List of Serbian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Submissions
Table:
Year
(Ceremony)
Film title used in nomination
Original title
Director
Result

1994
(67th)

Vukovar Poste Restante

Вуковар, једна прича

Boro Drašković

Not Nominated

1995
(68th)

Underground

Подземље

Emir Kusturica

Not Nominated

1996
(69th)

Pretty Village, Pretty Flame

Лепа села лепо горе

Srđan Dragojević

Not Nominated

1997
(70th)

Three Summer Days

Три летња дана

Mirjana Vukomanović

Not Nominated

1998
(71st)

Powder Keg

Буре барута

Goran Paskaljević

Not Nominated

1999
(72nd)

The White Suit

Бело одело

Lazar Ristovski

Not Nominated

2000
(73rd)

Sky Hook

Небеска удица

Ljubiša Samardžić

Not Nominated

2001
(74th)

War Live

Рат уживо

Darko Bajić

Not Nominated

2002
(75th)

Labyrinth

Лавиринт

Miroslav Lekić

Not Nominated

2003
(76th)

The Professional

Професионалац

Dušan Kovačević

Not Nominated

2004
(77th)

Goose Feather

Јесен стиже, дуњо моја

Ljubiša Samardžić

Not Nominated

2005
(78th)

Midwinter Night's Dream

Сан зимске ноћи

Goran Paskaljević

Not Nominated

2006
(79th)

Tomorrow Morning

Сутра ујутро

Oleg Novković

Not Nominated

2007
(80th)

The Trap

Клопка

Srdan Golubović

Made January Shortlist

2008
(81st)

The Tour

Турнеја

Goran Marković

Not Nominated

2009
(82nd)

St. George Shoots the Dragon

Свети Георгије убива аждаху

Srđan Dragojević

Not Nominated

2010
(83rd)

Solemn Promise

Беса

Srđan Karanović

Not Nominated[4]

2011
(84th)

Montevideo, God Bless You![5]

Монтевидео, Бог те видео

Dragan Bjelogrlić

Not Nominated

2012
(85th)

When Day Breaks[6]

Кад сване дан

Goran Paskaljević

Not Nominated

2013
(86th)

Circles[7]

