIONAL FILMFESTIVAL Belgrade ,Serbia T foreign students. T the goalto screen thebest shortfilmsmade by Serbianand International Student’s FilmFestival NAO Competitive Festival genre: Shortfeature, documentaryandanimated Contact: MihajloVulović –festival director Website: www.naos.pbf.rs E-mail: [email protected] T Mije Kovačevića 11b, 11000Belgrade, Serbia Faculty ofOrthodox T University ofBelgrade February 20th–24th 2017 “NAOS” 1st INTERNATIONAL STUDENT’S FILMFESTIVAL Belgrade, Serbia and for thebest Euro-Mediterranean film “Fedora” award –for the best film from thenational competition program “Milutin Čolić” award –for thebest director from theSerbian “NebojšaĐukelić” award -for thebest filmfrom the region - Specialmention - For thebest feature filmintheprogram films “T and Best debutaward -Jury prize: Best director, Best script,Best actress, Best actor - Belgrade Victor for best film el/fax: +381113346946 el: +381112762 732, +381112762 958 heology inBelgrade. he Frontiers” award -subversive, controversial andarthouse he SerbianFilm”awards -national competition program he founder ofthefestival istheFaculty of heology S isestablished with Festival. their Yugoslav/Serbian andoften, regional premiere at the relevant international filmscreenings, whichhave had date, FES have theopportunityto beshown inlocalcinemas.T as for allrelevant authorsandworks that would never openness for filmsfrom allpartsofthe world, as well An importantfeature ofFES and new currents, values andmovements incinema. balance between filmsmade by recognized filmmakers FES - Honorary Belgrade Victor - Belgrade Victor for outstanding contribution to filmart FES T Competitive Film genre: Documentary Contact: Živomir ŽicaMihajlović - festival director [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Mob: +3816525230 Karadjordjeva bb, 11320Velika Plana, Serbia Cultural Center “Masuka” UG Planaart Cinematography andTVproduction “Šumadijafilm” 28th April2017 “ZLATNA BUKLIJA” 12th DOCUMENTARY FILMFESTIVAL Velika Plana,Serbia competition andspecialPrograms. approximately 150 filmsinitsnational and international fiction filmsinoneplace. Eachyear, thefestival screens current documentary, experimental, animated andshort event intheBalkans where audience canseethebest Documentary andShortFilmFestival isalmost theonly One oftheoldest European festivals, Belgrade Competitive experimental filmsinnational andinternational programs Film genre: Documentary, animated, shortfictionand Contact: BobanJevtić -artistic director Website: www.martovski.rs E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +381113222226 T Makedonska 22/IV, 11000Belgrade, Serbia Belgrade Youth House March 30th–April2nd2017 DOCUMENTARY ANDSHORTFILMFESTIVAL) 64th MARCHFESTIVAL (BELGRADE Belgrade, Serbia el: +381113220127 he A T isafestival offestivals, whichtriesto strike theright T A udience A W T boasts four millionvisitors andalmost 4000 ARD S ward T for decades has beenits o documentary workshops for young directors andstudents. of Creative Europe, aswell asBeldocsPro, creative Beldocs FilmMarket, co-funded by theMEDIAsubprogram its peculiarities.10theditionofthefestival alsoincludes that findsanchorage andinspiration inhistorical life and and respect ofthisspecific way ofartistic expression promoting audience involvement, knowledge, understanding world, encouraging theproduction ofthisfilmgenre, and prominent documentaryfilmproduction from all over the film inSerbia,through presenting thecurrent andmost BELDOCS ispromoting andadvancing documentary T Competitive Film genre: Documentaryfilm Contact: MladenVušurović –artdirector andmainproducer Website: www.beldocs.rs E-mail: [email protected] T Nušićeva 6/4, 11000Belgrade, Serbia May 8th-15th2017 FILM FESTIVAL BELGRADE INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY 10th BELDOCS Belgrade, Serbia Municipality andtheT is administrative, economic andcultural centre ofthe animated andfictionfilms from around the world. Prokuplje with thebest from thefieldofdocumentary, experimental, youngest film festivals inSerbia.T Prokuplje ShortFilmFestival, founded in2011, isamongthe Competitive experimental films(under30minutes) Film genre: Documentary, animated, shortfeature and Contact: ŽikicaJovanović -festival director E-mail: [email protected] Mob: +38163 8130714 Bate Stefanovića 115,18400Prokuplje, Serbia Prokuplje shortfilm festival May 4th-7th2017 6th PROKUPLJE SHORTFILMFESTIVAL Prokuplje, Serbia competing for theGrand Prix. of thefestival, theaudience votes onthebest shortmovies unique way ofcinematic expression. Ontheclosingevent and authorsto create and foster documentaryfilms,asa T el: +38111324 8873 he mission oftheInternational Documentary FilmFestival he aimofthefestival isto encourage production companies oplica region. he audience ispresented 59 Film festivals in serbia 60 WWW.FCS.RS Pančićeva 14,11000Belgrade, Serbia Hendi centar Koloseum October 10th–12th 2017 FOR ANDBY PEOPLEWITHDISABILITIES FESTIVAL 8th BELGRADE INTERNATIONAL FILM Belgrade, Serbia and promoted musicbooks. being developed. T presenting themusicdocumentaryprojects that are still Another interesting festival segmentisWork inProgress, program presents theaudience withtheforeign productions. within thecompetitive program, whilethenon-competitive first film festival ofthat genre inSerbia.Films are ascreened growingly populargenre ofmusicdocumentaries.T cult musicgenres, bands,andmusiciansbutalsowiththe T Competitive international, national Film genre: Musicdocumentaries director Contact: Sandra Rančić-artdirector, IgorT Facebook: www.facebook.com/doknritam/ Website: www.dksg.rs E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +381113193 889 T Blvd. Zorana Đinđića179, 11070 Belgrade, Serbia A June 1st –4th2017 “DOC’N’RHYTHM” 2nd FESTIVAL OFMUSICDOCUMENTARIES Belgrade, Serbia stubbornness, originalityandunconventionality. selecting honorary guests, thefestival celebrates theartistic – aesthetic, thematic, geographic… By selectingmovies, by with thecommunity. Filmprogram isto reflect thediversity puts thefilmasanimportantelementin communication Film festival “HumanDistrict” withitsconstant engagement Competitive documentary filmsonhumanrights Festival genre: Feature lengthandshortfeature and Contact: Aleksandra Kovačević –festival director Website: www.humandistrictfestival.com E-mail: [email protected] T Vuka Karadžića 12,11000Belgrade, Serbia sustainable development “Human District” Center for promoting human andminorityrights June 1st –4th2017 HUMAN RIGHTS “HUMANDISTRICT” 3rd INTERNATIONAL FILMFESTIVAL OF Belgrade, Serbia el: +381638852435 el: +381652888788 he festival aimsto present theyoung audience withthe cademic FilmCenter „Students’ City“Cultural centre he festival alsohasarichmusicprogram, oholj -program his isa BO Competitive Film genre: documentary Contact: Darko Ivić–festival director Website: www.bosifest.rs E-mail: [email protected] T as theirsubjectorwere created by thedisabledauthors. watch over 300filmsthat hadlife ofthepeoplewith disabilities program. Sofar visitors ofBO Festival consists ofbothcompetitive andnon-competitive organized inBelgrade, Serbiaby theHendiCenter Koloseum. with disabilities,oneofakindintheSoutheastern Europe, and drawing large audiences. T several filmselections, representing thelatest andthe best films independent productions. T filmmakers as well asthefirst andsecond films by various T Competitive Website: www.cinemacity.org E-mail: [email protected] T Bogoboja A Cinema CityAssociation Date: BeginingofJuly FESTIVAL 9th CINEMACITY INTERNATIONAL FILM Novi Sad,Serbia Competitive Film genre: Domestic feature film Contact: SuzanaAnastasov Marković Website: www.czksopot.org.rs Mail: [email protected] Fax: +381118251315 T Kosmajski trg 7, 11450Sopot,Serbia Cultural centre Sopot July 2017 46th FILMFESTIVAL SOPOT- SOFEST Sopot, Serbia stars andprofessionals. each year, aswell asnumerous Serbian, regional andglobalfilm films. T them asfuture filmprofessionals onthe road towards theirfirst necessary competences andinnovative skillsinorder to help lectures, theCampusprovides theattendees withaset of platform. T from theregion, undertheCinemaCityCampuseducational a gathering place for amultitudeofyoung filmprofessionals bucks. Inadditionto thefilmsshowcased, the festival serves as three selections:Fresh DanubeFilms,360°andUpT el: +38111263 78 20 el: +38121633 6236 el: +381118251238 he CinemaCityFestival isdedicated to promoting young SIFE he festival isvisited by more than40.000 filmlovers T istheInternational FilmFestival for andby people hrough