Discoveries from Serbia World Cinema

A look into the underground world of trafficking human body parts.

Jealousy, envy, gossip, and greed are testing Zona's and Mane's perfect marriage.

A heartbroken tabloid journalist starts a column about the romantic lives of Serbia’s outsiders, unaware that he’s slowly becoming one of them.

While Jelena, a young immigrant, looks for a a better future in Canada, her mother Rada looks for a dog that she has lost in the streets of Belgrade. Although Rada would would like to see her daughter again soon, she hides the truth because she knows that Jelena would come back to find the dog.

About a strange love triangle - or about two people who are in love and a third person who is in their way. "The Folk Play" by Olga Dimitrijevic is adapted by Bojana Lazic, and Slobodan Obradovic.

Despot Stefan's hidden treasure is wanted by a secret organization of the Catholic Church, They hire mafia boss and activate agents from all structures of society to fight against its guardians, Knights of the Order of the Dragon.

During the student blockades in Serbia in 2025, the Faculty of Dramatic Arts' beloved cat, Slavko, gets hungry and eats the building of the corrupted state-owned public radio and television broadcaster of Serbia, RTS (Radio Television of Serbia).

Many are aware of the heinous crimes against civilizational heritage in the Middle East committed by ISIS. But do people know that this kind of terror is happening in the very heart of Europe? Over 150 Christian churches and monasteries have been destroyed in Serbia's province of Kosovo since 1999. 4 monasteries are part of UNESCO's List of World Heritage in Danger.

The action takes place in the village where the master Milun tries to use the servant Sreja and his knowledge “to play nicely on the harps” which is well paid and to make a contract with him to Sreja's detriment, all with the help of village fraudsters, his faithful tricksters.

The occasion is “The Cleaner,” a travelling retrospective exhibition of work by Marina Abramović, whose final destination is Belgrade, the artist’s hometown. It contemplates her whole life, including dilemmas from her youth in Belgrade, misguided love affairs and a special kind of loneliness. It centres around re-performance as a phenomenon. Who are re-performers?

Author adapted his dream into a short movie.

This is a warm human story set between the two world wars in Leskovac, where a real miracle happens with an unusual set of circumstances and builds the history of that small place where great people live...

A look at the brutal reality in present-day Serbia.

Strahinja, a smuggler with a failed marriage, becomes stranded with teens he's to take across the border to Hungary. The boys' open-hearted approach to life makes Strahinja aware of the walls he has built around his own.

The story behind and around famous American director Nicholas Ray's 1960s stay in SFR Yugoslavia. The celebrated director who was the toast of Hollywood only a decade earlier having made Rebel Without a Cause has fallen on hard times and is now desperately trying to re-establish his spiraling film career. On the other hand, his powerful host, Avala Film director and former Yugoslav secret service operative Ratko Dražević, is dreaming big dreams - he is trying to establish a 'Hollywood behind the Iron Curtain' of sorts.

Three adolescent friends spend a sleepless night in New Belgrade uncovering a freakish neighborhood mystery.

Girl is going to a seaside with her boyfriend, but ends up locked and prepared for sex trafficking.

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.

Vid, a father grappling with the encroaching threat of a multicorporate iron ore mine near his home, discovers resilience and hope through his young son's imaginative perspective, blending optimism, fairy tales, and mysticism into their grim reality.

The film we are going to see deals with a topic that is often dealt with in student films, which is how to win the heart of a girl you are madly in love with.

For 40 year old Nikola, everyday life is just about producing the worst, the most vulgar reality shows and hidden cameras for TV. His life begins to change when he starts to mentor young girl pushed to be star by her ambitious mother. In turn of the events, Nikola starts to wonder if it is he who is the target of some hidden camera show.