Кругови

Srdan Golubović

Not Nominated

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This is a list of films released in 1994 . The top worldwide grosser was The Lion King , becoming the highest-grossing Walt Disney Feature Animation film of all-time , although it was slightly overtaken at the North American domestic box office by Forrest Gump , which won the Academy Award for Best Picture . Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer celebrated its 70th Anniversary in 1994 .
The 67th Academy Awards ceremony , organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) took place on March 27 , 1995 , at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST . During the ceremony , AMPAS presented Academy Awards ( commonly referred to as the Oscars ) in 23 categories honoring the films released in 1994 . The ceremony , televised in the United States by ABC , was produced by Gilbert Cates and directed by Jeff Margolis . Comedian David Letterman hosted the show for the first time . Three weeks earlier in a ceremony held at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills , California on March 4 , the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Jamie Lee Curtis . Forrest Gump won six awards , including Best Picture . Other winners included Ed Wood , The Lion King , and Speed with two awards , and The Adventures of Priscilla , Queen of the Desert , Blue Sky , Bob 's Birthday , Bullets over Broadway , Burnt by the Sun , Franz Kafka 's It 's a Wonderful Life , Legends of the Fall , The Madness of King George , Maya Lin : A Strong Clear Vision , Pulp Fiction , A Time for Justice and Trevor with one . The telecast garnered more than 48 million viewers in the United States , making it the most watched Oscars telecast since the 55th Academy Awards in 1983 .
Vukovar , jedna priča ( Serbian Cyrillic : Вуковар , једна прича , English : Vukovar : A Story ) is a Serbian war film directed by Boro Drašković . It was released in 1994 . It is also known as Vukovar poste restante . The film was selected as the Serbian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 67th Academy Awards , but was not accepted as a nominee .
Boro Drašković ( Serbian Cyrillic : Боро Драшковић ; born 29 May 1935 ) is a Serbian director , playwright and screenwriter .
This is a list of films released in 1995 . The highly anticipated sequel Die Hard with a Vengeance was the year 's biggest box-office hit , and Braveheart won the Academy Award for Best Picture .
The 68th Academy Awards ceremony , organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) , honored the best films of 1995 in the United States and took place on March 25 , 1996 , at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST . During the ceremony , AMPAS presented Academy Awards ( commonly referred to as Oscars ) in 24 categories . The ceremony , televised in the United States by ABC , was produced by Quincy Jones and directed by Jeff Margolis . Actress Whoopi Goldberg hosted the show for the second time , having previously presided over the 66th ceremony in 1994 . Three weeks earlier , in a ceremony held at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills , California , on March 2 , the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Richard Dreyfuss . Braveheart won five awards , including Best Director for Mel Gibson and Best Picture . Other winners included Apollo 13 , Pocahontas , Restoration and The Usual Suspects with two awards , and Anne Frank Remembered , Antonia 's Line , Babe , A Close Shave , Dead Man Walking , Il Postino : The Postman , Leaving Las Vegas , Lieberman in Love , Mighty Aphrodite , One Survivor Remembers and Sense and Sensibility with one . The telecast garnered almost 45 million viewers in the United States .
Underground ( Serbian : Подземље / Podzemlje ) , is a 1995 comedy-drama film directed by Emir Kusturica , with a screenplay co-written by the director and Dušan Kovačević . It is also known by the subtitle Once Upon a Time There Was One Country ( Serbian : Била једном једна земља/Bila jednom jedna zemlja ) , which was the title of the 5-hour mini-series ( the long cut of the movie ) shown on Serbian RTS television . The film uses the epic story of two friends to portray a Yugoslav history from the beginning of World War II until the beginning of Yugoslav Wars . The film was an international co-production with companies from Yugoslavia ( Serbia ) , France , Germany , Czech Republic and Hungary . The theatrical version is 163 minutes long . In interviews , Kusturica stated that his original version ran for over 320 minutes , and that he was forced to cut it by co-producers . Underground won the Palme d'Or at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival . It was Kusturica 's second such award after When Father Was Away on Business ( 1985 ) . It went on to win other honours .
Emir Kusturica ( Serbian Cyrillic : Емир Кустурица ; born 24 November 1954 ) is a Serbian filmmaker , actor and musician . He also has French citizenship . He has been recognized for several internationally acclaimed feature films , as well as his projects in town-building . He has competed at the Cannes Film Festival on five occasions and won the Palme d'Or twice ( for When Father Was Away on Business and Underground ) , as well as the Best Director prize for Time of the Gypsies . Kusturica has also won a Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for Arizona Dream and a Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival for Black Cat , White Cat . In addition he was also named Commander of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres . Since the mid-2000s , Kusturica 's primary residence has been in Drvengrad , a town built for his film Life Is a Miracle , in the Mokra Gora region of Serbia . He had portions of the historic village reconstructed for the film . He has been a member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of the Republika Srpska since 9 November 2011 .
The year 1996 involved many significant films . The major releases this year included Scream , Independence Day , Fargo , Trainspotting , The Rock , The English Patient , Twister , Mars Attacks ! , Jerry Maguire and a film version of the musical , Evita .
The 69th Academy Awards ceremony , organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) took place on March 24 , 1997 , at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST . During the ceremony , AMPAS presented the Academy Awards ( commonly referred to as Oscars ) in 24 categories honoring films released in 1996 . The ceremony , televised in the United States by ABC , was produced by Gil Cates , and directed by Louis J. Horvitz . Actor Billy Crystal hosted the show for the fifth time . He first presided over the 62nd ceremony held in 1990 and had last hosted the 65th ceremony held in 1993 . Three weeks earlier , in a ceremony held at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills , California , on March 1 , the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Helen Hunt . This also served as the launch event for DVD , with its U.S. launch being on the same day as the ceremony . The English Patient won the most awards of the evening with nine including Best Picture . Other winners included Fargo with two awards , and Breathing Lessons : The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien , Dear Diary , Emma , Evita , The Ghost and the Darkness , Independence Day , Jerry Maguire , Kolya , The Nutty Professor , Quest , Shine , Sling Blade , and When We Were Kings with one .
