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In the remote highlands of Montenegro, a shepherd mother and daughter proudly defend their ancestral mountain from the threat of becoming a NATO military training ground, stirring memories of the violence that shattered their family.
Mara, a successful businesswoman and single mother, is heartbroken after her son Nemanja’s untimely death. She becomes emotionally detached, refusing to communicate with friends and family. However, when she meets Milan, Nemanja’s close friend, she finds solace and comfort in their relationship.
In 1958, during the Cold War, two scientists, two worlds, and two ideologies faced a race for survival at the Vinca Scientific Institute near Belgrade.
A sleepy Montenegrin village, where most of the natives have emigrated to the US, is the setting for a bitter-sweet tale of three women fighting for autonomy. Suta resists pressure to marry her late husband’s autistic twin, Vezire and Drane must learn to coexist as their mutual husband plans to leave, and Fize tries to find a bride for her son. A stork’s arrival troubles the superstitious villagers.
A well situated Macedonian doctor lives comfortably with his wife in Montenegro thanks to the money inherited from his parents. Suddenly, he faces with such unexpected reversals in life. His wife disappears without a trace, the bank where he keeps his money is bankrupt, the police confiscate his passport, and he’s being stalked by his wife’s father. Alone, abandoned and without help, he is taking a solitary journey.
In the shadows of sun soaked streets during yet another hot summer in Podgorica, a loving couple named Ksenija and Ljubo are expecting, with the pregnancy process being carefully watched over by the latter's two conservative aunts, with the soon-to-be mother struggling to fight back against their influence without much succsess. After the birth finally occurs, Ksenija falls into depression as she can't produce milk and the two women decide that their sphere of influence can't just stop at the womb.
The film portrait of Dragoljub Đuričić, one of the best musicians and drummers of the former Yugoslavia, reveals the story of the rock scene of Montenegro and its beginnings in the 60s, as well as the development and growth of rock culture in the Balkans during the 70s and 80s.
Two days before the wedding, Dragana decides that she will not marry the weak and predictable Momo. His headstrong father Leso strikes a deal with her – to act as the bride just for the day. But instead of saving the family’s honor, it only starts a traumatic farce for everyone involved.
In a small village of Prchevo in 2006, Montenegrin independence referendum takes place. But in this part of the world, the locals hide American citizen of distant Montenegrin ancestry, in order to make him "their man" against Montenegro's independence. USA looks for its citizen through NATO troops, and the air raid on Prchevo is about to begin.
A persecuted child finds shelter in the house of the enemy. The host faces an awestruck choice: to save the child's life and his own integrity - or risk losing his family to a group of armed kinsmen.
Father Peter fears that the universe has become indifferent. God no longer intervenes in earthly affairs. Peter's wife abandoned him, his son disobeys him and his mother suffers from Alzheimer's and hardly ever recognizes him. When Peter becomes an obstacle to a large property sale in his small island parish, a group of interesting, but vengeful villagers decides to force him to leave. Using very creative methods, they convince the entire superstitious village that Peter is the cause of all the troubles on their island.
A group of girls sets off for a remote island to learn kitesurfing. They dream of soaring above the water like their instructors, strange, rude guys obsessed with the waves and wind. The boys aren't exactly thrilled about having to teach someone, but they need the money for a trip to Cape Verde. What is true kitesurfing—the joy of flight or the pain and humiliation? And what is freedom for the islanders—embracing their own path or escaping the big world?
The film follows Stefan, a student in Berlin. One weekend visit from his parents will change his life and disrupt his entire world.
Nik, a very successful actor who, fed up with the routine of everyday life, wants a change. This is reflected in the idea of becoming a filmmaker. Therefore, in search of an authentic film theme, he uses his camera to shoot and record images from the lives of the people around him every day, his fiancée, his parents, his colleagues from the theater, his friends.
