Discoveries from Serbia World Cinema

The story of Miroslav Čangalović, the greatest Serbian bass baritone of the National Theater Opera in Belgrade during its so-called Golden Age, from the 1950s to the 1970s.

Victors of the Balkan Wars returned in August 1913 to the army camp in Banjica field in Belgrade. Their next of kin came to visit them there after a long period of time. After family lunch, the officers took the lead in the army dance together with the soldiers, thus celebrating in friendly manner the return to the homeland.

In the year 1990 a police cadet searches for her estranged father who has gone missing in Yugoslavia, a country on the brink of civil war.

A movie about sinners and their quest for salvation. But God is hard to find.

A new intriguing narration through a mixture of data-mosh and clean cuts by compression and editing. It is an experiment in appropriation that investigates the contingencies of exploiting the formal effects.

In the intimate world of a man and a woman, the bond that unites them is a tangible golden thread. Over time, the couple becomes entangled in a multitude of failed attempts to deal with personal problems.

In 1960s Yugoslavia two members of the national security services arrive at an impoverished, remote female monastery to find a suspected monk.

In 1985, the iconic Novi Sad punk band "Two Minutes of Hatred" broke up. One of their songs was called "Why should I live". Through the story of guitarist Saša Ivanović Sajla, the film tries to examine how 30 years later Saša and the other members of the original line-up answer the question they asked. Where are they now? Can Christianity and punk coexist? Can a man give up his youth? Which of them found the answer?

Upon the liberation of Skopje on the 25th September 1918, the cameramen of the Cinematographic section of Photography department of the Serbian Army filmed the town's appearance, local musical orchestras, Dusan's bridge, entry of the military units into town, citizens on the town streets, station Ajvatovac close to Skopje, as well as escorting of the captive Bulgarian soldiers through the town.

Short and funny story about cave man that accidentally invent the art. Sooner than he expects, he discovers where his art is going to lead him.

Today is a day when Ostoja, legendary piano mover from Belgrade, gets a special delivery.

TV movie "Belgrade Trilogy" dedicated to young people who emigrated from Serbia. In essence, it is a story that deals with the drama of emigration and the loss of one's own roots. The three stories that change during New Year's Eve 1996, 1999 and 2018 represent three characteristic episodes of an entire generation that grew up between hatred, violence and death and left Serbia to follow the hope of a "possible" life. Their destinations are different and distant from each other (Prague, Sydney, Los Angeles), but this drama shows that in the "global" world there is not much difference in the places of residence of our young diaspora. In these three stories, the characters are connected by the same destiny: fitting in, or rejecting into a new reality, and sharing the pleasures and unrest of everyday life with their peers.

Years before going to politics, young Slobodan Milosevic, a fledgling executive, argues with a more experienced colleague about what is the best way to solve company problems.

Band Suplexx and their singer are within Bioskop Zvezda, hijinx and insanity ensue.A two part mini film promoting tracks Necrosis and Fuck Life.

Semester and Quarter are two best friends with no money. Like most young they hope for quick and easy money which would change their life. As events turned out, they are given a life chance to reach their aim by entering the pyramidal system. Running after it, they go through a lot of strange situations along with bizarre and unusual people.

Aleksandra falls in love with her mother's lover. Romance develops in two parallel directions. The focus is instability of one's identity, which serves as a metaphor of contemporary age.

A Serbian-born actress who lives in Berlin comes to Belgrade to play role in the project called "State". The encounter with her girl friend who deals with her family's past, encourages her to discover the past of her own family as well, which leads her to unlikely findings.

After finishing his studies, Marko returns to his hometown and begins working as an online English teacher. But the town has changed in his absence — and so has he. As shifting demographics reshape the community, and his diverse students challenge him in unexpected ways, Marko is forced to confront his own identity, question his long-held beliefs, and rethink where he truly belongs.

Old senile lady lives with her son and daughter-in-law. One day she decided to go back to her own house. But the problem is that she does not remember where the house is.

"Poor Mother" is a Serbian melodrama film.

The documentary film "No" (2007) presents the life of our metaphysical poet Dragivoje Sreckovic, his poetry, as well as the poet's vision of the world and the universe. The film is a conceptual narrative about the existence of five times and tries to answer the essential cosmic question: did the poet manage to escape from the black hole?