Pretty Village , Pretty Flame ( Serbian : Лепа села лепо горе / Lepa sela lepo gore , literally Pretty villages burn pretty ) is a 1996 Serbian film directed by Srđan Dragojević with a screenplay based on an book written by Vanja Bulić . Set during the Bosnian War , the film tells the story of Milan , part of a small group of Serb soldiers trapped in a tunnel by a Bosniak force . Through flashbacks , the lives of the trapped soldiers in pre-war Yugoslavia are shown , particularly Milan and his Bosniak best friend Halil becoming enemies after having to pick opposing sides in the conflict .
Srđan Dragojević ( Serbian Cyrillic : Срђан Драгојевић , pronounced [ sř̩d͡ʑan drâɡojeʋitɕ ] , born 1 January 1963 ) is a Serbian film director and screenwriter , who emerged in the 1990s as a significant figure in Serbian cinema . Since 2010 , he has been a member of the Socialist Party of Serbia 's ( SPS ) main board . In late August 2013 he became an SPS MP in the Serbian National Assembly .
The year 1997 in film involved many significant films , including Titanic , and the beginning of the film studio DreamWorks .
The 70th Academy Awards ceremony , organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) , took place on March 23 , 1998 , at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST . During the show , AMPAS presented Academy Awards ( commonly referred to as Oscars ) in 24 categories honoring films released in 1997 . The ceremony , which was televised in the United States by ABC , was produced by Gil Cates and directed by Louis J. Horvitz . Actor Billy Crystal hosted the show for the sixth time . He first presided over the 62nd ceremony held in 1990 , and he had hosted the previous year 's gala . Nearly a month earlier in an event held at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills , California on February 28 , the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Ashley Judd . Titanic won a record-tying eleven awards including Best Director for James Cameron and Best Picture . Other winners included As Good as It Gets , Good Will Hunting and L.A . Confidential with two awards , and The Full Monty , Geri 's Game , Karakter , The Long Way Home , Visas and Virtue , Men in Black and A Story of Healing with one . The telecast garnered more than 57 million viewers in the United States , making it the most watched Oscars broadcast in history .
Three Summer Days ( Serbian : Tri letnja dana , Три летња дана ) is a 1997 Serbian drama film directed by Mirjana Vukomanović . The film deals with everyday life of Bosnian Serb refugees living and working in Serbia . The film was selected as the Serbian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 70th Academy Awards , but was not accepted as a nominee .
Mirjana Vukomanović ( Serbian : Мирјана Вукомановић , pronounced [ mirjana ʋukomanovitɕ ] , born December 9 , 1967 in Trstenik ) is a Serbian film , television and theater director who emerged in the 1990s as a significant figure in Serbian dramatic arts . She works in Serbia and the USA . She has won several awards , including several Fipresci /International Film Critics Association/ awards , and awards from the Yugoslav Chapter of the International Film Critics Association . Her movie Three Summer Days ( Tri letnja dana , 1997 ) was the Yugoslav submission to the 70th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film . She is a member of the Association of Cinema Artists of Serbia main board ( Udruženje filmskih umetnika Srbije ) since April 2013 .
The year 1998 in film involved many significant films including ; Shakespeare in Love ( which won the Academy Award for Best Picture ) , Saving Private Ryan , American History X , The Truman Show , Primary Colors , Rushmore , Rush Hour , There 's Something About Mary , The Big Lebowski , and Terrence Malick 's directorial return in The Thin Red Line . Animated releases included Antz , A Bug 's Life , Mulan , The Prince of Egypt and The Rugrats Movie . Warner Bros. Pictures celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1998 .
The 71st Academy Awards ceremony , organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) , honored the best of 1998 in film and took place on March 21 , 1999 , at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST . During the ceremony , AMPAS presented Academy Awards ( commonly referred to as Oscars ) in 24 categories . The ceremony , televised in the United States by ABC , was produced by Gil Cates and directed by Louis J. Horvitz . Actress Whoopi Goldberg hosted the show for the third time . She first hosted the 66th ceremony held in 1994 and had last hosted the 68th ceremony in 1996 . Nearly a month earlier in a ceremony held at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills , California on February 27 , the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Anne Heche . Shakespeare in Love won seven awards including Best Picture . Other winners included Saving Private Ryan with five awards , Life Is Beautiful with three , and Affliction , Bunny , Election Night , Elizabeth , Gods and Monsters , The Last Days , The Personals , The Prince of Egypt and What Dreams May Come with one . The telecast garnered nearly 46 million viewers in the United States .
Cabaret Balkan is a 1998 Serbian film directed by Goran Paskaljević starring Miki Manojlović and Nebojša Glogovac . Its original Serbian language title is Буре барута ( Bure baruta ) which means Powder Keg . It was released in English speaking countries under the title of Cabaret Balkan , with the official reason for the name change being that Kevin Costner had already registered a film project under the title Powder Keg . The film received a number of distinctions , including a FIPRESCI award at the Venice Film Festival in 1998 . It was based on a play by the same title by Dejan Dukovski . The film was selected as the Serbian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 71st Academy Awards , but was not accepted as a nominee .
Goran Paskaljević ( Serbian Cyrillic : Горан Паскаљевић ; pronounced [ ɡɔ̌ran paskǎːʎɛvit͡ɕ ] ; born 22 April 1947 ) is a Serbian film director .
The year 1999 in film included Stanley Kubrick 's final film Eyes Wide Shut , Pedro Almodóvar 's first Oscar-winning film All About My Mother , the science-fiction hit The Matrix , the Deep Canvas-pioneering Disney animated feature Tarzan and Best Picture-winner American Beauty and the well-received The Green Mile , as well as the animated works Toy Story 2 , Stuart Little , The Iron Giant and South Park : Bigger , Longer & Uncut . Other noteworthy releases included Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman 's breakout film Being John Malkovich and M. Night Shyamalan 's breakout film The Sixth Sense , the controversial Fight Club and Paul Thomas Anderson 's Magnolia . The year also featured George Lucas ' top-grossing Star Wars : Episode I - The Phantom Menace . Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer celebrated their 75th anniversaries in 1999 .
