FILMS & FILM PROJECTS PRESENTED BY FILM CENTER SERBIA PRESENTED BY FILMS & FILM PROJECTS FILMS 20% & FILM CASH PROJECTS PRESENTED BY REBATE FILM CENTER SERBIA IN SERBIA QUICK & EASY* CANNES 2017 *quick incentive payout, easy prodedure First come - first serve policy. The required documentation can be downloaded on the following websites: Ministry of Economy: www.privreda.gov.rs Film Centre Serbia: www.fcs.rs/serbian-film-commission For all information please contact Film Center Serbia www.fcs.rs serbianfi[email protected] Tel: +381 11 2625 131 CANNES 2017 Cannes 2017 On the subject of production we can boast of new films by experienced and globally renowned auteurs, Emir Kusturica and Goran Paskaljević; On the Milky Road by Emir Kusturica had its premiere at the Venice Film Festival official competition, while The Land of Gods by Goran Paskaljević is the first Serbian- Indian coproduction and it was first screened to the audience of theMontreal Film Festival. Beside those, Requiem for Mrs. J, the second film by writer-director Bojan Vuletić had the honor of being invited to Berlin Festival’s Panorama Special, while Train Driver’s Diary is the Serbian entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, as well as being a favorite of festival audiences. It also had its premiere at an A-list festival, in Moscow. We would also like to draw your attention to last autumn’s box office hits in Serbia, supported by Film Center Serbia – The Samurai in Autumn by young director Danilo Bećković, and Herd, the directorial debut of the well-known Serbian film star,Nikola Kojo. It is necessary to point out several top-grade newcomers Photo: Maja Medić whose work should be followed closely in days and years to come: Luka Bursać, the director of Afterparty; Filip Kovačević, the maker of Incarnation; and Momir Milošević, the director of Open Wound. Their debut feature films have shown WWW.FCS.RS an admirable mixture of craftsmanship, genre savvy and a determination to strengthen their work with both art-house poetics and a personal seal, despite obvious budgetary limitations. Here we should mention a certain number of Serbian film today radical art-house adherents (like Wind by Tamara Drakulić or All the Cities of 4 the North by Dane Komljen), who fight their own battle for an authentic film 5 vital, vigorous, versatile expression, filled with confidence and self-awareness, eschewing all that which is conventional, popular and sought after. And then there’s the new Serbian short film, a string of intriguing projects in the final phases of preproduction or Serbian film has of late once again begun to display one of its most constant and postproduction, as well as several regional minority co-productions. specific characteristics – its vitality. Yes, Serbian film is alive, despite the many Y misfortunes and problems that have been plaguing it for some time. Spurred Besides the aforementioned vitality, Serbian film today still shows that versatility on by that vigorous spirit of local film makers, their coworkers and supporters, is one of its essential foundations – and you are welcome to get more of a feel TODA M Film Center Serbia has during the previous year focused on strengthening the for it all in the pages of this catalogue. IL F infrastructure and creating a more welcoming business and creative environment for them; this can best be seen in the return of the regular competition cycle, Enjoy. IAN RB thanks to the funds approved by the state and our institution, which have resulted E S in dozens of potential important festival entries or box office hits. By adopting and finally implementing the necessary legal framework,Film Center Serbia has Sincerely, provided ample incentives to make Serbia a more visible and more attractive destination for foreign film makers and productions - a fact that can already be Boban Jevtić, gleaned in practice through an increasing number of foreign productions that Director of Film Center Serbia were recently filmed or are currently filming in our country. CONTENTS Introduction by Boban Jevtić 2 Soldier’s Lullaby / Zaspanka za vojnike 31 South Wind / Južni vetar 32 Acid Trip: Young Serbian Cinema at Cannes 6 Stitches / Šavovi 32 Strahinja / Strahinja Banović 33 Cannes Classics: I Even Met Happy Gypsies / Skupljači perja (1967) 8 The Witch Hunters / Zlogonje 33 Three Territories of Summer / Tri teritorije leta 34 Producers on the Move: Jovana Nikolić 10 MINORITY COPRODUCTIONS Producers Network: Milan Stojanović 11 Aleksi 36 FEATURE FILMS Borders, Raindrops / Granice, kiše 36 Erased / Izbrisana 37 Humidity / Vlažnost 14 Perseverance / Istrajnost 37 Open Wound / Otvorena 14 Sacrifice / Žrtva 38 Train Driver’s Diary / Dnevnik mašinovođe 15 Soldiars. A Story from Ferentari / Vojnici 38 Incarnation / Inkarnacija 15 Sugar Kid / Šećerno dete 39 All the Cities of the North / Svi severni gradovi 16 The Basics of Killing / Naša porodica 39 WWW.FCS.RS Name: Dobrica, Surname: Unknown / Ime: Dobrica, prezime: Nepoznato 16 The Frog / Žaba 40 On the Milky Road / Na mlečnom putu 17 The Year of the Monkey / Godina majmuna 40 Land of the Gods / Dev bhoomi 17 Samurai in Autumn / Jesen samuraja 18 FILMS AWARDED AT 45TH FEST – NATIONAL COMPETITION SELECTION 42 Military Academy 3: The New Beginning / Vojna akademija 3: Novi početak 18 6 Wind / Vetar 19 FILMS AWARDED AT 64TH BELGRADE DOCUMENTARY AND SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 7 Herd / Stado 19 Santa Maria della Salute 20 A Handful of Stones / Kamen u ruci 46 Zona Zamfirova Part Two / Zona Zamfirova drugi deo 20 All Still Orbit / Sve, još uvek, u orbiti 46 Requiem for Mrs. J / Rekvijem za gospođu J. 21 Bon Voyage / Sretan put 46 Diamond of Boyana / Biser Bojane 21 Fliposcope / Fliposkop 46 Afterparty / Afterparti 22 Only Girls Cry / Samo devojčice plaču 47 Out of the Wood / Kozje uši 22 Our City / Naš grad 47 ONTENTS C IN PRODUCTION & POST-PRODUCTION SHORTS Alexander / Aleksandar 24 Co-Drivers / Suvozači 50 Bandits in Search of Mom / Banditi u potrazi za mamom 24 Two Homelands / Dos patrias 50 Ederlezi Rising 25 Emergency Exit / Izlaz u slučaju opasnosti 50 OFFenders / Izgradnici 25 Fluffy / Flafi 50 The F#@king Dog / Prokleti pas 26 If I Dad it My Way I Would Never Leave 51 The Load / Teret 26 In the Deathroom / Soba smrti 51 Working Class Heroes / Heroji radničke klase 27 Nobody here / Nikog nema 51 Transition / Tranzicija 51 STILL TO COME Top theatrical releases in Serbia (2016) 52 Ajvar 30 Father / Otac 30 Film festivals in Serbia 56 Leeches / Pijavice 31 Film Associations in Serbia 64 ACID TRIP 2017: YOUNG SERBIAN CINEMA AT CANNES As an integral part of its programme at Cannes, the ACID (Association for Independent Film Distribution) will be inaugurating a carte blanche selection comprised of three screenings. Dubbed ACID TRIP, it will be offered to all independent filmmakers associations involved in distribution of cinematic works and audience education. Young Serbian cinema and the Bande à part association will be the first to benefit from this new programming slot on 19th, 20th and 21st of May, with a menu including a number of shorts and two feature films:Requiem for Mrs. J. directed by Bojan Vuletić, and Humidity directed by Nikola Ljuca. In 2015, ACID began its partnership with the Auteur Film Festival in Belgrade, whose programme has been curated since 2010 by a group of young filmmakers, including Vladimir Perišić, Srdan Golubović, Stefan Arsenijević, Oleg Novković, Srđan Koljević, Nikola Ležaić, Maja Miloš and Stefan Ivančić. Thanks to this WWW.FCS.RS partnership and the actions undertaken by the Institut Français in Serbia, a plethora of ACID films have been screened and purchased in the country. On top of that, the very firstFrench-Serbian Meeting focusing on production and distribution of independent films was organized last November. 8 9 ACID TRIP #1: Serbia Friday 19th, 4pm DOS PATRIAS by Kosta Ristić P Alexandre III Serbia / Cuba | 2017 | 4 min | Cinepoem p50 I R Short films program T ID TRANSITION by Milica Tomović C A Serbia | 2016 | 21 min | Fiction p51 EMERGENCY EXIT by Vladimir Tagić Serbia | 2015 | 15 min | Fiction p50 A HANDFUL OF STONES by Stefan Ivancić Serbia | 2017 | 14 min | Fiction p46 IF I HAD IT MY WAY I WOULD NEVER LEAVE by Marko Grba Singh Serbia | 2015 | 16 min | Fiction p51 Saturday 20th, 4pm HUMIDITY by Nikola Ljuca Alexandre III Serbia / Netherlands / Greece| 2016 | 113 min | Fiction p14 Saturday 21st, 4pm REQUIEM FOR MRS. J. by Bojan Vuletić Alexandre III Serbia / Bulgaria / Republic of Macedonia / Russia / France 2017 | 94 min | Fiction p21 10 WWW.FCS.RS I E ven Met Happy Gypsies MetHappy ven CANNES CLAssICS 11 THE BLACK WEDDING CRNA SVADBA SYNOPSIS Intrigued by the stories about the black wedding custom, which merges wedding and funeral rites into one, the film’s director after years of research finally comes into possession of authentic JOVANA NIKOLIĆ, video material. The director also comes to an PRODUCER unforeseen realization that the black wedding MILAN STOJANOVIĆ, of the deceased Miki Kušljić marked the lives of THE USERS three generations of the women who took part BIOGRAPHY PRODUCER in it: the black bride who became a wife and a Jovana Nikolić is the main producer of KORISNICI widow at the same time, the niece who was only WWW.FCS.RS multiple-winning documentary films,The BIOGRAPHY 4 at the time of her initiation into the custom- SYNOPSIS Undertaker (2013), The Caviar Connection Milan Stojanovic produced the award- related activities, and the mother who performed Robert is a melancholic teenager, a ward of (2008) and National Park (2006), all three winning debut by Ivan Ikić - Barbarians these custom-related activities. Entering into the Home for children and youth with special premiered at IDFA, and realised in co- (2014 / Special Mention at Karlovy Vary FF their worlds, the author discovers a unique cult needs, whose tendency to lock in more than production with ZDF/Arte, ITVS international, / Seyfi Teoman Award, European FF Palic / of women protected in the local community by once resulted in cut wrists.