The selection committee that decides on the Serbian representative for the Oscar film award will announce its decision, for justified reasons, on September 24
As we already wrote (August 29) Only two films were submitted to the Film Center of Serbia for the selection of the Serbian candidate for the Oscar award of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, in the category for the best international film this year.
These are Milorad Milinković's Mother of Pearl Mist and David Jovanović's The Sun Never Again.
"After the projections of both achievements on September 2, 2025, the commission decided to announce its decision on September 24," it was announced today, Wednesday, on the FCS website.
The reason for this break is justified, and it concerns the proposals of the American Film Academy.
Photo: Promo/Dalibor TonkovicFrom the movie "Mother of the Mist"
"Both films are going into commercial cinema distribution in September, and it is one of the conditions of the American Academy for the film to be considered for this prestigious award", so the selection committee "concluded that it is expedient to wait for the fulfillment of that condition in accordance with the rules of the American Academy, especially before both films meet all other prescribed requirements".
After the appointment of the Selection Commission, two members were changed, so its composition is as follows: Boban Stefanović, cinematographer, Vladan Anđelković, producer, Vladislava Vojnović, screenwriter as the president of the Commission, Miroslav Lekić, director, Predrag Bambič, director of photography, Petar Jakonić, editor, and Stefan Gelineo, director.
It is not known how many films were completed this year, so how many of them meet the requirements of the American Academy. On the FCS website, which one would expect to have this information, there is only a list of films co-financed by that institution.
Apart from the two mentioned films, more films were completed this year. Whether they do not meet the requirements of the American Academy and that is why they did not apply, or whether there is another reason, will be seen after the announcement of the decision of the selection committee.
The producers of the film Sedef-magla are Telekom Srbija and the film company "Svemir zeka", and the film "Sunce never again" is a co-production of the company "Pointless Films" with the support of the Film Center of Serbia and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia, the City of Bor, the Veliki Krivelj Community, CEKOR and EU for you, and in co-production with the Belgrade Faculty of Dramatic Arts.
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