All articles by Vladan Petkovic – Page 15
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Sarajevo festival kicks off in confident mood
The 11th Sarajevo Film Festival (Aug 19-27)kicks off today with a film line-up and guest list that suggests it has becomethe most important festival in South East Europe. With 162 films, four world premieres and five regionalpremieres and 100 foreign press representatives, Sarajevo in now an essentialplace to be for ...
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Death wins again at Motovun Film Festival
The 7th edition ofMotovun Film Festival in Istria, Croatia (Jul 25-29) ended with a doublevictory for Romanian Cristi Pulu's Deathof Mr. Lazarescu. After winning the main prizeat the 12th Palic Festival of European Film in Serbia and Montenegro(Jul 17-23), the drama took the main award 'Propeller of Motovun' andAmnesty International ...
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Sarajevo hosts four world premieres in competition
The Sarajevo Film Festival,widely recognized as the biggest film festival in South East Europe, hasannounced the competition lineup for its 12th edition which runs Aug19 to 27.Over 70 films were submitted to be selected for the 11-film competitionsection, an increase from previous years since Hungary has now been added asone ...
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Alexander Payne called to festival jury service again
Film-maker Alexander Paynewill preside over the inaugural short film jury at the 11th Sarajevo Film Festivalin August.Payne, fresh from heading upthe Un Certain Regard jury at Cannes in May, had previously been announced asthe subject of a retrospective, including talks and workshops, at the event,which runs from August19-27.Veteran Serbian actor ...
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Cinelink unveils Balkan project shortlist
CineLink,Sarajevo Film Festival's annual script development program and co-productionmarket for feature-length fiction films, has announced this year's selection.CineLink's remitis to foster films from the Balkan region with the potential for theatricaldistributionThe jurycomprised Ludmila Cvikova, programmer of the Rotterdam International FilmFestival; Christina Kallas, the artistic director of screenplay developmentfunding programme Balkan ...
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Wild Bunch pair win Serbian funding
The SerbianMinistry of Culture has announced the winners of this year's film fundingcompetition, with two films backed by France's Wild Bunch receiving state aid.In total, fourprojects were awarded funding. They are:Mamarosh, by writer/director Momcilo Mrdakovic and a co-production with Cinears(Serbia), Yalla Productions and Wild Bunch (France);Charleston And Vendetta (Carlston Za ...
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Belgrade festival weathers rampant piracy
The 33rdBelgrade International Film Festival FEST wrapped on March 5 with a screeningof Theo Angelopoulos' Trilogy 1: TheWeeping Meadow. The festivalpresented 72 films and sold 76,000 tickets, the same figure as last year.However, this was considered an impressive achievement given that rampantpiracy has caused a major slump in cinema-going in ...
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Techine, Angelopulous book-end Belgrade festival
The 33rd BelgradeInternational Film Festival kicks off on Jan 25 with Andre Techine's LesTemps Qui Changent and will beopened by the film's star Catherine Deneuve. Running until Feb 6, thefestival in the Serbian capital will feature some 80 films across seven sections, in a programmemostly comprising fare from the biggest ...
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Techine, Angelopulous book-end Belgrade festival
The 33rd BelgradeInternational Film Festival kicks off on Jan 25 with Andre Techine's LesTemps Qui Changent and will beopened by the film's star Catherine Deneuve. Running until Feb 6, thefestival will feature some 80 films across seven sections, in a programmemostly comprising fare from the biggest world festivals of ...
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SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO 16 February
After Serbianpolice arrested some 100 dealers with pirated DiVX's and DVD's of We Are NotAngels 2 last week, the reason for the 39% fall-off of greatest local box-office champ of all times became obvious. Nevertheless, theblockbuster continues to break records, and after this weekend's 53,890admissions (total of 440,856) it has ...
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Serbia and Montenegro has new box-office champ
SrdjanDragojevic's We Are Not Angels 2 (Mi Nismo Andjeli 2) has scored thebiggest opening of all time in Serbia and Montenegro. The sequel to his1992 blockbuster achieved 88,526 admissions over the weekend, and with previewssince last Tuesday, grossed $395,120 from a total 124,417 spectators. Despitesnowstorms closing many roads in the ...
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BVI returns to Serbia and Montenegro
BIV is returningto Serbia and Montenegro a year after Pirates Of The Caribbean wasreleased, in October 2003 by the company's then principal partner Bandur Film.The localdistributor suffered a financial collapse and until this November, BVI had notreleased a single film in the territory.Now, BVI productis to be handled by Taramount ...
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SERBIA/MONTENEGRO 8 December
Alexander opened this weekend in pole position inSerbia and Montenegro. With only six prints, an unusually low number for apicture of its scope even in such a small territory, Oliver Stone's epic sold16,715 admissions for the weekend, and with previews that started on Tuesday,it has now grossed $110,264 for Mirius.Out ...
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SERBIA/MONTENEGRO 24 November
Localproduct has proven to be favourite of Serbian-Montenegrin audiences once again,with three local films occupying the top three places on this weekend's chart.Srdjan Koljevic's Red Coloured Gray Truck(Sivi kamion crvene boje), Audience Award winner at Montpellier, openedwith 14,029 admissions and cumulative gross of $60,231 for Metro.Aftera run of five weekends ...
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SERBIA/MONTENEGRO 10 November
After last week'sCinemania which offered previews of titles to be released in November andDecember, Serbian-Montenegrin audiences demonstrated once again their taste forboth local product and Hollywood fare.With two moreprints in its fourth weekend, the local Oscar submission Goose Feather remained on top position, selling 10,405 admissionsfor the weekend to cross ...
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SERBIA/MONTENEGRO 22 October
LjubisaSamardzic's Goose Feather helped themarket rise 23% when it opened this weekend at the pole position for FirstProduction. Having sold 16,755 admissions for the weekend, theSerbian-Montenegrin Oscar hopeful earned $50,164 or $3,344 per screen andpushed Kusturica's Life Is A Miracleto number two.Miracle has earned another $34,376 (or $688 per screen, ...
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SERBIA/MONTENEGRO 22 October
LjubisaSamardzic's Goose Feather helped themarket rise 23% when it opened this weekend at the pole position for FirstProduction. Having sold 16,755 admissions for the weekend, theSerbian-Montenegrin Oscar hopeful earned $50,164 or $3,344 per screen andpushed Kusturica's Life Is A Miracleto number two.Miracle has earned another $34,376 (or $688 per screen, ...
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SERBIA/MONTENEGRO 13 October
After giving a141% boost to the overall market last weekend,Life Is A Miracle sold another24,876 admissions this weekend and will pass the Serbian-Montenegrinblockbuster benchmark of 100,000 spectators by the end of the week.Kusturica'slatest offering now stands at total gross of $257,223.The only openerof the weekend, Tuck's Dodgeballlanded in third position, ...
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Kusturica looking at box office Miracle in Serbia
Emir Kusturica's Life Is A Miracle is to open on a huge50 prints in his home territory of Serbia and Montenegro on Sept 30.The film willopen in 40 cities and towns and will be distributed by Metro.The number ofprints is by far the biggest ever in the territory. By comparison, ...
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SERBIA/MONTENEGRO 8 September
Openingthis weekend with only 1,400 admissions and total gross of $6,307, Hellboy managed to enter in third placeat the Serbian-Montenegrin chart for Tuck, leaving last weekend's favourites I, Robot and Jersey Girl at the top. Tuck's Will Smith vehicle declined 41%compared to the previous weekend, but still held pole position ...