2017
Vancouver Serbian FilmFest 2017.
Herd - Comedy
"Herd "is a hilarious satirical comedy about life behind the camera. More often than not, a greater drama precedes a film or TV drama we see on the screen. Filmmakers, those hopeless enthusiasts who ignore the reality of life, risk their very existence in their desire to create a great work of art. This story can be told in many different languages and in many different countries, even in many different time periods. The road to the red carpet is not all roses, it is filled with compromise, struggle, even a pact with the devil, if necessary. It is safe to say that Herd is based on a true story about a similar project, somewhere going on this very moment and it will go on as long as there are artists and governments in this world.
Albert's Way - Documentary
The story about the life and achievements of Mr. Albert Mayer, legendary constructor of the Panavision Panaflex film cameras. These cameras are called “Cadillac of the film cameras” by the film professionals.
The Black Pin
Father Peter is afraid that universe is indifferent. God no longer intervenes. His wife has abandoned him. His son only rebels against him. And his mother seldom recognizes him thanks to Alzheimer. All Peter wants is a moment of peace but he becomes an obstacle to a large property sale in his seaside parish. And the group of colorful, but also vengeful villagers decides to chase him away. No peace here for Father Peter. They stir up the rest of the superstitious village making them believe that Peter is the cause of all troubles on the peninsula. Their war escalates on a funeral of a supposed witch that they turn into surreal mayhem.
The Promise
In a remote village in the north of Serbia something unexpected has happened. All of a sudden, a French family have moved to a poor place deserted by the young.
Name: Dobrica, Last Name: Unknown
Film Name: Dobrica, Last Name: Unknown is a fairytale for grownups. It tells the story of a baby abandoned at birth, and how he comes to live happily ever after.
Trapped Time - Documentary
This is a story about one man, one country and one time.
Requiem for Mrs. J.
On the day the family pet - a rabbit - dies, Mrs. J, a modest middle-aged widow, a former administrative clerk, decides to: bury the rabbit, wash a sink full of dishes, go to the store, dig up an old family pistol. She is determined to kill herself on the anniversary of her husband's death. In a week’s time. Mrs. J decides to go to a stonemason and hire him to place her picture on the tombstone; to return a borrowed chair to her neighbor; to visit for the first time the hyper-market where older daughter Anna works; to collect her severance pay from the bankrupt factory she spent half her life working in; to correct a typo in her name on her birth certificate. Mrs. J decides to do all that. But to start doing all that she needs certificate about her employment over the past 20 years. In a country which is going through social transition and administrative reform, this will be highly complicated. Because living in transition is complicated. And dying is even more complicated.
