Danica Ristovski

Theatre adaptation of Maxim Gorky’s timeless drama first published in 1901, about narrow-mindedness, exclusivism, containing one’s self in some arbitrary, imaginary borders, strict divisions… All these traits help to define the various situations and human relations within the text.

The search for the everlasting blue paint from Byzantine church murals turn into a sensual love story in which Europe meets the Balkans.

In Skopje in 1939 a family of a disabled bricklayer clashes over tradition, patriarchal morality and modern world views as fascism and World War II loom on the horizon.

The story of the Serbian army, led by the King Peter, through the World War I.

Statistics show that during his professional career every railroad engineer working for railways, unintentionally kills 15 to 20 people. This is a story about the innocent mass murderers and their lives.

A triptych set in three different time periods about fathers who find themselves in borderline situations in which one is forced to make a decision among several contradictory choices.

A sergeant officer lives a life of a loner, reads literary classics and dreams about acting. On his journey by train, he madly falls in love with a prostitute, but her pimp - another passenger on a train - is not willing to let her go, which makes their destiny tragic.

A simple story of an ex-convict who comes home after 10 years, only to find two squatters in the form of a woman and her autistic daughter. Though Lazar initially plans to kick out Jasna and Jovana, he changes his mind after seeing the squalid conditions of the shelter they are to move into. It is an allegory of the Balkan wars. When first released in Serbia, it caused some public outrage because of the sharp criticism of Serbia's role in the war.

Autumn, 1941. Tito's partisans are ordered to attack a railway network system used by the Germans, their Bulgarian allies and local collaborators. A bloody battle ensues.

A moving love story in a time of hatred: During the civil war in Kosovo, the young Serbian widow Danica falls in love with Ramiz, a Albanian soldier who, wounded in battle, seeks refuge in her home on the Serbian side of the River Ibar.

Caffe 'Boomerang' is one of Belgrade's many cafes. Seemingly just a backdrop for our cast of crazy characters, but in reality much more than that.

After a car accident, Sofia and Branko's idyllic life unravels. As they struggle to cope with the aftermath, their conscience haunts them, transforming their relationship and leading to a series of unexpected events.

After twelve years spent abroad, the main character returns to his native city, where he meets his old love, friends and parents again They spend four days together and after that nothing will be the same in their lives. TOMORROW MORNING is a love drama. It speaks of a deep passion, sensuality, tenderness, jealousy, possessiveness , infidelity -conflict between irrational and rational. But, above all, it speaks of a need to bring back time, to treasure the moment of happiness and togetherness, the time of great expectations, the moment that happens once and never returns. It speaks of self rediscovery.

Black comic debut film about modern Belgrade in which a group of people cross each other’s paths on the same day that Serbian tennis players play an international match at an international tennis tournament. The moral vacuum that was left after the nationalist conflicts in the area are reflected in the self-satisfied behaviour of the characters. Black comedy and ensemble film about modern Belgrade, where several people’s paths cross on the same day that several popular Serbian tennis players play a match in an important international tournament. A young girl tries her best to get her hands on new tennis equipment, a taxi driver blames the rest of the world for not being able to get on in life, a rich adolescent discovers that love is not for sale. Driven by instincts, fears and obsessions, the characters discover that reality will not fit in with their desires.

'Honeymoons' shows us that the distance between Eastern and Western Europe is more than a question of kilometers. The films follows two couples, one is Albania, one in Serbia, who in the midst of wedding celebrations decide to leave their respective countries to realize their dreams in Western Europe. They soon find themselves trapped between their countries' past and their future lives together.

Five scenarios in which people have trouble distinguishing truth from illusions. Each segment reflects the motto of Voltaire's Candide: "Optimism is insisting everything is good, when everything is bad."

This drama is dedicated to Anica Savić-Rebac, a strong figure of Serbian science and art. A university professor, PhD in classical philology, poet, historian of ideas and translator of several dead and living languages and a rare person of culture.

Đorđe and Divna are young people whose freedom is limited. Divna dreamed of being a famous singer, but she is forced to sing in a bar and perform striptease, and Đorđe's birth mother limits his freedom for fear of leaving her, like his father. The two meet and connect through music, and experience a love affair. They plan to help each other, to throw off the "strains and shackles" that bind them, but they face many obstacles that "bind" them, and which they must overcome in order to succeed.

Mr. Stojanovic got his first aid kit stolen... Petar is smoking out the window of his rented room... Mr. Ivanovic has a hearing problem... Luka and Marko are getting into a fight over a football game... Mr. Filipovic is sent by his wife to buy groceries...

Two babies, Aleksa and Luka are switched at the hospital accidentally. Thirty years later, Aleksa is a rich and successful businessman while Luka is poor and barely gets by. When the nurse who switched the two of them tells them what she had done, their lives change completely.

Vruć vetar is one of the most popular Yugoslav TV miniseries that aired in 1980. The show and movie cut from scenes of the show were popular in neighboring countries-also very popular in Czechoslovakia. Its main theme became very popular and enjoying a bit of a cult status. The story follows Shurda, a man in his 30s, who comes from a small town to Belgrade to get rich. However, as no job is good enough for him, he tries his luck in Germany, but this venture proves to be the same, so he returns to his native Yugoslavia.

The TV series "Your Name Is Varvara" reveals to the viewer what is hidden in the shadows of life, i.e. what human life (according to the latest findings) looks like in the modern world today. Without a classic main character, and with Varvara as the first among equals, this series, through ten episodes, describes in detail the fates of several main characters who are all focused on one common goal - the search for happiness.

A tense psychological drama based on police reports depicts the work and lives of members of the negotiating group of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Serbia, whose work takes place on the border between life and death

A powerful lyrical story about the sergeant of the former Yugoslav Army Zika Kurjak, from childhood in miners' home, through military days, to severe depression, imprisonment and the metropolitan madness. Kurjak, the personification of human kindness, who is impaired and disturbed, as an old and ornate in the hospital, speaks in detail about his life. Through this searing story of sergeant Zika Kurjak and his life, some of the crucial historical circumstances of the 20th century are being blunted, as well as the fate of the heroic Serbian army, which becomes part of the new system after unification, and which the system is gently destroying leaving individuals individually fighting for it and prevent inevitable decay.

Dream team is a 12 episode humorous TV Series intended for broadcasting on Sunday evenings. It's partly created based on the unverified biography of Maradona from Zvezdara, the famous Inge, the TV Series Dream team, is the story of not that successful football player Ilija Ika Srdic and his team made of his 11 sons. Each episode will tell one funny story from the life of this numerous football family, this unusual football team. At the very beginning of the TV Series " BULBUDERAC " (the name of this fraternal team) performs in the zone competition but with great ambition to enter one day to the Second League then the First League and even to the Champions League.

A biopic of an influential Serbian political activist, literary critic and philosopher. Svetozar Markovic developed an activist anthropological philosophy with a definite program of social change, which set foundations for socialist ideals in his homeland.