The 72nd Academy Awards ceremony , presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) , honored films released in 1999 and took place on March 26 , 2000 , at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles , beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST . During the ceremony , the AMPAS presented Academy Awards ( commonly referred to as Oscars ) in 23 categories . The ceremony , televised in the United States by ABC , was produced by husband-and-wife producing team Richard and Lili Fini Zanuck and was directed by Louis J. Horvitz . Actor Billy Crystal hosted the show for the seventh time . He first presided over the 62nd ceremony held in 1990 and had last hosted the 70th ceremony held in 1998 . Three weeks earlier in a ceremony at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills , California held on March 4 , the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Salma Hayek . American Beauty won five awards , including Best Picture . Other winners included The Matrix with four awards , The Cider House Rules and Topsy-Turvy with two , and All About My Mother , Boys Do n't Cry , Girl , Interrupted , King Gimp , My Mother Dreams the Satan 's Disciples in New York , The Old Man and the Sea , One Day in September , The Red Violin , Sleepy Hollow , and Tarzan with one . The telecast garnered almost 47 million viewers in the United States .
The White Suit ( Serbian : Belo odelo / Бело одело ) is a 1999 Serbian language film directed by Lazar Ristovski . It was a co-production between the United Kingdom and Federal Republic of Yugoslavia . It was Yugoslavia 's official Best Foreign Language Film submission at the 72nd Academy Awards , but did not manage to receive a nomination .
Lazar Laza Ristovski ( Serbian Cyrillic : Лазар Ристовски , born 26 October 1952 ) is a Serbian actor , director , producer and writer . He has appeared on stage about 4,000 times , and starred in over 40 films , TV series and TV dramas , mostly in lead roles .
The year 2000 in film involved some significant events . The top grosser worldwide was Mission : Impossible 2 . Domestically in North America , Gladiator won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor ( Russell Crowe ) . Dinosaur was the most expensive film of 2000 and a box-office success .
The 73rd Academy Awards ceremony , presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) , honored the best of 2000 in film and took place on March 25 , 2001 , at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles , beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST . During the ceremony , AMPAS presented Academy Awards ( commonly referred to as Oscars ) in 23 categories . The ceremony , televised in the United States by ABC , was produced by Gil Cates and was directed by Louis J. Horvitz . Actor Steve Martin hosted the show for the first time . Three weeks earlier in a ceremony at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills , California held on March 3 , the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Renée Zellweger . Gladiator won five awards including Best Picture . Other winners included Crouching Tiger , Hidden Dragon and Traffic with four awards , and Almost Famous , Big Mama , Erin Brockovich , Father and Daughter , How the Grinch Stole Christmas , Into the Arms of Strangers : Stories of the Kindertransport , Pollock , Quiero ser ( I want to be . ) , U-571 , and Wonder Boys with one . The telecast garnered almost 43 million viewers in the United States .
Sky Hook ( Serbian : Nebeska udica , Небеска удица ) is a 2000 Yugoslavian film directed by Ljubiša Samardžić . It was Yugoslavia 's submission to the 73rd Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film , but was not accepted as a nominee .
Ljubiša Samardžić ( Serbian Cyrillic : Љубиша Самарџић ; 19 November 1936 - 8 September 2017 ) , nicknamed Smoki , was a Serbian actor and director , best known as Šurda in the Vruć vetar TV series , and Inspector Boško Simić in the comedy crime series Policajac sa Petlovog brda ( The Policeman from Petlovo Brdo ) and film of the same name .
The year 2001 in film involved some significant events , including the first of the Harry Potter series , the first of The Fast and the Furious franchise , the first of The Lord of the Rings trilogy , the first of the Ocean 's Trilogy , and the first of the Shrek franchise . Significant non-English language films released included Monsoon Wedding and Amélie .
The 74th Academy Awards ceremony , presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) , took place on March 24 , 2002 , at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood , Los Angeles . During the ceremony , AMPAS presented Academy Awards ( commonly referred to as Oscars ) in 24 categories honoring films released in 2001 . The ceremony , televised in the United States by ABC , was produced by Laura Ziskin and directed by Louis J. Horvitz . Actress Whoopi Goldberg hosted the show for the fourth time . She first hosted the 66th ceremony held in 1994 and had last hosted the 71st ceremony in 1999 . Three weeks earlier , in a ceremony held at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills , California , on March 2 , the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Charlize Theron . A Beautiful Mind won four awards , including Best Picture and Best Director for Ron Howard . Other winners included The Lord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring also with four awards , Black Hawk Down , and Moulin Rouge ! with two , and The Accountant , For the Birds , Gosford Park , Iris , Monster 's Ball , Monsters , Inc. , Murder on a Sunday Morning , No Man 's Land , Pearl Harbor , Shrek , Thoth , and Training Day , with one . Despite a record length of four hours and twenty-three minutes , the telecast garnered nearly 42 million viewers in the United States .
War Live ( Serbian : Рат уживо , translit . Rat uživo ) is a 2000 Yugoslavian film directed by Darko Bajić . It was Yugoslavia 's submission to the 74th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film , but was not accepted as a nominee .
Darko Bajić ( born on 14th of May 1955 ) is a Serbian film director . He directed many movies and TV series popular with Serbian audience such as War Live , The Black Bomber , Sivi dom and Zaboravljeni .
The year 2002 in film involved some significant events .