A man with somewhat antisocial behavior and a particularly rude and harsh style of dealing with his clients falls in love with the wrong person, who is also his customer. He is a car junkie on the outskirts, while she is a young actress on the rise. They are brought together by an old car, which to the young actress remains as a memory from her grandfather. After initial rejection, he's the only guy in town who can fix that old timer, and she's the only one who makes him realize that cars might not be the center of the world.
A tumultuous family drama unfolds as Gara (59) and Nada (13) defend their land set to become a military polygon, revealing layers of complexity that bond mother and daughter. The story of violence against women echoes in the violence against nature.
Who left a dead body on a farm of truck driver's of which the best quality milk is made? Who smuggles illegal Betangin tablets? Who set on fire policemen's hands? Why does the ominous rabbit shows up? Two brave but incompetent police inspectors are trying to find out all of this.
On the occasion of his son's engagement, Ivan and his family go to a friend's house for lunch. At a friendly table, he finds a man from his past who ruined his childhood.
Five childhood friends from a small Montenegrin town have gradually moved away to different corners of the former Yugoslavia, yet they remain in contact, aware that their long-time friendship continues to play a fundamental role in their lives.
When a passive young businessman is conned and thrown into great debts, he and his mother concoct a desperate escape plan - to fake his death, stage a funeral, then hide him out in the attic. When he sneaks out to visit his girlfriend, he is spotted by the neighbors, who jump to the conclusion that he is a vampire risen from the dead. It's not long before the news of a lurking vampire attracts waves of tourists, including some mobsters who aren't completely sold on this whole vampire story.
Maks is a brilliant lawyer who has been serving for years one of Croatia’s most powerful and ruthless businessmen, who made his fortune in the aftermath of the Balkan War. Maks’ latest service has been to have his client declared innocent of the murder of two of his workers for acting in self-defense. But the sudden appearance of a former girlfriend triggers a crisis of conscience in Maks, leading him to confront his employer and risk his life by uncovering a dense network of corruption at the highest level involving all branches of the State.
Sanela, a Montenegrin of Muslim background who left the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s after her father was kidnapped and killed alongside other Muslims, comes back to the Balkans after twenty years abroad. She has betrayed her origins, erased her own culture, and become a true Westerner. They say the past is a foreign land and that the one who departs and the one who returns are not the same person.
The people of the Boka Kotorska Region in Montenegro have a specific relationship with the South wind.
Ana had been born and raised in the coastal Montenegrin city of Herceg Novi, being forced to endure the hardships of growing up as a woman in the Balkans, where changes of political regimes can result in disastrous consequences. Her coming of age story mirrors the history of the city's flagship resort: Hotel Boka, that grows and develops at a rapid pace, much like her.
During the 1990s, Beli was a part of an elite paramility unit known as The Lions, that performed acts of terror and ethnic cleansings on the civilian non-Serbian and non-Montenegrin populus in Bosnia. Decades later, his deeds catch up to him after a video of a an execution he recorded is mysteriously uploaded to YouTube, garnering the attention of Interpol and the Hague. Furious and scared for his life, he murders a wealthy Scandinavian businessman and his wife, kidnaps his younger brother and takes them to a small town on the Montenegrin coastline where he holds an old comrade of his hostage, threatening to murder his daughter if he doesn't comply to forging his documents. However, things soon complicate after Beli's brother falls in love with the woman whose life now stands on the line.
After 10 years of living abroad, the famous writer Maksim Grahovac returns to his birthplace, the Montenegrin village of Grahovo, with the intention of visiting his brother and agreeing on the estate that was left to them as an inheritance.
In the center of Podgorica, under the bridge on river Moraca, the corpse is found. Quickly we learn that it is well known member of a criminal organization.
A modern comedy which takes place between a dream and a reality, with characters caught in the middle of seeking their own identity, facing custom and radition, and lying in order to meet expectations of the environment.
During an epidemic, a young couple use their day off to take Mar on a day trip to canyon. Mar is girl's elder sister with ASD. Along the way, they will try to process the emotional situation they found themselves in. As their world collapses pressed by external influences and internal crises, Mar with them exists as a separate world. Her world is clean and horrible at the same time because it is unknown...
