Also, many foreign films were shot on locations in Yugoslavia including domestic crews, such as Force 10 from Navarone starring Harrison Ford, Robert Shaw and Franco Nero, Armour of God starring Jackie Chan, as well as Escape from Sobibor starring Alan Arkin, Joanna Pacula and Rutger Hauer. Pula Film Festival was a notable film festival. Film companies included Jadran film from Zagreb, SR Croatia; Avala film from Belgrade, SR Serbia; Sutjeska film and Studio film from Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina; Zeta film from Budva, SR Montenegro; Vardar film and Makedonija film from Skopje, SR Macedonia and others.
These are (my) THE TOP 20 BALKAN (EX-YU) FILMS
There are many good films from the Ex Yugoslavia area, so it was hard to choose the best 20.
1. Black Cat, White Cat (1998) 8.0/10
Matko is a small time hustler, living by the Danube with his 17 year old son Zare. After a failed business… (127 mins.)
Director: Emir Kusturica
Stars: Bajram Severdzan, Srdjan Todorovic, Branka Katic, Florijan Ajdini
2. Time of the Gypsies (1988) 8.1/10
In this luminous tale set in the area around Sarajevo and in Italy, Perhan, an engaging young Romany (gypsy) with telekinetic powers, is seduced by the quick-cash world of petty crime, which threatens to destroy him and those he loves.
Director: Emir Kusturica
Stars: Davor Dujmovic, Bora Todorovic, Ljubica Adzovic, Husnija Hasimovic
3. No Man’s Land (2001) 8.0/10
Bosnia and Herzegovina during 1993 at the time of the heaviest fighting between the two warring sides. Two soldiers from opposing sides in the conflict, Nino and Ciki, become trapped in no man’s land, whilst a third soldier becomes a living booby trap. (98 mins.)
Director: Danis Tanovic
Stars: Branko Djuric, Rene Bitorajac, Filip Sovagovic, Georges Siatidis
4. Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams (2006) 7.2/10
A woman and her daughter struggle to make their way through the aftermath of the Balkan war. (90 mins.)
Director: Jasmila Zbanic
Stars: Mirjana Karanovic, Luna Mijovic, Leon Lucev, Kenan Catic
5. I Even Met Happy Gypsies (1967) 7.7/10
Bora the Gypsy is married to an older woman, and he falls in love with the younger Tissa, who is being offered in marriage by her father… (113 mins.)
Director: Milcho Manchevski
Stars: Katrin Cartlidge, Rade Serbedzija, Grégoire Colin, Labina Mitevska
9. Underground (1995) 8.1/10
The story follows an underground weapons manufacturer in Belgrade during WWII and evolves into fairly surreal situations… 11. Life is a Miracle (2004) 7.6/10
What could be better for the village than a scenic railway to bring in the tourists? What could be worse for tourism than war? Luka builds the railway and shuts his eyes to war. Then Luka’s wife runs off with a musician and his son is called up to the army. Luka’s life is a war zone.
17. Tito and Me (1992) 7.5/10
The story of a ten years old boy who, as most of the children in Yugoslavia of the fifties can hardly…
Director: Goran Markovic
Stars: Dimitrije Vojnov, Lazar Ristovski, Miki Manojlovic, Anica Dobra
18. Foolish Years (1977) 7.1/10
Two teenagers – boy from the rural and girl from the urban family – fall in love. Problems arise when the girl gets pregnant… (83 mins.)
Director: Zoran Calic
Stars: Rialda Kadric, Vladimir Petrovic, Velimir ‘Bata’ Zivojinovic, Dragomir ‘Gidra’ Bojanic
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