Serbian Film Festival DC

Name: Serbian Film Festival DC
Start: 2024-10-17T18:45:00-04:00
End: 2024-10-20T20:00:00-04:00
Location: Washington, DC

Schedule

Thu Oct 17 2024 at 06:45 pm to Sun Oct 20 2024 at 08:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Washington, DC | Washington, DC

Serbian Film Festival is a four-day event, held October 17-20, 2024, in Washington, D.C. It will feature screenings, panels, awards, and networking opportunities.
*all movies have English subtitle
** Tickets are tax deductible!!!
FESTIVAL PROGRAM

Thursday, October 17, 2024,
American Film Institute in Silver Spring, MD

6:45 p.m. Opening Ceremony
7:15 p.m. SWEET SORROW
Directed by Kosta Djordjevic
Cast Branka Katić, Denis Murić, Alisa Radaković
Description An angsty teen organizes his grandma's funeral upon realizing that it could be a way to win his crush's heart.

Friday, October 18, 2024,
Cafritz Hall, D.C.
7:15 p.m. OPERATION SABRE
*special screening of Episodes 1 and 2
Directed by Goran Stanković, Vladimir Tagić
Cast Dragan Mićanović, Milica Gojković, Ljubomir Bandović, Lazar Tasić, Zlatko Burić, Jasna Đuričić
Description Belgrade, 2003. When Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic is assassinated, the country plunges into chaos, and the authorities' response is to introduce a state of emergency. A turning point in recent Serbian history through the perspective of a journalist, a police officer, and a criminal.

Saturday, October 19, 2024,
AMC in Georgetown D.C.
2:00 p.m. WORKING CLASS GOES TO HELL
Directed by Mladen Djordjevic
Cast Tamara Krcunović, Leon Lučev, Momo Pićurić
Description Workers from a factory that has closed reach out to the supernatural in a struggle for personal dignity.
4:30 p.m. RUSSIAN CONSUL
Directed by Miroslav Lekić
Cast Nebojša Dugalić · Žarko Laušević · Visar Vishka · Anica Lazić
Description Year 1973, turmoil between Kosovo Serbs and Albanians in Autonomous province of Kosovo. A story that describes the beginning of the crisis in Kosovo.
7:30 p.m. Serbian FIlm Festival Panel Discussion
8:00 p.m. THE ERL-KING
Directed by Goran Radovanović
Cast Jakša Prpić, Sara Klimoska, Miloš Biković
Description Anti-war movie which deals with the consequences of the bombardment of NATO of Serbia, and how it affected a child’s perception of the world and their childhood.

Sunday, October 20, 2024,
Arlington Drafthouse in Arlington, VA
12:00 p.m. THE DUKE AND THE POET
Directed by Milorad Milinković
Cast Dragan Mićanović, Nebojša Dugalić, Miloš Timotijević
Description The film follows the last week in the life of the Serbian Duke Mihailo Obrenovic. While a deadly conspiracy was plotted against him to thwart the liberation of Serbia and the other Balkan nations, the Serbian Duke, in love with his much younger cousin, is torn between his sense of duty and his feelings. Based on real events.
2:30 p.m. SUNDAY
Directed by Nemanja Ćeranić
Cast Husein Alijević, Marko Janketić, Maša Đorđević
Description Sunday follows the life of the popular singer Jay Ramadanovski from an early age to his first steps in the music industry.
5:00 p.m. Serbian Film Festival Awards Ceremony
6:00 p.m. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WORLD
Directed by Filip Čolović
Cast Andrija Kuzmanović, Anđelka Prpić, Nikola Pejaković
Description Angel Ljubiša is trying to bring together the incompatible, the unestablished director Bata. Una, the popular and charismatic TV presenter and the police inspector Trišić.