20 August 2022
Variety on why foreign film shoots are flocking to Southeast Europe
In Serbia, local powerhouse Firefly Productions expects its splashy new film studios – including three state-of-the-art sound stages and a water tank – to be fully operational by early next year. Another facility rising five miles from central Belgrade already boasts two 25,000-square-foot sound stages, with developers looking to build three additional stages totaling 70,000 square feet by spring of 2023 – and to have as many as 11 sound stages fully operational further down the line.
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19 August 2022
Beta Film Gets Distribution Rights to Serbian and Czech/Slovak Series
Serbian sci-fi mystery/coming-of-age drama series Block 27 directed by Momir Milosević and Milic Tomović, and Czech/Slovak crime drama series Ultimatum directed by Michal Kollar, have been picked-up by Beta Film. Block 27, which is created by Ivan Knezević and produced by Firefly Productions, consists of 6 x 50-minute episodes. The series follows the adventures of a twin sister whose brother has disappeared and who, while trying to find him, uncovers a supernatural mystery that reaches decades back.
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16 August 2022
Serbian TV Series Black Wedding and The Family Sold to Australian SBS
The Serbian production company Firefly has sold two of its recent series, Black Wedding / Crna svadba and The Family / Porodica to the Australian public broadcasting station SBS. Firefly had 19 nominations for the second edition of the TV Series Awards at the 28th Sarajevo Film Festival, where Black Wedding received the award for best supporting actor in a drama series (Slavko Štimac).
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13 August 2022
Variety magazine on Fifrefly’s future plans
Belgrade-based Firefly Productions has closed a raft of deals in the run-up to this year’s Sarajevo Film Festival, where the Serbian production powerhouse leads the pack with 19 nominations at the Heart of Sarajevo TV Awards, including best drama series nods for supernatural drama “Block 27” and psychological thriller “Black Wedding.”
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