Luka lives with his quite harmonious and pleasant family in a very interesting neighborhood in the suburbs. During a turbulent period, big misunderstandings and conflicts start to emerge within the family. Left alone, Luka immerses himself in fiction, trying to find a solution for all the problems. He meets a girl in an abandoned factory complex where he often spends his time practicing his “superpowers” and she begins to help Luka develop a plan to fix the now-endangered family relationships.
A German soldier, after avoiding death in a Partisan raid, wanders through the unforgiving mountainous terrain of an unfamiliar country, helplessly seeking salvation.
Stanko (30) has to kill a man, for the first time. The same day, his younger brother Vojo (16) has to have sex for the first time. Roads of the two brothers will cross the same day several times, in an unusual way
Everything happens from the perspective of a young girl who, by sheer circumstances and against her own will, finds herself to be a part of social milieu during local elections.
An archival road trip with Stevan Labudović, cameraman to Yugoslav President Tito and cinematic eye of the Algerian revolution, investigating the role of cinema in the liberation struggles of the Third World and reconstructing the birth of the Non-Aligned Movement.
The last unfinished film by Živko Nikolić. This is "a movie about a movie" which Živko could not finish because of the lack of funds.
Filip, a sophisticated university professor, goes with his wife to a spa on the coast. After a few of days spent in the comfy and monotonous ambiance of the hotel, their seemingly ideal marriage is over. Filip is left by his wife. Everything seems to indicate that his life is collapsing, but Filip, refined and armed with confidence, faces each new circumstance with unusual ease. Deep in the forest, a new fantasy world will break him down, but also give him a chance for a new beginning.
A triptych set in three different time periods about fathers who find themselves in borderline situations in which one is forced to make a decision among several contradictory choices.
A film of the state of mind, great reflections and even greater decisions made in a little village shaped by the long-standing customs and tradition. The story follows the life of a husband and wife, Drago and Persa, who lost their son ten years ago. Their plan of fake death and staged funeral will take their son's murderer back to the village after a decade of hiding in fear of revenge. Drago, hidden in the mill with the help of his wife, plans to take the final revenge, but the solitude of several months has changed his, up until then, firm decision. Is it desire for revenge stronger than desire for life? Is it possible to forgive and close the cycle?
Grigorij, a cynical truck driver, gets into a dangerous car accident and wakes up in the small town of Nehaj, whose locals believe him to be a legendary war hero who went missing in action during WW2. Grigorij tries to prove his real identity to them, however, the machinations of the local mayor who had built an entire career on the fallen war hero's credibility and the disbelief of the locals, further complicate his situation.
A man who decides to divorce from his wife goes to lawyer. However he quickly changes his mind in the office, which annoys the lawyer who then tries to separate them.
The rise and fall of Yugoslavian filmmaker Dušan Vukotić - the only Yugoslav Oscar-winner and one of the founding members of the Zagreb School of Animation - uncannily mirrors the tragic fate of his multiethnic country.
The Montenegrin mafia is in the risk of being uncovered by the police. In it's struggles they employ Metodije, a highly skilled assassin to help them. But after an unsuccessful mission, everyone's lives are at stake.
A man on the run comes to a remote island to help a friend’s grandmother to harvest tomatoes. Little did he know, the tomatoes contain something that will turn the island’s inhabitants into zombies.
Jovan has just graduated from literature and struggles to finish his first novel. He decides to go to his friend's country estate in order to dedicate himself to writing in peace. At the estate, which is situated in obscured mountain's landscape, live farmers - one very strange family which doesn't have contact with civilization. They are illiterate, they live in unclearly defined sexual relations and they are devoted to nature. Zeko, head of the family, is sadist authority whose word, will and unique world-view can't be challenged by family members. Jovan slowly gets used to life with them, and decides to stay with them a little longer. But, it's not on him to decide how much longer.
A photographer arrives in a quiet fishing village and has a chance encounter with a local young man. The two spend the rest of the day together.
