Serbia
Film Locations. Serbia features a wide range of architectural styles - Habsburg, Eastern Bloc, Roman, Medieval and contemporary. Bustling capital of Belgrade. Castles, palaces and fortresses. Byzantine monasteries. Countryside, snowy mountains, canyons, caves, lakes, forests, rivers, waterfalls, vineyards.
Serbia offers a well-developed film industry infrastructure and a comprehensive set of production services.
Permits. No extraordinary restrictions or rules apply. Permitting in
Serbia is a very straightforward process.
When to shoot? The Serbian climate varies between a continental climate in the north, with cold winters, and hot, humid summers with well distributed rainfall patterns, and a more Adriatic climate in the south with hot, dry summers and autumns and relatively cold winters with heavy inland snowfall.
For monthly weather statistics please see here.
Please contact us for more specific weather and sun path information.
Costs. In general Serbia is a cost competitive place to shoot. Serbia trades in the Kuna which offers a favorable exchange rate for visiting western productions. Belgrade is the main production centre and all must travel from there.
Talent is non-union and buyouts are negotiable.
Serbia offers a mainly Serbian talent looks. Its close proximity to other major European production centres allows easy access those pools of talent should you ever
need to look further.
To view an example of the local talent looks
please visit:
Forma Viva Models
Talent Casting
Model Tattoo
Pajper
Ouky Douky
Creative talent. Serbia has a good pool of local directors, directors of photography and stills photographers including, amongst others, Petar Pasic. Serbia's close proximity to major European production centres allows easy access to those pools of creative talent should you ever need to look further.
Please contact us for recommended directors, DoP's and photographers for your project.
Crew non-union. Crews are hard working, speak English and have extensive experience in servicing international productions. Crew costs are on average 15% less than Czech or Hungary.
Fringes and Premiums. No hidden extras. No fixed premiums apply. We package deals for local crew / talent.
Equipment. All the standard equipment is available locally in Serbia
and anything additional can be easily brought in from nearby European production centres. See here for locally available equipment:
Vision Team
Cineplanet
Art department and set construction are up to international standards. Work can be seen in Serbia's hosting of Eurovision 2008 as well as numerous international commercials and feature films including Brothers Bloom and Caravaggio.
Studios. Serbia has some very good studio facilities. See here for examples:
PFI Studios
Backlots. None exist at present.
Tax Incentives. At present there are no tax incentives for foreign
commercials or films shooting in Serbia.
Film Stock. Both Fuji and Kodak are available locally.
Post Production. Serbia has a newly built state of the art film laboratory. Post production companies have experience servicing western clients of the highest calibre. See here for examples:
Cinelabs
Digikraft
Visas and Work Permits. Serbia is not in the EU. Entry is subject to regulations from country of origin. Contact your local Serbian embassy / representative for more information.
Transportation Infrastructure is all up to known and expected world
standards. Several international airlines service flights to Serbia.
Accommodation. Recommended hotels in Belgrade include:
Hotel Townhouse 27
Hyatt Belgrade
Design Hotel Mr President
Please contact us for corporate rates.
For longer stays we can also organize serviced apartments.
Communication. Web posted casting, scouting and videoconferencing.
Safety. Serbia has seen considerable investment in the last decade since the end of the Balkans War. Crime rates are low and comparable to the rest of Western Europe. Serbia has a brilliant film heritage playing host to an international list of productions. It is a very safe and reliable place to film.
Projects. For an example of TV commercials, online advertising, corporate videos, stills campaigns, feature films, TV series and documentaries shot in Serbia, please see below:
Our production service companies, line producers and fixers have serviced TV commercials, online advertising, corporate videos, stills campaigns, feature films, TV series and documentaries for:
AXA Belgium, BBC UK, Canon Singapore, Coca Cola Indonesia, Concord Canada, Dove Malaysia, Deutche Bank Germany, Dressman Sweden, Evian France, HBO USA, Heineken Ireland, Hyundai Korea, Intercontinental Hotels Global, ITC India, Kirin Japan, Kraft USA, Landrover UK, LG Korea, Meunil China, McDonalds Australia, MUFG Japan, Nikon Hong Kong, Nokia China, Orange Moblie Slovakia, Philips Netherlands, Proctor & Gamble USA, Chery Riich China, Rimowa Germany, Samsung Korea, Sinoland Hong Kong, Skipper Italy, Smirnoff USA, Sony United Arab Emirates, Stella Russia, Telefonica Spain, Vidal Sassoon China, Virgin Media UK, and much more.
If you are looking for a film or photographic production service company, line producer or fixer in Serbia, please contact us.
We are able to provide you with answers, references and bids quickly.