aseriesofworkshops andinteractive tanackovića 8,21000Novi Sad,Serbia he festival framework consists of SIFE his year’s festival consists of T hadanopportunityto o 10,000 statuette. actress, whowillgetanaward consisting ofmoney anda while theaudience jurydecidesonthebest film, actor and will beawarded withadiplomaby theprofessional jury, of photography. Also, thebest director andscreenwriter focused onthe profession ofcinematographer –director consist ofmoney andaplaque. T member jurydecidesonthewinnersandawards editor, setdesignerandcostume designer. T – director ofphotography, composer, sounddesigner, festivals. T profession whichusuallyisn’tintheforefront ofother each year thefestival willbefocused onadifferent film tradition offreedom ofexpression. Starting from 2015, SOFE authentic roles. young artists, puttingemphasisonshortfiction filmswith oasis, whichprimarilypromotes localandinternational primary goalisto convert thisfestival into acultural programme for schoolchildren (inJune). However, our Drina, dailyprogramme for participantsandeducational and intheparkBorići,partiesonboard oftheriver outdoors: screenings ontheboard ofthelake Perućac to thelarge numberofvisitors. E to promote theincredible natural beautyofthisregion beautiful region. Oneoftheprioritiesfestival is has brought diverse films,musicandoff program tothis importance for thedecentralization ofculture, since it Fest amongshortfilm festivals. Bašta Fest isofgreat will have apositive impactonthepositioningofBašta that in thefuture, thefocus onqualityofthat collaboration collaboration between directors andactors. We believe Jelisavčić andMaja Šuša),thefestival focuses onthe Due to theprofession ofthefounders (actors Jovan during thefirst weekend ofJulyanditlasts for four days. held inBajinaBašta. Itisanannualevent that takes place Bašta Fest isaninternational shortfictionfilm festival Competitive Film genre: Shortfeature films Contact: Jovan Jelisavčić –festival director Website: www.bastafest.com Mail: [email protected] Mob: +381652582258 Vuka Karadžića 14/8, 31250BajinaBašta, Serbia UG Akademska scena June 29th–July2nd2017 – BAŠTA FEST 4th INTERNATIONAL SHORTFILMFESTIVAL Bajina Bašta, Serbia T isoneoftheoldest festivals inSerbiawithalong hose professions includecinematographer verything ishappening his year thefestival is he three- students offilmacademiesfrom around the world. encourages multiculturalism andexchange ofexperience between in amultinational student filmcrew during thefilm production of thedocumentaryfilms by students of filmschools. Working and particularlyencourages thedevelopment andproduction Center “Filmart“supportsthe filmcreativity ofthe young people, T shot, many ofwhichwere awarded allover the world. overfrom 85filmschools.Also, around 40documentarieswere around 200participantsfrom more than45countries and sport events. From thefirst editionofthecamp, there were the screenings oftheirfilms,as well as various musicaland production, there are alsoaccompanying activities,including documentary filmsonagiven subject.Apartfrom the film part ofSerbia,film students from allaround the world shoot “Interaction”. Duringtheirthree-week stay inthewestern organizer oftheInternational Student FilmCamp Since 2006,IndependentFilmCenter isthe “Filmart” Non-competitive Film genre: Documentaryfilms Contact: DejanPetrović Website: www.film-art.org/interaction Email: [email protected], [email protected] T Radnička 11,31210Požega, Serbia Independent FilmCenter “Filmart” August 10th-27th 2017 “INTERACTION 2017” 12th INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FILMCAMP Požega, Serbia and renewal ofcriticalconsciousness trulymakes sense. of beliefisnotinvain, andthat any attempt at emancipation the European FilmFestival Palić wants to prove that thiskind quality modernEuropean filmswhoaccept no compromises, brilliant investment field. By meansofselectingthehighest institutions whichhave turnedeven thecultural space into a in relation to self-reproducing power ofglobalmarket We believe that European filmoffers ameasure ofautonomy T Competitive Film genre: European Contact: IlijaT Website: www.palicfilmfestival.com com Email: [email protected], petar@palicfilmfestival. Fax: +38124 553 116 T T Open University 15th -22ndJuly, 2017 23rd EUROPEANFILMFESTIVAL