Film Center of Serbia

Serbian actor Jovan Ginic has won the Rising Star Award from the Louis Roederer Foundation at this year's Cannes Film Festival, which is presented to the best young actor, the Film Center of Serbia announced.

Ginic won the award for his lead role in Vladimir Perisic's film Lost Country.

The production company Paradox Film points out that it had particularly good ratings in the Nordic countries, reaching ninth place in the Netherlands, sixth in Sweden, and eighth in Croatia on the list of the 10 most watched films.
"This is important news for Serbian cinematography and Serbian historiography," a press release of the production company Paradox Film said.

As presented in today's announcement, the complete competition selections from 2020 and 2021 will be shown, since last year the festival was not held due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said that on Monday in Belgrade, the government announced.

Scriptwriter Dimitrije Vojnov and actor Nikola Kojo have accused the Serbian Film Center of banning the filming of a film called "Mezimica" ["Favourite"] because it shows Serbs in a bad light.

The Center has denied the accusations, saying the contract for the movie was terminated by agreement and accusing the two of damaging the country's film industry.

BELGRADE - As part of the 22nd Auteur Film Festival, the French-Serbian Film Meetings will begin at the Yugoslav Film Archive on Thursday, ending on December 3, the Film Center of Serbia announced.

The meetings will feature panels on various topics - promotion of auteur film, co-production, locations, tax facilities and distribution.

BERLIN - Train Driver's Diary by Milos Radovic has won four awards at the 65th International Film Festival in Mannheim-Heidelberg, Germany, the Film Center of Serbia announced on its website.

This year's Serbian Oscar nominee won the audience award, a special mention for film achievements and the ecumenical award for best film.

BELGRADE - "Rabbitland", a short animated movie by Ana Nedeljkovic and Nikola Majdak Jr., won the Tricky Women Award of the City of Vienna at the 2014 Tricky Women festival held March 12-16.

Since it premiered at 63rd Berlin Film Festival in 2013 and got the Crystal Bear, "Rabbitland" was screened at numerous festivals across the world.