The 75th Academy Awards ceremony , presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) took place on March 23 , 2003 , at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood , Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST . During the ceremony , AMPAS presented Academy Awards ( commonly referred to as Oscars ) in 24 categories honoring films released in 2002 . The ceremony , televised in the United States by ABC , was produced by Gil Cates and was directed by Louis J. Horvitz . Actor Steve Martin hosted for the second time , having previously presided over the 73rd ceremony held in 2001 . Three weeks earlier in a ceremony at Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills , California held on March 1 , the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Kate Hudson . Chicago won six awards including Best Picture . Other winners included The Pianist with three awards , Frida and The Lord of the Rings : The Two Towers with two , and Adaptation , Bowling for Columbine , The ChubbChubbs ! , 8 Mile , The Hours , Nowhere in Africa , Road to Perdition , Spirited Away , Talk to Her , This Charming Man , and Twin Towers with one . The telecast garnered about 33 million viewers in the United States , making it the least-watched and lowest-rated televised Oscar ceremony to that point .
Labyrinth is a 2002 Serbian thriller film directed by Miroslav Lekic . It was selected as the Serbian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 75th Academy Awards , but it was not nominated .
The year 2003 in film involved some significant events .
The 76th Academy Awards ceremony , presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) , honored the best films of 2003 and took place on February 29 , 2004 , at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood , Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST . During the ceremony , AMPAS presented Academy Awards ( commonly referred to as Oscars ) in 24 categories . The ceremony , televised in the United States by ABC , was produced by Joe Roth and was directed by Louis J. Horvitz . Actor Billy Crystal hosted for the eighth time . He first presided over the 62nd ceremony held in 1990 and had last hosted the 72nd ceremony held in 2000 . Two weeks earlier in a ceremony at The Ritz-Carlton Huntington Hotel & Spa in Pasadena , California held on February 14 , the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Jennifer Garner . The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King won all eleven awards it was nominated for , tying the Academy Awards record for most awards won ( alongside Ben-Hur and Titanic ) , including Best Director for Peter Jackson and Best Picture . Other winners included Master and Commander : The Far Side of the World and Mystic River with two awards and The Barbarian Invasions , Chernobyl Heart , Cold Mountain , Finding Nemo , The Fog of War , Harvie Krumpet , Lost in Translation , Monster and Two Soldiers with one . The telecast garnered nearly 44 million viewers in North America the United States , making it the most-watched telecast in four years .
The Professional ( Serbian : Професионалац / Profesionalac ) is a 2003 Serbian comedy/drama film , written and directed by Dušan Kovačević and based on his 1990 play of the same name . The film enjoys cult status and is a dark comedic retrospect of the relationship between dissenters and the State Security Service under the regime of Slobodan Milošević . It was nominated for seven awards of which it received five .
Dušan Kovačević ( Serbian Cyrillic : Душан Ковачевић , pronounced [ dǔʃan kɔv̞ǎːtʃɛv̞itɕ ] ; born 12 July 1948 ) is a Serbian playwright , scriptwrite , film director and academic best known for his theatre plays and movie scripts . He also served as the ambassador of Serbia in Lisbon , Portugal .
2004 in film is an overview of events , including the highest-grossing films , award ceremonies , festivals , a list of country-specific lists of films released , notable deaths and film debuts .
The 77th Academy Awards ceremony , presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) , took place on February 27 , 2005 , at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood , Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST . During the ceremony , AMPAS presented Academy Awards ( commonly referred to as the Oscars ) in 24 categories honoring films released in 2004 . The ceremony , televised in the United States by ABC , was produced by Gil Cates and was directed by Louis J. Horvitz . Actor Chris Rock hosted the show for the first time . Two weeks earlier in a ceremony at The Ritz-Carlton Huntington Hotel & Spa in Pasadena , California held on February 12 , the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Scarlett Johansson . The Aviator won the most awards of the night with five . Million Dollar Baby won four awards , including Best Picture . Other winners included The Incredibles , and Ray with two awards , and Born into Brothels , Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind , Finding Neverland , Lemony Snicket 's A Series of Unfortunate Events , Mighty Times : The Children 's March , The Motorcycle Diaries , Ryan , The Sea Inside , Sideways , Spider-Man 2 and Wasp each with one . The telecast garnered over 42 million viewers in the United States .
Goose Feather is a 2004 Serbian film directed by Ljubiša Samardžić . Its original Serbian language title is Jesen stiže , Dunjo moja ( Serbian Cyrillic : Јесен стиже , дуњо моја ) . It was Serbia and Montenegro 's submission to the 77th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film , but was not accepted as a nominee .
2005 in film is an overview of events , including the highest-grossing films , award ceremonies , festivals , a list of country-specific lists of films released , notable deaths and film debuts .
The 78th Academy Awards presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) , took place on March 5 , 2006 , at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood , Los Angeles beginning at 5:00 p.m. PST / 8:00 p.m. EST . The ceremony was scheduled one week later than usual to avoid a clash with the 2006 Winter Olympics . During the ceremony , AMPAS presented Academy Awards ( commonly referred to as Oscars ) in 24 categories honoring films released in 2005 . The ceremony , televised in the United States by ABC , was produced by Gil Cates and directed by Louis J. Horvitz . Actor Jon Stewart hosted the show for the first time . Two weeks earlier in a ceremony at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills , California held on February 18 , the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Rachel McAdams . Crash won three awards including Academy Award for Best Picture . Other winners included Brokeback Mountain , King Kong and Memoirs of a Geisha also with three awards apiece , and Capote , The Chronicles of Narnia : The Lion , the Witch and the Wardrobe , The Constant Gardener , Hustle & Flow , March of the Penguins , The Moon and the Son : An Imagined Conversation , A Note of Triumph : The Golden Age of Norman Corwin , Six Shooter , Syriana , Tsotsi , Walk the Line and Wallace & Gromit : The Curse of the Were-Rabbit with one each . The telecast garnered nearly 39 million viewers in the United States .
Midwinter Night 's Dream ( Serbian : San zimske noći , Сан зимске ноћи ) is a 2004 drama film directed by Goran Paskaljevic . It is an allegory of the Yugoslav wars , starring an autistic child as the main character . When first released in Serbia , it caused some public outrage because of the sharp criticism of Serbia 's role in the war .
