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- Zlatan Vidovic was born on 29 December 1983 in Fojnica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is an actor, known for Dara of Jasenovac (2020), Hotel Balkan (2020) and Last Perspective (2015).
- Jovo Maksic was born on 28 January 1972 in Bosansko Grahovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is an actor, known for Dara of Jasenovac (2020), Storm (2023) and Kosti (2020).
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Nikola Pejakovic was born on 16 September 1966 in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is an actor and writer, known for Meso (2017), Advokado (2021) and Flesh (2018).- Nikola Rakocevic has been proclaimed as one of Europe's leading young screen actors, clocking up awards and critical acclaim at major international film festivals.
Jurors at the prestigious Berlin Film Festival placed Nikola among the ten European Shooting Stars in 2014.
The accolade was just one among many international Best Actor awards to acknowledge the Serbian actor's talent in features such as: Skinning / Sisanje (2010), The Sky Above Us (2015), The Man Who Defended Gavrilo Princip / Branio Sam Mladu Bosnu (2014), Travelator (2013) and Circles / Krugovi (2013)
Nikola has an integral role in the Sky TV/Canal+ crime series The Last Panthers (2015), an acclaimed European drama inspired by notorious Balkan jewel thieves, the Pink Panthers.
Nikola [born: 27 June, 1983, Kragujevac, Serbia] studied drama at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Dramatic Arts (2001-2005). He lives in Belgrade with his wife and son. - Actor
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Vuk Kostic was born on 22 November 1979 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia [now Serbia]. He is an actor and producer, known for Absolute Hundred (2001), Little Night Music (2002) and Dara of Jasenovac (2020).- Actor
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Srdjan 'Zika' Todorovic was born on 28 March 1965 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He is an actor, known for A Serbian Film (2010), Black Cat, White Cat (1998) and Underground (1995). He has been married to Ana Todorovic since 2004. They have one child.- Dragan Micanovic was born on 30 September 1970 in Loznica, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He is an actor, known for Layer Cake (2004), Coriolanus (2011) and Papillon (2017). He was previously married to Ana Sofrenovic.
- Igor Bencina was born in 1980 in Zemun, as the oldest child in the family. His brother is Petar Bencina, while their aunt, Branka Pujic, is also an actress. In addition to his younger brother Petar, Igor Bencina has two other sisters. He graduated in acting from the Academy of Arts of Belgrade's Alfa University, in the class of professor Nebojsa Dugalic, in 2010. He previously played in several television series, while in 2015 he played a role in the Last Panthers project, which, in addition to Serbia, was filmed in England and France. He gained a significant increase in popularity during 2018 and 2019, with roles in the series Zigosani u reket, Zmurke, Pet, Grupa,
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Dugalic completed the elementary and high school in his hometown Kraljevo, and graduated to the Faculty of Dramatic Arts of the University of Arts in Belgrade in 1994.
Dugalic's home theater was the National Theater in Belgrade, but in 2000 he left the professional position there to pursue teaching career
In 2010, he directed and played in monodrama Confession of Dmitry Karamazov, based on Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov, for which he received the Silver Knight in Moscow and opened the first Festival of Monodrama and Pantomime in Zemun.
He has a long teaching career with the Academy of Arts, Belgrade, a private university specialized in drama arts. He became an assistant professor in 2001, and full professor in 2007. He was the dean on the same Academy for the school year 2015/2016.- Actor
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Graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade (Acting Department) and was taught by Dragan Petrovic Pele; completed his master's degree at the same faculty in 2012, when he also enrolled in doctoral studies. The same year, he started working as a teaching assistant.
Debuted with the role of Nebojsa Ljutic in The Dollars Are Coming (Stizu dolari) TV show, aired between 2004 and 2006 on Radio Television Serbia (Serbian Broadcaster).
Continued his professional acting carrier with the role of Filip Pantic in the White Ship (Bela ladja) TV comedy series aired on Radio Television Serbia between 2006 and 2011. In 2008, he played a supporting role in The Storks Will Return (Vratice se rode) TV series, the show that distinguished itself from previous local TV productions by its shooting techniques, scope, and the number of actors.