"Oh dreary rock, do you remember the Pannonian Sea?" Castramentation - the art of building fortified constructions. Stone cannot burn, but it does remember. The Petrovaradin Fortress, which is more than three centuries old, was being built for almost a hundred years. During those years, it is said that the most valuable currency in the area were eggs. Instead of a dish, they ended up in the mortar... ...Planet Fortress. Quietly but persistently reminds us that there is no future without a past. Vice versa. The fortress means security. Security is peace. Peace is salvation. Salvation is love. Whisper the 'Officers' Beach', recites the lower town, whistle the underground passages, echo the wells, tell the walls, plays "the drunken clock", sings the Fortress.

On the 27th April 1914 upon the old Calendar – the Julian calendar (the 10th May 1914 upon the new Calendar – the Gregorian calendar) the ceremonial sanctification of the foundation stone for future building of the Seminary of St. Sava in Belgrade quarter called Vracar was performed. A great number of Belgrade citizens attended this event alongside the clergy, students and professors of the Seminary.

Marka Žvaka together with Drop Site News, recapitulated the events from the fall of the canopy in Novi Sad until today. Given that Serbia is at the crossroads, we encourage you not to turn to Albuquerque. Ideal for all your English speaking friends and contacts.

Tamara Drakulić sets off with her fiancé on a cargo ship headed to Hawaii to scatter her friend Tony’s ashes into the Pacific Ocean. After crossing the Atlantic Ocean, ancient limit to what was once the known world, the ship reaches the Caribbean Island of Guadalupe.

Milutin’s harmony of life collapses when his wife Magdalena experiences a car accident, defending her body of a one-year-old son who was entrusted with the care of Milutin. Magdalena remains immobile. Love between Milutin and Magdalena has always been at the highest possible level, and this remains in a series of situations, because the accident never goes by itself. It only remains for them to take care of what they care about, with the help of life circumstances, and that is the happiness of their son Jacob, but for Jacob, as a young man, temptations are only beginning.

Story about a rock and roll group that outlived the country it was named after, but also a story about a family. The film follows the three Jelić brothers who are born and grow up together with the new Yugoslavia. The story intertwines between the fate of the country, the fate of the group and the family.

An egotistical but amiable 44 year-old bachelor has second thoughts about getting married to his long-time girlfriend. A stage-like comedy about fears of commitment, the future, and responsibility that often plague men before marriage.

A game of destiny or cosmic justice?

The story of first and last sexual experience.

In the summer of 1990, writer / director Nikola Stojanović shot his new feature film Belle Epoque in Sarajevo. The war in Bosnia and Herzegovina breaks out, making it imposible to finish the editing of the film. The year is now 1996, and Nikola Stojanović remembers working on expensive project. He lives in Belgrade, the film's negative is in Zagreb and sound materials are in Sarajevo. Will he ever finish editing his film?

A person who has a very boring life discovers that there may be something more on the other side of the "wall."

A dreamy journey through time, a story about growing up and maturing. A story about the survival of subtle aesthetics on the edge of a big, murky wave in which greed and recklessness, immorality and unaesthetic, dirty money and the taste of bitterness roll in.

Woman confesses to her female psychiatrist about her failed romance.

We follow one of the most influential bands from the Yugoslav New Wave, Električni Orgazam, on their tour across Canada and USA. Parallel to that, we’re “on the road” through their career, too - we find out how the rock’n’roll band started 40 years ago, what their motive was, ups and downs, what still drives them on. An insightful, realistic and dynamic film depicts the members of the group and their relationships, whilst alternating between dialogues, interviews and numerous archive materials. No censure, no filter.

The drama "Angel" is a story about our natures and mentality. About the little people who meet in a common hospital room and to death, as well as the truth about their destiny, they come facing the final temptations of their own lives.

A documentary film "Extravagant genius - gentle uncle: Nikola Tesla correspondence with relatives," the media exclusivity that displays the last man alive who met with Nikola Tesla. Tesla's eighty-grandson after her sister's line of William Terbe (Trbojevic), native American premiere confesses about his relationship with close family genius who is very influenced by his scientific and practical work.

When people asked me about my trip to Tirana and the situation in Kosovo, I was drawn to explore more. Arriving in the city, I was intrigued by a Funeral Home and wanted to understand its significance and religious background. Tirana is home to three major religions living side by side, and I wanted to capture this coexistence. In my search for answers, I found that the feeling of loss is universal. Despite our differences, the shared experience of mourning connects us all, and this common thread is at the heart of my work.

The film consists of three stories based on personal testimonies of those who were healed by the saint and healer Zosim of Tumane.