PALIĆ Subotica, Serbia el: +381641259428; +38163 8507035 el: +38124 554600 rg Cara Jovana Nenada15,24000 Subotica,Serbia hrough therealization of theCamp, the IndependentFilm he first andtheoldest exclusively European film festival. atić –director, Petar Mitrić–programer 61 Film festivals in serbia 62 WWW.FCS.RS T of thefestival Contact: Boško Savković –CEO E-mail: [email protected] T Borska 29, 11090Belgrade, Serbia A August 27th -2ndSeptember 2017 AND ECOLOGY FILMS-SILAFEST 9th INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OFTOURIST Silver Lake, Serbia as literary evenings. movie activities,we organize othercultural programs, such scriptwriting campandfor young critics.Besides workshop andround tables,aswell asthesummer numerous film topics. T T Competitive Film genre: General –domestic films Contact: SašaMilenković –director ofCultural centre Website: www.screenfest.org.rs E-mail: [email protected] T Vrnjačka 20, 36210Vrnjačka Banja,Serbia Cultural centre Vrnjačka Banja August 13th-17th2017 41st FILMSCREENPLAY FESTIVAL Vrnjačka Banja,Serbia program, fieldtrips,sportsandmusic events. the participantsofInteraction filmcamp, “Interscreen” have anopportunityto enjoy themutualactivitieswith included. Duringthestay inPožega, theparticipantswill Screening andanalyzing selected documentarieswillbe years ofworking assuccessful documentaryfilmauthors. share theirknowledge andexperience gainedduringmany Matičević (Serbia).Distinguished master-class lecturers will directors ofdocumentariesDragan Elčić(Serbia)andMladen and willfeature workshops led by eminentprofessors and Interdoc 2017 willbeheldfrom 17thto 27th A Website: www.film-art.org/interdoc E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] T Radnička Street 11,31210Požega, Serbia The IndependentFilmCenter “Filmart” August 17th-27th 2017 MASTERCLASS “INTERDOC2017” INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY Festival Council interprets T Municipality ofVeliko Gradište inNovember 2008.T lake T el: +381653345060, +3816467 25998 el/fax: +38136611 153 el: +381641259428;63 85070 35 he International Festival ofE he mainpartofthefestival isthesymposium regarding gency ALTERNATIV our film Festival, was founded by thedecisionofT A he festival alsoorganizes ascreenplay ourism inthewidest possible cology andT , Vladimir Kajlović -secretary ourist Film,Silver ugust 2017 he he During P Competitive andNon-competitive selections Contact: OgnjenGlavonić – festival director Website: www.pancevofilmfestival.com gmail.com E-mail: [email protected], pancevofilmfestival@ Mob: +38162404362 T Valjevska 8,26000Pančevo, Serbia Organization andproduction Pančevo FilmFestival September 4th PANČEVO FILMFESTIVAL Pančevo, Serbia best filmsonthebigscreen. gathered andawarded theircolleagues whohadpresented the on theNišFortress summerstage. For thefirst timetheactors on theinitiative ofSerbianactors guildwithfilmscreenings achievements ofSerbianactors. T T Competitive Film genre: Serbianfilms Contact: BojanaSimović, festival director E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] T Stanoja Bunusevca bb, 18000Nis,Serbia Cultural centre Niš Screen actors’ guildofSerbia August 19th-25th2017 52nd FESTIVAL OFACTORS Niš, Serbia Fax: +38116 248 302 T Bulevar oslobođenja101, 16000L Cultural centre L September 19th- 23th 2017 – LIFFE 10th LESKOVAC INTERNATIONAL FILMFESTIVAL Leskovac, Serbia mature andinnovative ways ofvisualcommunication. words, thefestival encompasses allthosemovies that use approach to narrative, form, structure, andaesthetics. Inother budget orno-budget)that cherishesoriginal,brave andexciting cinema butalsofilmscreated inany kindofproduction (big- platform dedicated to cultivating andpromoting independent locations andcinemas.Pančevo FilmFestival isanevent anda of short,mediumandfeature length, willbescreened at several documentaries andfictionfilms, to experimentaland essay films T Festival isapartoftheCIFFT(nternational Committee of about wine, bigandfamous holyplaces, sportfilms,etc. T sense oftheword –itisopenfor Cultural T el: +38113332810 el/fax: +38118595 740, +38118595 741, +381113243 482 el: +38116212991 ourism FilmFestival). he FilmFestival in Nišisauniqueevent whichpresents the AFF, more than50international titles,ranging from eskovac eskovac, Serbia