Starred as Aleksandar Tirnanic Tirke in the 2010 Serbian blockbuster Montevideo, God Bless You! (Montevideo, Bog te video) directed and produced by Dragan Bjelogrlic. The film Montevideo, God Bless You follows the historical success of the Serbian national football team at the first FIFA World Cup held in 1930 in Montevideo through the lens of the cultural and socio-political climate of those times. It was also the Serbian entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards. The film brought Bikovic MTV Adria Movie Award, Car Konstantin Award for Best Actor at Nis Film Festival, as well as the FIPRESCI Serbia Award nomination for Best Actor. Montevideo, God Bless You won the Best Film Award at the Atlant sports film festival held in Lipetsk, Russia. The sequel to this blockbuster, See You in Montevideo (Montevideo, Vidimo se), was made in 2014. Both films drew half a million viewers in theatres.
In 2012, he played Mihajlo Petrovic Alas, a distinguished Serbian scientist, in the film adaptation of the novel by Milovan Vitezovic, Professor Kosta Vujic's Hat (Sesir Profesora Koste Vujica) directed by Zdravko Sotra. This film - the remake of a 1971 TV drama - won the Golden Knight Award at the Sevastopol international film festival. It was both critically acclaimed and commercially successful. The following year it aired as TV series under the same name.
In 2013, Milos Bikovic played lieutenant Garic in the Ravna Gora TV drama series, aired at Radio Television Serbia and directed by Rados Bajic. That same year he also portrayed Nikola Radosevic in Great, a short independent German film by Andreas Henn.
In 2014 Bikovic worked with the Oscar winning director Nikita Mihalkov on his film Sunstroke (Solnechnyy udar), where he starred as Baron Nikolay Alexandrovich Gulbe-Levitsky. The screenplay for this great historic drama is partly based on the Russian Nobel Prize winner Ivan Bunin's short story Sunstroke and diary Cursed Days (Okayánnye Dni). This film won the Golden Eagle award from the National Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Russia, the most prestigious award in Russia.
In 2015, he played Radomir Saper in We Will Be the World Champions (Bicemo prvaci sveta) by Darko Bajic. This film won the Golden Gate audience award at Pula Film Festival in Croatia. Also in 2015, he starred as Roma Belkin in Soulless 2 (Dukhless 2) by Roman Prygunov and in the No Borders (Bez Granits) comedy omnibus set in the countries of the former Soviet Union.
In 2016, he was casted as Zeus in The Myths by Alexandar Molochnikov. Since 2017, he has been starring as Pavel Arkadievich in the Russian-Ukrainian Hotel Eleon (Otel Eleon) comedy TV show, a spin-off of the popular sitcom The Kitchen.
Bikovic starred in the musical romance Ice (Led) by Oleg Trofim, and the role of Leonov brought him the nomination for the Chopard Talent Award at Moscow International Film Festival In 2018.
That year he also starred with Antonio Banderas in Beyond the Edge produced by Andrea Iervolino and his production house Iervolino Entertainment film.
In 2018, Milos accepted the leading role of anti-hero Petar Marash in South Wind. Co-produced by Milos's production house, South Wind became the undisputed #1 box office hit according to Film Center Serbia's list. The film set a Serbian cinematography record, totalling over one million viewers globally. Bikovic won the Grand Prix of Nais as the Best Leading Actor at Nis Film Festival (2018) for this role.
In 2020, South Wind TV series premiered on Radio Television Serbia as the sequel to the story of Petar Marash. The series hit record viewership of over 35.5 percent TV audience share, meaning that nearly one in two Serbian citizens watched it.
In 2019, he played the Astronomer in the Coma (Koma) SF adventure by Nikita Argunov. The same year, Milos starred in The Balkan Line (Balkanska medja) directed by Andrey Volgin, firstly premiered in Russia, then in Serbia. This was the first Serbian-Russian co-production after a long time that enjoyed the support of both the Russian and Serbian Ministries of Culture. The action drama was inspired by true events that took place in the territory of Kosovo in 1999. The film was the most watched film in Russia on its opening weekend. In Serbia, the box office total exceeded 300,000 tickets sold in theaters. Apart from taking the role of Vuk, Bikovic also co-produced the film.
His significant influence in Russia was affirmed with The Medal of Pushkin, a state decoration of the Russian Federation he was honored with for his achievements in the arts and culture, and the great role he played in preserving and promoting Russian language abroad.
He is also the recipient of The Golden Badge (Zlatna znacka) recognition for his contribution to the development of cultural activities in Serbia, presented by The Cultural and Educational Association of Serbia, The Office for Cooperation with the Diaspora and the Serbian Ministry of Culture. In 2018, he received the award of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the promotion of Serbian culture outside the borders of Serbia.