The documentary Ether Of Hate explores the triangle of power in Serbia - the church, the political elite and the media and their mutual symbiosis in creating an atmosphere of hatred and intolerance towards the LGBTIQ+ population. Focusing primarily on the narratives that followed the holding of EuroPride in Serbia in 2022, through archival footage, interviews and analysis, it is revealed how public discourse is shaped, who creates it and with what intentions. The film shows a picture of that September in which the masks fell, putting it in the context of everything that came before, and everything that will follow later.

Like Don Quixote, Zivan Pujic Jimmy fights for his annual punk festival. A film about failure, ambition, friendship and clinging to your dreams. Glavonic received much praise for this exceptional film that doesn't reveal what's fact and what's fiction.

Zlatibor, at the end of the summer of 1943. British General Charles Armstrong, the new head of allied military missions, is coming to the Supreme Command of the Yugoslav Army. He announces the imminent capitulation of Italy and the landing of the Western Allies on the Adriatic Sea.

Short horror film.

While wandering in a post-apocalyptic world, Jovan encounters an old man Enoh who is searching for a mythical city of Vasota. After realizing that his home is gone, Jovan is forced to join Enoh in his pursuit for Vasota.

Road movie documentary through half a century of filmography by Želimir Žilnik. But also a journey through the history of Yugoslavia, a country that no longer exists. With the specific style of docudrama that he built over the years, Zilnik managed to stay engaged and brave, but above all free, by making low-budget films for decades. We follow the efforts of his team to finish the film "Freedom or Comics", which was seized by censorship 50 years ago, and which was recently accidentally found. The story of an uninterrupted struggle for disenfranchised social and minority groups who are constantly the main heroes of Žilnik's films.

A short music documentary about the life and work of Darkwood Dub band from 1990 to 2000s.

On the Croatian island of Vis, a diverse group discusses their future, reflecting on the decline of storytelling and listening cultures. Fishermen, youth, intellectuals, and others, gather in cinematic dialogue, shaping the collective protagonist. Their debates on growth versus environmental protection connect past, present, and future, bridging local and global perspectives.

When a gawky teenager devises a silly plan to impress his crush, they unexpectedly find themselves stranded on a remote island. As his harebrained scheme unravels, they must navigate the dangers of the wilderness and their own insecurities in this darkly comedic tale of self-discovery.

An alien being fights to complete an impossible task. A metaphor for the emotional weight one carries within, and the hardships when striving to rid oneself of it.

The story of Partizan Belgrade basketball club.

Professor Michael Meloun arrives in Belgrade as a visiting lecturer. He suffers a panic attack, and doctors find out his agoraphobia has worsened. He must stay indoors. Maria, whom he meets at the hospital, stays to care for him.

The film crew is trying to find children in small villages around Golija, and to find out how their lives differ from children living in big cities.

Unknown Serbian author creates one of the most popular Serbian folk songs "Djurdjevdan" (St. George Day) in the 'Train of Death' on it's way to Croatian concentration camp Jasenovac, during World War 2.

In August 1911, Serbian producer Svetozar Botoric and Louis de Beery (former Pathé’s cinematographer) left Belgrade to film a country wedding. With the bridal procession of 300 guests bringing together all the social classes of the time, we follow the young married couple step by step : at home, then at the wedding luncheon beneath the old oak trees, and finally smiling at the party that presents a really beautiful account of Kolo, a traditional Serbian dance.

The feature documentary film about the painter Milos Bajic and his life and art during the Second World War.

"Kao da je bilo nekad" is a documentary about band Ekatarina Velika (1981 - 1994). The band had a profound influence on the ex-Yugoslav scene of the 1980s and ended unusually tragic five members of the creative core of the band died between 1992 and 2002 from heroin abuse. The film comprehensively presents the band career with a particular attention to individual destinies of its members while trying to pose the question - who is actually to blame for their early death.

Feature documentary film about the Serbian James Bond, Duško Popov, intelligence agent that inspired the writer Ian Fleming to create the indestructible agent 007.

A Nazi scientist conducts insemination experiments on his own wife in an attempt to create a monster.

Modern take on Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven".

Brother and sister encounter their father after seven years while visiting him in Nice, France.