he festival started in1966, ourism films,films he contacts between filmmakers, authorsandaudience. show mainkindsandstyles ofshortfilmsand to initiate as filmcreativity ofchildren and youth. Festival intends to T Competitive – festival coordinator Contact: Dragan Arsić–festival director, BobanStefanović Website: www.shortform.org.rs E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +38132720 425 T T Cultural centre GornjiMilanovac September 26th–October 1st 2017 4th SHORTFILMFESTIVAL –SHORTFORM Gornji Milanovac, Serbia “Grand PrixŽivojin Žika Pavlović.” Serbia andtheregion. T with theaimto promote filmmakers andtheir works from Festival ofdirecting achievements was launched in2008 Competitive Contact: Dragan Jović -manageroffilmprogram Website: www.lkc.org.rs E-mail: [email protected] T Splitske aleje27, 24413 Palić, Serbia Cinema “ September 2017 DEAD LAKEHORRORANDWINE FESTIVAL Palic, Serbia exhibitions. offers otherdiverse activitiessuchas workshops and Besides richcompetitive programme, thefestival also of theanimation -anew inspiration andanew experience. ANIMA, anexciting journey into theamazingworld Competitive Film genre: Animated film Contact: MilenAlempijević -artistic director Website: www.animanima.org E-mail: [email protected] Mob: +381641952 509 Fax: +38132225073 T T Cultural centre Čačak September 5th-9th2017 - ANIMANIMA 11th INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL Čačak, Serbia el: +381 32 711 118 el: +38132711 el: +381112672 004 el: +38132341 068 rg Kneza Mihaila1,32300GornjiMilanovac, Serbia rg narodnog ustanka 2,32000Čačak,Serbia he aimoftheFestival ispromotion ofshortfilms,the well Abazija” he mainprize for directing isthe over Europe. showcases animated films by independent authors from all film, asoneofthe most communicative forms ofvisualart.It T Competitive Film genre: European animated films(under30minutes) Milosavljević –organizer Contact: Miodrag Milošević –festival director, Milan Website: www.balkanima.org E-mail: [email protected] Mob: +38162267 892 Fax: +381113193 889 T Blvd. Zoran Đinđić179, 11070 Belgrade, Serbia A October 3rd –7th2017 BALKANIMA 14th EUROPEANANIMATED FILMFESTIVAL – Belgrade, Serbia film forms. professionalism butalsoenthusiasm,aswell astraditional T promote young filmmakers andindependentproductions. Film Front isafestival ofshortfilmsanditsgoalis to Competitive experimental films Genre: Shortfeature, documentaryanimated and – festival selector Contact: NinaLatinović –festival director, FilipMarkovinović Website: www.filmfront.rs E-mail: [email protected] Independent film center KinoKlubNovi Sad October 2017 FILM PRODUCTIONS“FILMFRONT” 15th FESTIVAL OFSMALLANDINDEPENDENT Novi Sad,Serbia T Contact: Miroslav Mogorović –festival director, Milan Website: www.deadlake.rs/festival com E-mail: [email protected], sonja.topalovic@soulfoodfilms. Fax: +381112694152 opportunity to enjoy great wines. under thespotlight,thisfestival alsooffers to itsguests an their premiere at thisfestival. Besidesputtingthequality is focused ontheregional genre films,most ofwhichhave Serbia. In2016, thefestival becamecompetitive. T in cinema“ Dead Lake Horror andWine Festival isbeingheldsince 2015 Competitive Film genre: Horror director el: +381112691442 odorović –program director, SonjaT he BALK he festival cherishestheauthorship, experimenting, cademic Filmcentre „Students’ City“Cultural centre ANIMA festival promotes thegenre ofanimated Abazija”, next to thePalić Lake, nearSubotica, opalović –executive he festival 63 Film festivals in serbia 64 WWW.FCS.RS the country etc. contemporary art,tradition, ecology, sport,natural beautyof films dealingwitharchaeology, ethnology, arthistory, and state ofSerbia,portraits ofinteresting personalities, spirituality. T deal withthebroad subjectofSerbianhistory, culture and documentary andshortfilm festival that showcases filmsthat T Competitive about Serbia Film genre: Historical, artistic, cultural and spiritualfilms executive director Contact: Srđan Ilić–festival director, Miroslav Bata Petrović - Website: www.bdenjeduse.co.rs E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Mobile: +38163 205350, +38164613 1940 T Blvd. MihajlaPupina24, 21000Novi Sad,Serbia Association ofVojvodina filmand television makers Braće Jerkovića 79/1 11000Belgrade, Serbia