The following is an overview of events in 2006 , including the highest-grossing films , award ceremonies and festivals , a list of films released and notable deaths .
The 79th Academy Awards ceremony , presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) , honored the best films of 2006 and took place February 25 , 2007 , at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood , Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST . During the ceremony , the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Academy Awards ( commonly referred to as Oscars ) in 24 categories . The ceremony , televised in the United States by ABC , was produced by Laura Ziskin and directed by Louis J. Horvitz . Actress Ellen DeGeneres hosted for the first time . Two weeks earlier in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills , California held on February 10 , the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Maggie Gyllenhaal . The Departed won four awards , including Best Picture and Best Director for Martin Scorsese . Other winners included Pan 's Labyrinth with three , An Inconvenient Truth , Dreamgirls and Little Miss Sunshine with two , and Babel , The Blood of Yingzhou District , The Danish Poet , Happy Feet , The Last King of Scotland , Letters from Iwo Jima , The Lives of Others , Marie Antoinette , Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Man 's Chest , The Queen and West Bank Story with one . The telecast garnered nearly 40 million viewers in the United States .
Tomorrow Morning ( Serbian : Sutra ujutru ) is a 2006 Serbian drama film directed by Oleg Novković . It was Serbia 's submission to the 79th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film , but was not accepted as a nominee .
The following is an overview of events in 2007 in film , including the highest-grossing films , award ceremonies and festivals , a list of films released and notable deaths . The highest-grossing film of the year was Pirates of the Caribbean : At World 's End , which was just ahead of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix . 2007 is often considered one of the greatest years for film in the 21st century . As of 2019 , this was the last year in which no film grossed at least $ 1 billion at the worldwide box office .
The 80th Academy Awards ceremony , presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) , honored the best films of 2007 and took place on February 24 , 2008 , at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood , Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST . During the ceremony , AMPAS presented Academy Awards ( commonly referred to as Oscars ) in 24 categories . The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC , and produced by Gil Cates and directed by Louis J , Horvitz . Actor Jon Stewart hosted the show for the second time , having previously presided over the 78th ceremony held in 2006 . Two weeks earlier in a gala at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills , California held on February 9 , the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Jessica Alba . No Country for Old Men won the most awards of the ceremony with four including Best Picture . Other winners included The Bourne Ultimatum with three awards , La Vie en Rose ( La môme ) and There Will Be Blood with two awards , and Atonement , The Counterfeiters , Elizabeth : The Golden Age , Freeheld , The Golden Compass , Juno , Michael Clayton , The Mozart of Pickpockets , Once , Peter & the Wolf , Ratatouille , Sweeney Todd : The Demon Barber of Fleet Street , and Taxi to the Dark Side with one . The telecast garnered 31 million viewers , making it the least watched Oscar broadcast since 1974 , when Nielsen began keeping records of viewership .
Klopka ( English : The Trap , Serbian : Клопка / Klopka ) is a 2007 psychological thriller directed by Srdan Golubović , based on the novel of the same name , written by Nenad Teofilović . The film is a neo-noir piece that explores the age old question of how far a parent is willing to go to help an ailing child . Simultaneously , it also deals with the issues and challenges faced by the people living in post-Milošević Serbian society .
Srdan Golubović ( Serbian Cyrillic : Срдан Голубовић ; born August 24 , 1972 ) is a Serbian film director .
The year 2008 involved many major movie events . Its highest-grossing films included The Dark Knight , Kung Fu Panda , WALL-E and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull .
The 81st Academy Awards ceremony , presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) , honored the best films of 2008 and took place on February 22 , 2009 , at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood , Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST . During the ceremony , the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Academy Awards ( commonly referred to as Oscars ) in 24 categories . The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC , and was produced by Bill Condon and Laurence Mark and directed by Roger Goodman . Actor Hugh Jackman hosted the show for the first time . Two weeks earlier in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills , California held on February 7 , the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Jessica Biel . Slumdog Millionaire won eight awards , the most of the evening , including Best Picture and Best Director for Danny Boyle . Other winners were The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with three awards , The Dark Knight and Milk with two awards , and Departures , The Duchess , La Maison en Petits Cubes , Man on Wire , The Reader , Smile Pinki , Toyland , Vicky Cristina Barcelona , and WALL-E with one . The telecast garnered almost 37 million viewers in the United States .
The Tour ( Serbian : Turneja , Турнеја ) is a 2008 Serbian film directed by Goran Marković . It was Serbia 's official submission for the 2009 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film .
Goran Marković ( Serbian Cyrillic : Горан Марковић , pronounced [ ˌɡǒran ˈmaːrkoʋit͜ɕ ] ) ( born 24 August 1946 ) is a Serbian film and theatre director , screenwriter , writer and playwright . He has directed approximately 50 documentaries , 11 feature films and 3 theatre plays . He has also written five books .
The year 2009 saw the release of many films . Seven made the top 50 list of highest-grossing films . Also in 2009 , the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that as of that year , their Best Picture category would consist of ten nominees , rather than five ( the first time since the 1943 awards ) .
