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A Serbian Film Photos have premiered. A Serbian Film / Srpski Film photos are from Srdjan Spasojevic‘s 2010 film starring Srdjan Todorovic, Jelena Gavrilovic, Sergej Trifunovic, Miodrag Kremarik, and Katarina Zutic. A Serbian Film‘s plot synopsis: “An aging porn star agrees to participate in an “art film” in order to make a clean break from the business, only to discover that he has been drafted into making something truly demented.”

We previously posted the A Serbian Film (2010) Movie Trailer and A Serbian Film / Srpski Film (2010) Movie Poster.

A Serbian Film also stars Slobodan Bestic, Katarina Zutic, Ana Sakic, Lena Bogdanovic, Luka Mijatovic, Andela Nenadovic, Nenad Herakovic, Carni Deric, Lidija Pletl, Tanja Divnic, Marina Savic, and Natasa Miljus.

Look at A Serbian Film photos below (click to enlarge) and leave your thoughts on them in the comments section. For more A Serbian Film videos, photos, and information, check out our A Serbian Film Page.

Scream 4

Opens: April 15th 2011

Cast: Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courteney Cox, Mary McDonnell, Emma Roberts Director: Wes Craven

Summary: Sidney Prescott, now the author of a self-help book, returns home to Woodsboro on the last stop of her book tour. There she reconnects with family and friends, but it also brings about the return of Ghostface which puts the whole town in danger.

Analysis: Back in late 1996 when I first began covering film news, "Scream" was released and became more than just a sleeper hit. After years of genre movies being relegated to direct-to-video status, this comedic slasher spawned the biggest surge in the horror film genre since "Halloween" almost two decades before. Its post-modern stylings and witty self-aware dialogue went on to be a big influence on films and television in general.

Yet the "Scream" series itself never could quite capture that glory again. By the time the...

A Serbian Film

Stars: Srdjan Todorovic, Sergej Trifunovic, Jelena Gavrilovic, Slobodan Bestic, Katarina Zutic, Luka Mijatovic | Written by Aleksander Radivojevic and Srdjan Spasojevic | Directed by Srdjan Spasojevic

A Serbian Film finally got its UK premiere last night at the Prince Charles Theatre. This highly controversial and contentious film was due to be shown at FrightFest this year, uncut, so it was fitting that it was introduced by Alan Jones.

The film deals with retired porn star, Milos (Todorovic), who is contacted by an old co-start Layla (Zutic) to do one last, high paying movie for art director Vukmir. Knowing nothing about the plot, but lured by the promise of enough money to keep his young family financially secure, he agrees. With no script and directed via earpiece, Milos starts work on the film, but perturbed by the things he is asked to do, he quits, only to wake up 3 days later,...

One of the most controversial films ever is getting a severely cut release in UK cinemas from 10th December. A Serbian Film isn’t for the faint hearted, hell, it’s not even for those with a strong stomach. Back in August Westminster Council in London banned the film from being shown at FrightFest and the BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) removed a massive four minutes worth of cuts before allowing it out for general consumption.

Is the film really that bad? The answer is yes. Srdjan Spasojevic’s highly disturbing horror film is pretty much an endurance test from around half way to its lurid, tragic climax. It’s like Kraft-Ebing’s Psychopathia Sexualis brought to life and then some.

A brand new UK trailer is doing the rounds for you to check out. Other countries will get the uncensored version but it’s too much of a hot potato for us Brits.

The things that I’ve read about A Serbian Film makes me quite curious about actually seeing the movie. The new trailer coming to us from the UK and brought to us by Chud just furthers this mutual feeling of dread and…not necessarily “anticipation”, but, like I said, a sense of curiosity. The trailer can be seen below, and is definitely worth a look, if for nothing else other than the funky techno beats on display.

The filmmakers have launched a website for the movie, and the only information regarding a home video release date comes from the trailer, listed as January 3rd, but that’s just in the UK. It seems to have not gotten a theatrical release in the United States yet, so it may be direct-to-video primarily due to its shocking content. The plot synopsis, taken from the film’s site, can be found below:

Milos...

