SERBIA IN CORTO
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Show of the Novi Sad International Film Festival
The Novi Sad Film Festival (NSFF) is an international competitive film festival held annually in Novi Sad, Serbia. The event aims to bring the new productions of national and international cinema closer to the public, while at the same time creating a meeting space for filmmakers and industry professionals.
Its programming brings together different competitive sections and film samples along with meetings and round tables dedicated to the future of cinema and new technologies. An important part of the festival is also dedicated to its Industry programme, designed to promote new projects, promote co-productions and establish links between film, animation and the technological sector.
Organized by the City of Novi Sad and the Cultural Centre of Novi Sad, the NSFF seeks to strengthen the international projection of Serbian cinema and to consolidate Novi Sad as an open and favourable city for film creation. Its fourth edition was held from 10 to 13 September 2026.
IN CONTINUE
Title: Continuous / In continuous
Duration: 12 min
Address: Vlatko Gilić
Year of production: 1971
Overview: In continuous use images of a slaughterhouse to represent the blissful nature of the human being. First it shows the cleaning and mechanical preparations of the slaughterhouse and then the killing; however, the slaughter of the animals itself is not shown.
ITER VITAE
Title: The journey of life / Iter Vitae
Duration: 10 min
Address: Dragan Milenkovi ć
Year of production: 2026
Overview: Human beings, when they are young, often become independent and take their own way, like any other living being on this planet. That road begins at a station and ends when the train completes its journey and returns to it. Our protagonist lives his life on a train that metaphorically represents the journey of existence. During the trip he is accompanied by a small suitcase that, over time, is filled with experiences. But is it just a suitcase or a keeper of memories, experiences and wisdom?
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Original title: Žmurke
Duration: 13 min 23 s
Address: Ognjen Petković
Year of production: 2018
Overview: In an area devastated by war and full of snipers, a group of people seek refuge in a safe hiding place, but water begins to be scarce quickly. A woman enters an unknown danger with the aim of obtaining supplies for others. Based on a real history, short film is part of a broader project of short films that explore the consequences of the Balkan wars of the 1990s on the lives of ordinary citizens.
The story of a Danube salmon
Duration: 24 min
Address: Jovana Milanko and Dušan Brković
Year of production: 2013
Overview: The Danube salmon is a species that lives in rivers and mountain streams. Part of his life cycle can be seen in this documentary, which is an exciting discovery of the magical underwater world of the rivers Drina and Vrelo. This fish, which in the past was on the verge of extinction, now plays a fundamental role in the recovery of the species.
The river (Reka)
Original title: Reka
Duration: 29 min 47 s
Address: Uglješa Ranisavljevi ć
Year of production: 2024
Overview: Mirko fights the nightmares after his father's death. His mother, Vesna, who raised him alone, begins to approach his neighbor Jova, which feeds Mirko's anger and distance. When Marina, her childhood friend, returns to the village, new feelings arise that help him heal and gradually understand his mother.
