Culture

26.October 2026 Sonja Ciric

Warning to filmmakers: Prevent attempts to destroy documents

The association of film directors has information that the Film Center of Serbia is looking for a way to justify the money received for competitions that they did not use for that purpose, so they warn of a possible attempt to destroy or change the documentation

Culture

23.October 2026 S. Ć.

CESK: We live a culture of destruction

More than 20 festivals were not held last year and this year, the FCS has not announced competitions for two years, the Ministry of Culture rejects projects of art associations, the removal of successful directors and the appointment of people who do not promise... all this is evidence that we are living a culture of destruction, according to the research of the Center for Cultural Studies

Phenomenon Zafranovic (2)

14.October 2026 Rory Yeomans

Children of Kozara – a historian's view

The memoirs of children adopted by Ustasha-friendly and strongly Catholic families show that this process was no different from what happened in Spain after the Civil War, under the regime of Francisco Franco, when the children of murdered or imprisoned republicans were placed in Francoist families to be raised as "good" Spanish fascists.

The state and the film

20.September 2026 Sonja Ciric

Srđan Dragojević: I will go to Strasbourg for "Škartov".

Srđan Dragojević and Goran Marković are suing the Ministry of Culture for the decision that the court process they are leading should be stopped because there is no money in this year's budget for the 2021 competition! Dragojević announces the court in Strasbourg

Women in movies

19.August 2026 Anja Mihic

Bechdel test: Who is silent?

In a movie, women can be heroines, mothers, warriors and scientists, and still have nothing to say to each other. The Bechdel test is a simple criterion that asks if the two women in the film are talking about something other than the man. However, a shocking number of films fail to pass it