The 82nd Academy Awards ceremony , presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) , honored the best films of 2009 and took place on March 7 , 2010 , at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood , Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST . The ceremony was scheduled after its usual late-February date to avoid conflicting with the 2010 Winter Olympics . During the ceremony , the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Academy Awards ( commonly referred to as Oscars ) in 24 categories . The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC , and was produced by Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman and directed by Hamish Hamilton . Actors Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin hosted the show . Martin hosted for the third time ; he first presided over the 73rd ceremony held in 2001 and last hosted the 75th ceremony held in 2003 . Meanwhile , this was Baldwin 's first Oscars hosting stint . This was also the first telecast to have multiple hosts since the 59th ceremony held in 1987 . On June 24 , 2009 , Academy president Sid Ganis announced at a press conference that , in an attempt to revitalize interest surrounding the awards , the 2010 ceremony would feature ten Best Picture nominees instead of five , a practice that was discontinued after the 16th ceremony in 1944 . On February 20 , 2010 , in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills , California , the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Elizabeth Banks . The Hurt Locker won six awards , including Best Picture and Best Director for Kathryn Bigelow , the first woman to win an Academy Award for Best Director . Other winners were Avatar with three awards , Crazy Heart , Precious : Based on the Novel 'Push ' by Sapphire , and Up , with two awards , and The Cove , Inglourious Basterds , The Blind Side , Logorama , Music by Prudence , The New Tenants , The Secret in Their Eyes , Star Trek , and The Young Victoria with one .
St. George Shoots the Dragon ( Serbian : Свети Георгије убива аждаху , Sveti Georgije ubiva aždahu ) is a Serbian war drama film directed by Srđan Dragojević and written by Dušan Kovačević . The movie premiered on March 11 , 2009 . With a budget of around €5 million , it was one of the most expensive Serbian movie productions to date . Some of the funds have been donated by the governments of Serbia ( €1.55 million ) and Republika Srpska ( €750,000 ) who deemed the movie to be of national importance . Kovačević 's script is based on his 1984 theater play that was staged to great success in Belgrade 's Atelje 212 and Novi Sad 's Serbian National Theatre .
In the year 2010 , there was a dramatic increase and prominence in the use of 3D-technology in filmmaking after the success of Avatar in the format , with releases such as Alice in Wonderland , Clash of the Titans , Jackass 3D , all animated films , with numerous other titles being released in 3D formats . 20th Century Fox celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2010 .
The 83rd Academy Awards ceremony , organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) , honored the best films of 2010 in the United States and took place on February 27 , 2011 , at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood , Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST ( 8:30 p.m. EST ) . During the ceremony , Academy Awards ( commonly called the Oscars ) were presented in 24 competitive categories . The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC , and produced by Bruce Cohen and Don Mischer , with Mischer also serving as director . Actors James Franco and Anne Hathaway co-hosted the ceremony , marking the first time for each . In related events , the Academy held its second annual Governors Awards ceremony at the Grand Ballroom of the Hollywood and Highland Center on November 13 , 2010 . On February 12 , 2011 , in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills , California , the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Marisa Tomei . Inception and The King 's Speech won four awards each with the latter film winning Best Picture . Other winners included The Social Network with three awards , Alice in Wonderland , The Fighter , and Toy Story 3 , with two awards , and Black Swan , God of Love , In a Better World , Inside Job , The Lost Thing , Strangers No More , and The Wolfman with one . The telecast garnered almost 38 million viewers in the United States .
Solemn Promise ( Serbian : Беса , romanized : Besa ) is a 2009 Serbian drama film directed by Srđan Karanović . The film was selected as the Serbian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards but it did not make the final shortlist .
Srđan Karanović ( Serbian Cyrillic : Срђан Карановић , pronounced [ ˌsř̩d͜ʑan kaˈrǎːnoʋit͜ɕ ] , born 17 November 1945 ) is a Serbian film director and screenwriter . He has directed 17 films since 1968 . His film Miris poljskog cveća won the FIPRESCI prize at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival , Nešto između was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival . A Film with No Name ( Za Sada Bez Dobrog Naslova ) won the Golden Tulip Award at the Istanbul International Film Festival in 1989 . His 2009 film Besa was selected as the Serbian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards , but it did not make the final shortlist . In 2017 , Srđan Karanović has signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Croats , Serbs , Bosniaks and Montenegrins .
The following is an overview of the events of 2011 in film , including the highest-grossing films , film festivals , award ceremonies and a list of films released and notable deaths . More film sequels were released in 2011 than any other year before it , with 28 sequels released . Film critic Scout Tafoya considers 2011 as the best year for cinema , countering the notion of 1939 being film 's best year overall and citing important developments in cinematic expression during 2011 .
The 84th Academy Awards ceremony , presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) , honored the best films of 2011 in the United States and took place on February 26 , 2012 , at the Hollywood and Highland Center Theatre [ a ] in Hollywood , Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST . During the ceremony , the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Academy Awards ( commonly referred to as Oscars ) in 24 categories . The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC , and produced by Brian Grazer and Don Mischer , with Mischer also serving as director . Actor Billy Crystal hosted the show for the ninth time . He first presided over the 62nd ceremony held in 1990 and had last hosted the 76th ceremony held in 2004 . On June 14 , 2011 , Academy president Tom Sherak announced at a press conference that , in an attempt to further revitalize interest surrounding the awards , the 2012 ceremony would feature between five and ten Best Picture nominees depending on voting results , as opposed to a set number of nominees . In related events , the Academy held its third annual Governors Awards ceremony at the Grand Ballroom of the Hollywood and Highland Center on November 12 , 2011 . On February 11 , 2012 , in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills , California , the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Milla Jovovich . The Artist won five awards , including Best Actor for Jean Dujardin , Best Director for Michel Hazanavicius , and Best Picture , the first silent feature to win an Academy Award for Best Picture since 1927 's Wings , the inaugural winner in 1929 . Other winners included Hugo also with five awards , The Iron Lady with two awards , and Beginners , The Descendants , The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore , The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo , The Help , Midnight in Paris , The Muppets , Rango , Saving Face , A Separation , The Shore , and Undefeated with one . The telecast garnered more than 39 million viewers in the United States .