This TV drama was inspired by the work "Garden, Ashes" of Danilo Kis in which the central motif is relationship of Andreas Sam and his father Eduard.
The factory that once employed the entire town and surrounding villages has been closed down due to a questionable privatization process, coinciding with a tragic incident where a group of its workers perished in a deliberately set fire. The remaining workers, devastated by the loss of their loved ones and the subsequent corrupt sale of the factory, initiate protests, but their efforts seem futile, yielding no concrete results. Feeling abandoned not only by the authorities but also by their cherished church, they find themselves seeking solace and answers in the supernatural.
Andrej lives in a small industrial coastal town. The only escape from his bleak everyday reality is his affection for his friend Ana, which he is unable to express. His situation suddenly changes as various events lead him to a misfortune final encounter with her. The movie is set in the nineties, and through Andrejs story, it pays homage to a lost generation of children and youth growing up during the violent breakup of Yugoslavia.
A movie that will make you laugh so hard you will cry. Because he loved her, while she loved not just him!
"The Flood" is a story about unjustifiably big ambitions of small people from the periphery of life and events, who, due to the sudden circumstances in which they found themselves, forget who they are and where they come from. The film, among other things, explores human weaknesses.
Spiro lives in a family house near the beach. His wife persuades him to sell it in order to pay for their son’s studies and send him to Belgrade. They also plan to buy an apartment for their daughter, who is married to a Belgrade man. There’s just one problem: the house is on his mother’s name.
Vanja is an extremely moody and introverted nine-year-old boy who grows up next to a single mother. She is going through relationship problems with her boyfriend. In order to revive the romance, the mother and her boyfriend go on a trip and hire a neighbor, Vesna, to take care of Vanja. At the beginning, Vanja is in a hostile mood towards Vesna, but his defensive attitude is slowly giving way to the care and attention that Vesna gives him, which was missing in his life…
Marc Korovitch, a famous French conductor of Montenegrin descent, returns to the land of his ancestors and begins working with the country's national orchestral ensamble, dreaming of one day adapting Don Giovanni as a celebration of Montenegro's future entry into the European Union.
Danilo's friend from classroom passed away. Father wants to draw the boy's attention away from the funeral and from his obligations as class president by taking him on a day trip. For the father, protecting his own child from unkind experience as the funeral by going on fishing becomes much more difficult a task than he expected.
A story inspired by the largest single rescue mission of downed Allied airmen behind enemy lines in aviation history of all time, codenamed “The Halyard Mission”. This action took place in the summer of 1944. It was led by the Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland that was headed by General Dragoljub “Draža” Mihailović. It was at great cost and sacrifice that the Serbian people saved 508 American and other Allied countries’ airmen from certain death, sending them off to safety from the improvised airfield in the Serbian village of Pranjani, at the foot of Mt Suvobor.
Director Mateja Raičković embarks on a journey of healing and reclaiming her identity through intimate conversations, family gatherings and moments of reflection in nature.
Balsa (10) and Petar (10) are best friends and cousins coming from different social classes. Peter invites Balsa to his baptism, which is encountered by disapproval from Balsa's mother because of suspicious stories about Peter's father.
Story follows a group of chubby kids in weight loss camp, located in a seaside resort, far from a city, and their authoritarian Instructor who tries to teach his ideology grounded in "Men's Health" literature.
It follows detective Mirjana, who goes to eastern Serbia to investigate a girl's disappearance. Over the course of time, her police investigation turns into a personal quest. The film explores through elements of detective film, thriller and fantasy, the culture, beliefs, Christian tradition and superstitions of the region.
The story follows a man who lives in an isolated farm with his wife. In the rugged mountainous area they live usual tedious rural life. It is full of rehearsed routine tasks around the farm and endless wandering through wild landscapes. Autumn is long and in such an environment he prepares atrocious crime. He puts on a woman's wardrobe and troubling ram. The man is left alone. People are saying there was a man…A very strange enchanted man…They say he wandered very far, very far…