page_title: Cinema of Serbia
section_title: Kingdom of Serbia (1896—1917)
hierarchical_section_title: Cinema of Serbia / History of cinema / Kingdom of Serbia (1896—1917)
caption_attribution_description: English: A still from the 1911 film Karađorđe, the first feature-length film from Serbia and the Balkans.
context_page_description: Cinema of Serbia refers to the film industry and films from Serbia or by Serbian filmmakers.
  Serbia has been home to many internationally acclaimed films and directors. Many of the prominent films from the Balkans are from Serbia, and have acquired a great level of commercial success.
context_section_description: The first-ever projection of motion pictures in the Balkans and Central Europe was held in Belgrade on the 6th June 1896 by André Carr, a representative of the Lumière brothers. He shot the first motion pictures of Belgrade in the next year, but they have not been preserved.
  A number of traveling cinemas went through Serbia, showing film in rented halls. showing films in rented halls or under tents. Stojan Nanic from Zajećar was the owner of "The First Serbian Cinema". His company screened film in the capital city and other cities since 1900. At the beginning of the 20th century, cinema became a favorite form of entertainment for a wide range of people.
  Serbian cinema also dates back to 1896 with the release of the oldest movie in the Balkans, The Life and Deeds of the Immortal Vožd Karađorđe, a biography about Serbian revolutionary leader, Karađorđe.
  The first permanent cinema was opened in 1909 in Belgrade, with more cinemas shortly opened across Serbia. Modern-day Vojvodina province was a part of Austria-Hungary; cinema developed in the province at the same time as it did in Serbia, with the first cinema opened in 1906 in Sombor.
  Owner of pubs rented space for traveling cinema operaters from abroad and soon started doing their own productions. Serbian cinema pioneers include Svetozar Botorić, Savić brother, Cvetković brothers and Đoka Bogdanović. Botorić owned the cinema "Paris" located in the center of Belgrade. He hired camera operators from France and produced around 20 short documentaries and went on to make films during the Balkan wars.
  The other notable films from this period include The coronation of king Peter I shot in 1904.
  On the eve of the World War I, there were 30 established cinemas active in the Kingdom of Serbia. After the Great Retreat Serbian army founded a Film section on Corfu which documented various battles and events during the course of the war.
caption: A still from The Life and Deeds of the Immortal Leader Karađorđe, the first feature film released in the Balkans
exif: {"Image ImageWidth": "1418", "Image ImageLength": "1149", "Image BitsPerSample": "8", "Image Compression": "Uncompressed", "Image PhotometricInterpretation": "1", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image SamplesPerPixel": "1", "Image XResolution": "472441/2000", "Image YResolution": "472441/2000", "Image PlanarConfiguration": "1", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "Adobe Photoshop CS5 Windows", "Image DateTime": "2012:06:20 14:06:27", "Image ExifOffset": "248", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "386", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "10895", "EXIF ColorSpace": "Uncalibrated", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "1418", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "1149"}