Serbia

Explore our collection of classic and contemporary films from Serbia and Yugoslavia, including iconic titles from the Black Wave.

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Films from this region

Siberian Lady Macbeth
Siberian Lady Macbeth
Andrzej Wajda travelled to Yugoslavia for this moody adaptation of a classic Russian novel of adultery and murder.
Wind, Talk to Me
Wind, Talk to Me
A filmmaker enlists his family in an attempt to come to terms with the death of his mother in this tender blend of fact and fiction.
Man Is Not a Bird
Man Is Not a Bird
The debut feature from the great Dušan Makavejev is a freewheeling account of love and labour in a remote Yugoslav mining town.
Three
Three
A triptych of stories both comic and tragic capture the chaos of war in Aleksandar Petrović’s Yugoslav classic.
Black Cat, White Cat
Black Cat, White Cat
Emir Kusturica’s madcap ensemble comedy of small-time crime and thwarted romance plays out to a turbocharged Balkan soundtrack.
Kristina
Kristina
This docufiction hybrid follows a transgender Serbian woman on a journey through faith and romantic possibility.
I Even Met Happy Gypsies
I Even Met Happy Gypsies
Aleksandar Petrović’s Cannes-winning classic about love, death, and music in a Roma village.
The Tough Ones
The Tough Ones
Two traumatised brothers return to their village in the wake of the Second World War in Miodrag Popović’s study of masculinity in crisis.
Breakfast with the Devil
Breakfast with the Devil
An apocalyptic tale of love among the ruins of war and natural disaster from poet turned filmmaker Miroslav Antić.
Love Affair, or The Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator
Love Affair, or The Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator
Dušan Makavejev’s gleefully subversive anti-romance is a perfect entry point into the Yugoslav Black Wave.