South Slavic
see all genres ›South Slavic peoples inhabit nations within the lower end of a geographic span stretching from Central Europe toward the Middle East. These former Soviet territories share language roots but are diverse in their ethnic groupings, some of which have conflicts with one another dating back centuries.
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Genres / International / European / South Slavic
SUB-GENRES · Bosnian/Herzegovinian · Bulgarian · Croatian · Macedonian · Serbian · Slovenian
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All for Free
After his friends are killed in a bizarre bar room argument, Goran devises an unusual plan to deal with the loss: he will sell his house, buy a mobile tavern and travel from town to town, giving away free drinks to everyone he meets. But for everyone except Goran, the idea is strangely suspicious, and a bit absurd, in...Start your free trial to watch -
Amnesty
A new national law allowing conjugal visits for inmates brings together a man and woman visiting the same prison to meet their incarcerated spouses. Elsa’s dutiful contact with her husband is part of a routine consumed with job searching, raising her two sons, and getting along with her father-in-law. When she meets Spetim, a...Start your free trial to watch -
Balcancan
Boldly antic and filled with flights of fancy, director Darko Mitrevski's epic comedy has a whirlwind comic energy of its own. Humor modulates from the surreal to the fantastic, yet as the film progresses and issues of Balkan identity come to the fore, the line between comedy and tragedy becomes exhilaratingly tangled. When...Start your free trial to watch
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Belvedere
Ruveyda is like most residents of the Belvedere refugee camp: a widow yearning to forget the tragedy of war, fifteen years after the ethnic cleansing of Bosnia and Herzegovina. But unlike those around her, she spends most of her days in a bittersweet routine of caring for her extended family, and searching for the remains of...Start your free trial to watch -
Fuse
In Bosnia, still experiencing the effects of the breakup of Yugoslavia, everyday activities in the small town of Tesanj are thrown into a tailspin over an impending visit by American president Bill Clinton. A brothel is turned into a "cultural center." The mayor's ledgers are burned. Even the local firemen are forced to unite...Start your free trial to watch -
Guardian of the Frontier
Three beautiful young college girls embark upon a leisurely boat trip down the river Kolpa, dividing Slovenia and Croatia, at the outset of the Balkan war. They are being watched and followed by a political extremist group called the "Guardians of the Frontier" and layers of social, political and...Start your free trial to watch
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I Am from Titov Veles
Set in the quaint but scarred town of Veles, three sisters long to escape the suffocating environment of their dying community. Burdened by memories of their late father, each chooses a different path: Sapho struggles to secure a visa to Greece; Slavica desperately searches for a rich husband; Afrodita...Start your free trial to watch -
Landscape no.2
A heist thriller in the tradition of INSIDE MAN and NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, LANDSCAPE… tells the story of two burglars, Sergej and Polde, who steal a valuable painting, “Landscape No.2”. By coincidence Sergej also takes a mysterious document dating back to the end of World War II that may hide secrets that the owner of the...Start your free trial to watch -
Ordinary People
On a seemingly average day, a busload of young soldiers is sent to a remote location in the countryside and given a macabre task: the execution of a number of civilians. Dzoni, a green recruit, initially objects, but as he moves from one killing to the next, he is swept up by the spectre of military authority and quickly...Start your free trial to watch
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Slovenian Girl
Having grown up in small-town Slovenia, twenty-three year old Alexandra embraces the excitement and anonymity of big city life when she moves to the capital. She styles herself as a call girl, planning to take advantage of everything the city has to offer. But her isolated existence, English studies and mortgage payments by...Start your free trial to watch -
Tilva Roš
Bor, Serbia was once the largest copper mine in Europe; now it is just the biggest hole. Best friends Toda and Stefan spend their first summer after high school skating in the abandoned mine and making Jackass-like videos. When Dunja, a friend who has returned from France for her summer holiday, arrives on the scene, the boys...Start your free trial to watch
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Trade Routes
With inter-twining stories detailing the unscrupulous rules that govern foreign espionage after the Cold War, TRADE ROUTES is a brazen look at current international politics and American foreign policy. Set against an Eastern European nation’s election, in a country that a few short years ago was the most notorious communist...Start your free trial to watch -
The Trap
Post-Milosevic Belgrade is the capital of a nation struggling to find its soul, of a country whose turbulence has left many in a moral and existential desert. This is the home of Mladen, his wife Marija and their son Nemanja. When Nemanja develops a serious heart condition, the doctors urge an expensive operation abroad. Just...Start your free trial to watch