He starred as Grisha in the 2019 Russian comedy The Peasant (Kholop), directed by Klim Shipenko. The Peasant became the most successful movie in the history of the Russian box office, and Bikovic was nominated for the Huading Award for Best Actor at the Film Festival in Beijing.
In 2019, Milos became a UNICEF ambassador.
In 2020, he played Josip Broz Tito in the TV series The Black Sun (Senke nad Balkanom) by Dragan Bjelogrlic, and starred in Russian mini-series Magomaev.
Hotel Belgrade (Hotel Beograd) feature film was completed in Belgrade in 2020 co-produced by Milos's production company, and it was developed from the popular TV series franchise.
Milos participated at Eurasia International Film Festival in Kazakhstan as a member of the jury, and was invited to be a member of the jury at the 2021 Moscow International Film Festival.
South Wind 2 - Speed Up premiered in November 2021 (co-producer), as we continue to follow Milos's leading character Petar Marash. The film had its festival world premiere at the 68th Pula Film Festival in Croatia.
The long anticipated film The Great Tram Robbery (Budi Bog s nama), by cult Yugoslav and Serbian director Slobodan Sijan, is in production. In this project, Milos has a double role - as a lead actor starring as Boshko Tokin, and at the same time, he's the co-producer of the film.
In 2020, Bikovic launched his own production company Archangel Digital Studios that cooperates with ILBE Studios (an affiliate of ILBE Group) on the development of Puffins Impossible, a series of animated shorts for which the entire content is created by talented artists from Serbia from the initial concept to the finishing touches.
In 2022, he received the award of the Republic of Serbia. The Order of the Star of Karadjordje was conferred upon him by the President of Serbia.
He served as president of the main program jury at the 2022 FEST - Belgrade International Film Festival.
In 2023, Season 2 of the South Wind: On the Edge had its TV premiere, with Milos again as producer and in the leading role of Petar Maras.
He starred in the first film in the history of mankind shot in space called The Challenge, directed by Klim Shipenko, released in 2023.
President of the Cinematography Group of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce.
Member of the European Film Academy.
Fluent in Serbian, English, and Russian, and previously performed in German and Spanish as well.- Actor
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Radovan Vujovic was born on 8 September 1984 in Uzice, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He is an actor and writer, known for Offenders (2017), Coriolanus (2011) and Kralj Petar I (2019).- Denis Muric was born in 1999 in Zvecan, Serbia. He is an actor, known for No One's Child (2014), Bunar (2022) and Grupa (2019).
- Pavle Mensur was born on 1 August 1999 in Belgrade, Serbia. He is an actor, known for Usekovanje (2022), Vreme zla (2021) and Grupa (2019).
- Milan Maric studied at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. He took to the stage at a young age, acting with the youth group «Dadov» and at other professional theaters in Serbia as well as at the Yugoslav Drama Theatre, Belgrade. Maric starred in several successful shorts and had supporting roles in a number of Serbian feature films. He has received an immense success with his lead role in Alexei German's Dovlatov, which received Silver Bear at Berlinale and earned him the Chopard Talent Award (2018), at Moscow Film Festival.
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Mladen Sovilj was born on 2 July 1987 in Pancevo, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He is an actor and writer, known for Pokidan (2023), Offenders (2017) and Horrible (2024).- Viktor Savic was born on 14 September 1983 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He is an actor and writer, known for Montevideo: Taste of a Dream (2010), Megdan: Izmedju vode i vatre (2024) and Montevideo, Bog te video! (2012).
- Slaven Doslo is an actor who has been proclaimed as a rising star of European cinema.
He is known for leading roles in Pored Mene (Next to Me) (2015), Panama (2015) and Vlaznost (2016).
Serbian writer-director Stevan Filipovic's acclaimed high school drama Pored Mene (Next to Me) was named Best Film at the Pula International Film Festival 2015 and won the Young Audience Award at that year's Sarajevo Film Festival.
In the film, which topped the Serbian box office and screened to packed houses across the country, Slaven was praised for his role as a sharp-witted college boy who enjoys Serbian cinema's first teenage gay kiss. His performance attracted headlines at home and across Europe, as well as critical acclaim in international trade title, The Hollywood Reporter.
Slaven attended the Cannes Film Festival 2015 to promote his film, Panama, from director Pavle Vuckovic. He will be seen in drama Vlaznost, a drama from director Nikola Ljuca.
Slaven studied acting at the Belgrade Academy of Arts.
For his stage performance in Life Stands Still, Life Goes on (Serbia: 2015), Slaven received the Special Sterija Award and the Dara Calenic Foundation Award for the Best Young Actor.