The first film saga about Novi Sad, a work signed by directors Gvozden Đurić and Žanko Tomić, and will show the interweaving of Serbian culture and tradition with European ideals and challenges of the 18th century.

A silent footage of a funeral.

Three generations - three different microcosms - are entangled in circle. They were all looking for love but ended up experiencing aggression and escape from reality.

The first film in what would ultimately become Zilnik’s famed Kenedi trilogy follows street hustler Kenedi Hasani and his friend as they roam the streets of Serbia seeking Kenedi’s parents. Kenedi Goes Back Home is Zilnik’s account of the Roma people who were forced to flee from the war in the Balkans to Germany in the 1990s and who, ten years later, are forced against their will to return to Serbia. Zilnik shows the immigrants' lives in relation to the prevailing ideology shaped today by the borders between rich and poor and by the often-racist selection process that determines who will be accepted into Western Europe. In presenting the dilemmas and identifying the crises these people face, he appeals for a solution.

Branko dwells on the fringes of Belgrade society. Isolated and unable to sleep, he speaks to no-one. His only obsession seems to be his younger brother, whose muddy shoes, bloodstained sheets, and murky whereabouts unsettle him. As paranoia sets in, Branko realises his brother isn't the strange one. He is.

Detlic is a creative, sharp and upstanding citizen, percussionist in the Opera. Pressed by financial difficulties, which affect his marriage, he is devising an absurd plan how to survive the economic crisis in contemporary Serbia.

In the lush and weedy Serbian countryside, a first time human trafficker becomes stranded with the Roma boy he is to deliver.

Maria, is a single mother living in Serbia where housing is unpredictable, healthcare expensive and job opportunities are scarce. Desperate to provide for herself and her 6-year-old son, she resorts to petty scams to make ends meet. Stefan Ivančić’s Upon Sunrise, offers a poignant glimpse into the everyday struggles of a woman trying her hardest to navigate grave social inequality, with little to no support from the state.

The Touch follows a young boy's journey from the harmony of his mountain village to the hospital in the capital, to visit his injured father. Facing the hostile world of grownups, the strength of his love and the firmness of his will to reach his destination, will lead to some truly unexpected events.

Upon her arrival at an institution for people with mental disabilities, Maria becomes fast friends with the equally fiery Dragana. When it becomes clear that they are both in love with the more withdrawn Robert, their relationship is upset and gradually grows into a dangerous game of hide-and-seek to win him over. Being condemned to a lifetime of hiding away from society, the three teenagers’ profound longing for independence and human connection takes hold. Driven by the newfound feelings of desire and envy, their impulsive actions topple the delicate balance preserved by the institution’s stifling rules and spill over into confrontation and desperate measures for any way out.

Four wounded soldiers lie in a hospital room. Tortured minds hear strange noises... or is there something in the walls?

Teenage Sara travels to a small provincial town to attend the memorial service for her grandmother. While fighting her wounds and fears, Sara finds shelter in the company of a worker from the construction site.

Running away from his past, a man finds himself wandering through fields in search of his soul. His life seemingly changes when he befriends a boy who decides to help him find a coveted box.

Documentary film about a chess legend Bobby Fischer through the eyes of his Serbian friends, chess opponents and acquaintances.

A love story between a young Serbian woman and a young Albanian man set in the Kosovo War 1998.

Serbian indie homage to giallo horror films.

At the one side of the inner yard lives a mother, who is left alone by her husband, with a little boy and his sister. At the other side lives a wife with her husband, a geologist in pension, who has suffered a heavy stroke and now lives at the edge between life and death. These two women are trying to find ways to deal with their loneliness. The mother is desperately trying to find a man, and she becomes addicted of latinoamerican sope operas. On the other hand, the wife is trying to die along with her husband, and she's trying to kill every bit of sensuality left in her.

Đorđe and Divna are young people whose freedom is limited. Divna dreamed of being a famous singer, but she is forced to sing in a bar and perform striptease, and Đorđe's birth mother limits his freedom for fear of leaving her, like his father. The two meet and connect through music, and experience a love affair. They plan to help each other, to throw off the "strains and shackles" that bind them, but they face many obstacles that "bind" them, and which they must overcome in order to succeed.

20 years after the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the director decides to find the actors from a film he made as a student. The winds of war have scattered the boys far away from their hometown. In his search, the director embarks on a journey around the world, hoping to recover the lost pieces.

The film on several girls at casting for a role.