PP FiksFokus October 2017 DUŠE 10th FILMVIGILOFSOUL/FILMSKO BDENJE Sremski Karlovci, Serbia filmmakers. selection aswell, to educate andinspire young Serbian selection. Itsrichoff-program offers aninternational film on Balkans for that matter, ithasadomestic competitive cinema. Beingthenational festival offantastic film,unique the oldest film festival inSerbiadedicated solely to fantastic Festival ofSerbian Fantastic Film(FSFF),founded in2006,is Prizes: Oskull andPyramid Competitive (domestic andregional) Film genre: Science Fiction,Horror andFantasy selector Contact: Miroslav Lakobrija –festival director, Jovan Ristić - Website: www.www.fsffantastic.com/fsffe/ E-mail: [email protected] Mob: +38163 281133,+38164242 0880 Juzni bulevar 36,11000Belgrade, Serbia October 1st –4th2017 FSFF 11th FESTIVAL OFSERBIANFANTASTIC FILM– Belgrade, Serbia el: +3811124 60087, +38121456201 he FilmFestival “Vigil ofSoul”isintended to primarilybea hose subgenres includefilmsaboutthehistory fun innumerous workshops. world andprovides kidswithanopportunityto learnandhave T a uniquefestival inourregion. based onthemodelofotherworld festivals ofthistype. T Kids FilmFestival ischildren’s, artistic festival offilmsandfun, A Film genre: Kidfilms Contact: LinaBošković Website 2:www.mcf.rs Website: www.kids-fest.com E-mail: [email protected] +381113821113 T Marka Oreškovića 1,11000Belgrade, Serbia MCF MegaCom Film (International film festival) October 2017 13th KIDS FILMFESTIVAL Serbia Belgrade, Niš,Novi Sadandthirtymore towns in consists ofseveral competitive andnon-competitive programs. impact andusageofethnographic film.T audiences, anthropologists andfilmmakers to contribute to T Competitive Film genre: Ethnographic andanthropologic film Contact: SašaSrećković –executive director ofthefestival Website: www.etnofilm.org E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Fax: +381113282944 T Studentski trg 13,11000Belgrade, Serbia Ethnographic MuseuminBelgrade October 10th-14th2017 ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM(IFEF) 26th INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF Belgrade, Serbia Non-competitive documentary andfictionfilms Film genre: Socially and politicallyengaged,humanrights Contact: Rajko Petrović –director/selector Website: www.freezoneBelgrade.org E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +381113284299 T Jevrejska 16,11000Belgrade, Serbia October 2017 13th FREEZONE FILMFESTIVAL Belgrade, Novi SadandNiš,Serbia el/fax: +381113821227 el: +381113281888 el: +381113284534 he festival showcases thebest children’s filmsfrom all over the he concept oftheFestival aimsto encourage andinspire udience award his year’s edition his is screening by brothers Lumiere. December, celebrating theanniversary ofthefirst movie event ofthe festival isalways heldsymbolically on28th well-intentioned film-lovers for cooperation. T festival oftheflexible form and contents that welcomes all shown andactors’ performance. Euro-In Filmisthefilm organizes discussions withcompetent peopleonfilms marks importantEuropean andindependent filmjubilees; tendencies inthefieldofsoundmotionpictures and exchange; promotes, records orreveals various creativity international events whichboast cultural co-operation and film arts,culture; re-affirms successful filmsand European andprofessional independentfilms,European Euro-In Filmisafestival whichpromotes modern Non-competitive Film genre: Festival oftheEuropean andIndependentfilm assistant editor &PR audience that wants to expand theirhorizons. is atraditional citymanifestation for filmlovers andthe status inourcountry after screenings at thisfestival. It presented, many of whichbecome famous orgaincult An event where avast numberoftrueauteur filmsare Competitive Film genre: A Contact: IgorStanković –festival director Website: www.faf.rs E-mail: [email protected] +381113821113 T Marka Oreškovića 1,11000Belgrade, Serbia NGO “View into theworld” End ofNovember 2017 22th AUTEUR FILMFESTIVAL Belgrade, Serbia with famous filmmakers. participate indiscussions aboutissues raised inthose films the opportunityto watch award-winning filmsand to mainstream mediasimplifications. T view oftheworld, far from Hollywood spectaclesand the world. 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