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The Return, Since Otar Left share top prize at Belgrade
Russian director Andrej Zvjagintsev's The Return and Julie Bertucelli's Since Otar Left have shared the top prize at the 10th Belgrade International Festival of Auteur Films (Nov 23-30).The Russian film also won the award for best cinematography for Michail Kritchman. Since Otar Left also took the YU-FIPRESCI award. The ...
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SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO
As 2003 comes to an end, the domination of local product is starting to weaken, except for the current absolute favourite Small World, which remained in second position in its eighth weekend. Despite a 45% decline, the road comedy has now grossed a total of $422,083. Two releases by Tuck, ...
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Milos Radovic's Small World has crossed the 100,000 admissions mark after enjoying the fourth weekend in a row on the top of the chart. The local road comedy has now grossed $259,261. Otherwise, there have not been many changes at the chart - the other local favourite Almost Totally Ordinary ...
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Milos Petricic's Almost Totally Ordinary Story opened last weekend at the third position in its home territory. The urban comedy, featuring a cast of newcomers sold 3,448 tickets to earn $9,020 for distributor Pro Vision. The two top positions are held by Small World and Pirates Of The Caribbean for ...
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In their second weekend at the chart, the latest local release Small World and Pirates Of The Caribbean held onto the two top positions in spite of SWAT opening. The Farrell/Jackson vehicle sold 4,991 tickets for the three-day weekend, making $12,706 for distributor Tuck. Small World proved to be ...
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Milos Radovic's Small World (Mali Svet) opened this prolonged weekend with 15,757 admissions, grossing $48,547 from Thursday to Sunday for distributor Delta Video, thanks to a high average admission price. The local road comedy, featuring some of the most popular Serbian actors, and winner of several awards at the Sarajevo ...
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Three week in a row champion LXG remains at the top of the chart despite competition last weekend from Bad Boys II and Matchstick Men, from the same distributor Tuck.Bad Boys sold 4,208 tickets to and Matchstick Men's 2,712 over the weekend, garnering $9,385 and $7,960 respectively, not enough to ...
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Srdjan Karanovic's Loving Glances (Sjaj U Ocima) played in second position last weekend, its second, for distributor Delta Video. Despite screening on two more screens this was not enough for the 1995 Belgrade-set story about refugees featuring actors from all around former Yugoslavia to beat Tuck's The League Of Extraordinary ...
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Hit Serbian producer readies Zamfir's Zona follow up
Serbian outfit Dream Company, which produced local hit Zamfir's Zona, is producing a new film, a World War II comedy The Robbery Of The Third Reich.Zamfir's Zona has grossed a total of $2m to date. Producer Miroslav Mitic is reuniting with Zona's writer/director Zdravko Sotra, and most of the Zona's ...
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French blockbuster Taxi 3 parked in the number one spot in its second week, selling 7,503 admissions improving 35% on its launch for distributor Pro Vision.Tuck's A Man Apart sold 4,146 tickets in its prolonged opening weekend, garnering $11,018 and taking the third position, behind the former four-week champion, and ...
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Daddy Day Care remained unbeatable in its fourth week at the Serbia and Montenegro box office, having sold another 8,601 admissions to gross a total of $95,000 (SD 5.6m) for distributor Tuck. This week's new competitors, the same distributor's Hollywood Homicide and Pro Vision's Taxi 3 failed to unseat the ...
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Already the most successful local film ever, Zamfir's Zona took another huge step forward this week with an incredible 76% rise, putting it in second place by admissions (9,722) after Daddy Day Care's 12,025. Apparently, Serbs and Montenegrins are still only interested in this particular product. However, due to ...
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This week marks the return of the greatest local hit ever, last year's Zamfir's Zona which has already attracted over 1.5 million admissions. The film's re-release achieved fifth place with 5,281 admissions, of which some 3,000 came from its second premiere at the newly-launched open-air cinema at the Tashmaidan swimming ...
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Croatia gets its first multiplex
Blitz-Cinestar, a new joint venture between Croatian distributor, Blitz Film & Video Distribution and German exhibitor, Cinestar/Kieft & Kieft, is to open Croatia's first multiplex this autumn. The multiplex, Cinestar Zagreb will have 13 state-of-the art screens over two floors with a total seating capacity of 2,954. All theatres will ...
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Serbian black comedy CiviLife for Belgrade shoot
Principal photography on Serbian-German-French-Dutch co-production CiviLife is due to start in Belgrade on June 22 for eight weeks. The dark comedy about a Serbian black-market gangster shooting down an American pilot during the NATO bombing of Belgrade in 1999 is written and will be directed by Milos Radovic. Radovic enjoyed ...
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France supports Serbian film archive
While many national film archives are coming under financial pressure, Serbia and Montenegro's Yugoslav Film Archive is to be upgraded to become one of the most sophisticated in the world.The French ambassador in Belgrade Gabriel Keller and the Serbian Minister of Culture Branislav Lecic have jointly announced that the Yugoslav ...
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Serbian debut wins Karlovy Vary selection
The debut feature film by the young Serbian director Milos Petricic Almost Totally Ordinary Story has been selected for 'East of the West' section of the 38th International Film Festival Karlovy Vary. The urban romantic comedy, written by Dusan Ristic and produced by Premax Group, features a young cast of ...
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Belgrade launches short film fund
The Belgrade City government has formed a Commission for awarding funds for documentary and short films, presided over by the renowned Serbian director Goran Markovic. Directors of documentary, short, animated and experimental films should apply by July 31 and the Commission will announce the its awards by October 1. The ...
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Belgrade festival announces line-up
The 31st Belgrade International Film Festival will be held from Feb 28 until Mar 9 featuring films that have participated at major world festivals in the past year.The selection is divided into six programmes and will feature some 90 movies, including Chicago, The Man Without A Past, Rabbit-Proof Fence, ...
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Sinisa Dragin wins top prize at Belgrade
Bertrand Tavernier's Safe Conduct (Laissez-Passer) closed the ninth Belgrade International Festival of Auteur Films on Saturday night. The Rotterdam Tiger Award winner, Romanian Sinisa Dragin's Everyday God Kisses Us On The Mouth (In Fiecare Zi Dumnezeu Ne Saruta Pe Gura) won the main award, the 'Aleksandar Sasa Petrovic' plaque. The ...