Montevideo , God Bless You ! ( Serbian : Монтевидео , Бог те видео ! /Montevideo , Bog te video ! ; internationally titled Montevideo , Taste of a Dream ) is a 2010 Serbian film directed by Dragan Bjelogrlić about the events leading to the participation of the Yugoslavia national football team at the first FIFA World Cup in Montevideo , Uruguay in July 1930 . The film gained considerable media attention throughout 2010 and achieved significant box office success in Serbia since its release on December 21 , 2010 . The entire project has been hugely successful regionally thus far . More than 520,000 people in Serbia saw the first film , which won numerous awards . The story is loosely based on the novel Montevideo , Bog te video by the prominent Serbian sports journalist Vladimir Stanković . He drew inspiration to write a romanticized depiction of the late 1920s Serbia and the events that popularized the game of football in the country after having watched the American film The Game of Their Lives . The film was awarded the 'Audience Choice Award ' for Best Film in the main competition program at the 33rd Moscow International Film Festival . It was also Serbia 's official submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards , but did not make the final shortlist . A sequel , See You in Montevideo , was released on January 14 , 2014 . Part of the movie was filmed in the city of La Laguna , Tenerife .
Dragan Bjelogrlić Bjela ( Serbian : Драган Бјелогрлић , pronounced [ ˌdrǎɡan bjeˈlǒɡr̩lit͜ɕ ˈbjěːla ] ; born 10 October 1963 ) is a Serbian actor , director , and producer .
The following tables list films released in 2012 . Most notably , the two oldest surviving American film studios , Universal and Paramount both celebrated their centennial anniversaries , marking the first time that two major film studios celebrate 100 years , and the Dolby Atmos sound format was launched for the premiere of Brave . The James Bond film series celebrated its 50th anniversary and released its 23rd film , Skyfall . Six box-office blockbusters from previous years ( Beauty and the Beast , Star Wars : Episode I - The Phantom Menace , Titanic , Raiders of the Lost Ark , Finding Nemo , and Monsters , Inc. ) were re-released in 3D and IMAX . Also 2012 in film marked the debut for high frame rate technology . The first film using 48 fps , a higher frame rate than the film industry standard 24 fps , was The Hobbit : An Unexpected Journey .
The 85th Academy Awards ceremony , presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) , honored the best films of 2012 and took place on February 24 , 2013 , at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood , Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST . The ceremony was the first in the Academy 's 85-year history to adopt the phrase The Oscars as the ceremony 's official name during the broadcast and marketing . During the ceremony , the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Academy Awards ( commonly referred to as Oscars ) in 24 categories . The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC , and produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron and directed by Don Mischer . Actor Seth MacFarlane hosted the show for the first time . In related events , the Academy held its 4th annual Governors Awards ceremony at the Grand Ballroom of the Hollywood and Highland Center on December 1 , 2012 . On February 9 , 2013 , in a ceremony at The Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills , California , the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by hosts Chris Pine and Zoe Saldana . Life of Pi won four awards including Best Director for Ang Lee . Argo won three awards , including Best Picture , the fourth film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture without its director nominated . Other winners included Les Misérables also with three awards , Django Unchained , Lincoln , and Skyfall with two , and Amour , Anna Karenina , Brave , Curfew , Inocente , Paperman , Searching for Sugar Man , Silver Linings Playbook and Zero Dark Thirty with one . The telecast garnered more than 40 million viewers in the United States .
When Day Breaks ( Serbian : Кад сване дан , romanized : Kad svane dan ) is a 2012 Serbian drama film directed by Goran Paskaljević . The film was selected as the Serbian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards , but it did not make the final shortlist .
The following tables list films released in 2013 . Three popular films ( Top Gun , Jurassic Park , and The Wizard of Oz ) were re-released in 3D and IMAX .
The 86th Academy Awards ceremony , presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) , honored the best films of 2013 and took place on March 2 , 2014 , at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood , Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST . The ceremony was scheduled well after its usual late-February date to avoid conflicting with the 2014 Winter Olympics . During the ceremony , the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Academy Awards ( commonly referred to as Oscars ) in 24 categories . The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC , and produced by Neil Meron and Craig Zadan and directed by Hamish Hamilton . Actress Ellen DeGeneres hosted the show for the second time , having previously hosted the 79th ceremony held in 2007 . In related events , the Academy held its 5th annual Governors Awards ceremony at the Grand Ballroom of the Hollywood and Highland Center on November 16 , 2013 . On February 15 , 2014 , in a ceremony at The Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills , California , the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by hosts Kristen Bell and Michael B. Jordan . 12 Years a Slave won three awards including Best Picture . Gravity won the most awards with seven including Best Director for Alfonso Cuarón . Other winners included Dallas Buyers Club also with three awards , Frozen , and The Great Gatsby with two , and Blue Jasmine , The Great Beauty , Helium , Her , The Lady in Number 6 , Mr Hublot , and 20 Feet from Stardom with one . The telecast garnered nearly 44 million viewers in the United States , making it the most watched Oscar ceremony since the 72nd Academy Awards in 2000 .
Circles ( Serbian : Кругови/Krugovi ) is a 2013 Serbian drama film directed by Srdan Golubović . The film was selected as the Serbian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards , but it was not nominated . The film won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival and the Grand Prix , Golden Apricot at the 2013 Yerevan International Film Festival , Armenia , for Best Feature Film as well as the Grand Prix at 2013 CinEast Festival .