A story set in the Middle Ages about a warrior knight who survived the historic Battle of Kosovo in 1389. Along the way, he meets a wild boy, all alone. And they continue this journey together. This man is a personification of all small heroes, that no songs are sang about.

Life path of Serbian princess Olivera, youngest daughter of King Lazar and Queen Milica, which is given as a peace offer to Sultan Bajazit's harem.

In the film, a live audience, consisting of different ethnic and religious groups from the Balkans, in which a single narrator recites six stories about six significant historical events impacting the Balkans. Following each story, a real mixed martial arts fight occurs, shot and framed to reveal not only the violence humans are capable of, but also manifesting the poetry of movement, mutual respect and the very tangible intimacy of two human bodies struggling.

A Montenegrin parody to spaghetti westerns.

They started their 1400 km journey to the capital of Europe on bicycles from Novi Sad, Serbia. This trip, from a divided country that has been in a socio-political crisis for five months, since the tragedy at the Novi Sad railway station - they called it the trip of justice. Eighty students from Serbia cycled through 6 European countries and 15 large cities in 12 days. Festive welcomes, tears, song and laughter in the squares all over Europe. They were welcomed by the Serbian diaspora, but also by the leaders of the cities they passed through. They went to Strasbourg with the desire to be heard by Europe and the world and said "We are not driving to Europe to escape from Serbia. We are driving to bring it back."

Bor, in eastern Serbia, was once home to the largest copper mine in Europe. Now it’s just the biggest hole. This astutely observed coming-of-age film captures the pitfalls of the adult world, where idealism no longer seems to have a place, as two teens come to realize they have no choice but to grow up.

A winemaker determined to put up a plaque to the Nobel Prize winner and a persona non grata - Peter Handke, in a remote village in Kosovo.

A group of teenagers celebrate Labour day at a remote house near the lake. Filip disappears, Sofija longs for a touch, Isidora runs away to forget, and Alisa wants to spend a beautiful day. In search of something they’ve been missing, everybody seems to be forgetting about Filip.

The hardships of a young female refugee and her personal melodrama of being forced to choose between two men, out of whom she prefers the poorer one.

Documentary about the Serbian rap group Crni Cerak, made up of various archive clips of the group members. The documentary was released to support their album by the same name.

Inside Belgrade's home for elderly people, couple of grandmas made a band. As the days go by, practices are getting harder and it makes them evaluate their lives. They have a tour for elderly people's homes across Serbia and one bigger concert with guest star drummer.

When a young man’s silent pain erupts into violence, his older brother is forced to confront the past and his own role in it.

Momčilo Radunović, an experienced entrepreneur and businessman remained in Gabon after the break-up of Yugoslavia. In the film, he evokes memories of former successes and co-operation from the times of non-alignment.

Jovana and Aleksa are young people, linked by fate since childhood. Forced to move from the area where their ancestors lived for centuries, trying to find and secure the place to live in their new environment. Faced with the loneliness, and separation, because Alex works abroad in order to pay for the house, and they collide with the unsolvable problem for them - a fraud!

The two guys with mask from iconic horror movie characters Jason from Friday the 13th and Ghostface from Scream movie meet in NYC to celebrate Halloween in their own particular way. Their victim of choice suprised everyone on this occasion.

A romantic drama about three couples from Banja Luka whose destinies intertwine on New Year's Eve.

An insurance agent, an accountant, a digital gravedigger, a homeless accordion player, a typography designer and seven other completely different people meet at a cooking class. Father and son are driving a car through a monotonous, endless, cold autumn landscape. Their paths will all cross and life will never be the same again. Ultimately, each of them will understand what it means to be an angel on this cruel, dry, gray earth.

In a world full of fear, where love is slowly drifting away and becoming something unreachable, we come across unfortunate people, such as Rasha and his demanding sick father. Living on the edge of existence during pre-apocalyptic time, he becomes a guard of an old hotel, and stumbles upon strange characters with whom he shares misfortune.