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erbian actors are on the loose. The most active remains Ljubisa Samardzic who has filmed another television series, Scent of Rain in the Balkans (Miris kise na Balkanu), which unfolds in Sarajevo between 1914 and 1945. A feature of the same name, inspired by the series, is also planned. Actor Lazar Ristovski directed the political farce White Lions (Beli lavovi). Finally, Montevideo, God Bless You! (Montevideo, bog te video), the directing debut of actor Dragan Bjelogrlic, is a crowd-pleasing period drama set between the two World Wars, about the formation of a Serbian soccer team, in advance of the first world championship, by a bunch of enthusiasts. It scored well at the box office and a sequel is already planned.
Zelimir Zilnik’s One Woman – One Century
In his feature How I Was Stolen by the Germans (Kako su me ukrali Nemci) writerdirector Milos Misa Radivojevic tells the story of his own childhood, when he was practically raised by a benevolent German officer during the war, in occupied Belgrade. The more recent civil conflict remains a hotly debated subject for domestic filmmakers. The Enemy (Neprijatelj) by Dejan Zecevic is a tense horrorthriller set in the earlier stages of the recent wars, about a mysterious, devilish man found by a stray Serbian platoon, who gradually drives each of the soldiers to suicide.
Lazar Ristovski’s White Lions
Darko Bajic’s documentary Gringo, whose subject is also soccer, is dedicated to a Serbian player Dejan Petkovic Rambo, the only foreign player to ever achieve success and fame in Brazil. Other notable documentaries included Mila Turlajic’s Cinema Communisto, which looks at the genre of Yugoslav Partisan films set during World War II – the most successful cinematic genre of the former federation. Zelimir Zilnik’s One Woman – One Century (Jedna zena – jedan vek) is a profile of a 100-year-old woman from Istria, in Slovenia, who witnessed the demise of six states in the Balkan region.
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Milos Misa Radivojevic’s How I Was Stolen by the Germans
Mladen Maticevic’s Together (Zajedno), about a writer who manages to win back his estranged wife, is a low-budget TV family drama that successfully scored festival distribution. Zduhach Means Adventure
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