Srdjan Spasojevic’s “A Serbian Film” is probably one of the most controversial, talked-about film in recent years, and for good reason. It’s, er, not for the kiddies, let’s just say that. In case you missed it, check out the red band trailer here. Here’s the UK trailer, which is a whole lot more tame, though it does get most of the film’s point across. Milos (Srdjan Todorovic) is a retired porn star leading a normal family life with his wife Maria (Jelena Gavrilovic) and six-year old son Petar in tumultuous Serbia, trying to make ends meet. Aware of his problems, Layla (Katarina Zutic), a former co-star, introduces Milos to Vukmir (Sergej Trifunovic), a mysterious, menacing and politically powerful figure in the porn business who wants Milos to star in his latest project and is willing to pay him a fee that will provide financial support...

Remember that notorious Serbian horror about the pedophilia and necrophilia themed snuff film? Well amazingly the flick, simply entitled 'A Serbian Film', that has managed to get screenings banned at plenty of festivals over the past few months has managed to cut and grab itself a UK theatrical release. The Srdjan Spasojevic helmed project, written by Serbian horror film critic Aleksandar Radivojevic ('Tears for Sale') is set to arrive in our theatres this December. The movie stars a whole host of actors whose names I won't even attempt to pronounce out loud including Srdjan Todorovic, Sergej Trifunovic, Jelena Gavrilovic, Katarina Zutic, Slobodan Bestic, Ana Sakic, Lena Bogdanovic, Luka Mijatovic and Andjela Nenadovic. 'Milos is a retired porn star leading a normal family life with his wife Maria and six-year old son Petar in tumultuous Serbia, trying to make ends meet. Aware of his problems, Layla, a former co-star, introduces Milos to Vukmir,...

Directed by Srdjan Spasojevic

Written by Srdjan Spasojevic and Aleksandar Radivojevic

Featuring Srdjan Todorovic, Sergej Trifunovic, Jelena Gavrilovic, Katarina Zutic, Slobodan Bestic, Lena Bogdanovic

A Serbian Film is supposed to be the most incredibly horrific film experience of this decade. Why am I not impressed, then?

Okay, maybe it’s because I’m jaded. The only films that have had any real effect on my psyche this decade are Irreversible, The Stoning of Soraya M, and 2 Girls 1 Cup. Those films made me stop and think about the violence and gave me a horrific rush of emotional and mental turmoil. And those aren’t even horror movies. I really get a kick out of sick movies; the gorier, the better, so I was extremely excited to see A Serbian Film, the latest thing out of the once-communist, now-democratic, self-deprecating nation that was once a part of Yugoslavia in Eastern Europe being...

The UK's most amazing horror film festival Film4 FrightFest has released what could very well be another one of the best horror line-ups we've seen ever for its latest show taking place from Thursday the 26th of August to Monday the 30th of August, brimming with films we've been salivating over Stateside!

From the Press Release

This year there are eight British films in the main programme (another record) including Monsters, Gareth Edwards’ sensational post-Apocalyptic debut, The Ford Brothers’ Cannes-hyped African Zombie flick The Dead and Johannes Roberts F – in which a school gets a lesson in horror! Other home-grown titles are Dead Cert (East-End gangsters meet Eastern European vampires), Isle Of Dogs (nasty gangland horror), Paul Andrew Williams’ harrowing Cherry Tree Lane and werewolf thriller 13Hrs. Plus, Jake West will be presenting his in-depth documentary Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship And Videotape, which will be followed by a Q & A panel discussion.

The complete lineup for the 2010 edition of the Film4 Frightfest has just been announced and, as usual, it is a quality selection of the best in horror film from the UK and around the world. The program splits into two programs - the main lineup and sidebar Discovery program - and you'll find both below!

Programme = Screen 1

Thursday Aug 26

6.30pm Hatchet II  (World Premiere)

FrightFest continues its strong relationship with Adam Green by hosting the world premiere of the sequel to his 2006 slasher sensation. Picking up right where the splatter-tastic original ended, Marybeth escapes the clutches of the deformed, swamp-dwelling iconic killer Victor Crowley. After learning the truth about her family's connection to the hatchet-wielding madman, Marybeth returns to the Louisiana swamps along with an army of hunters to recover the bodies of her family and exact the bloodiest revenge against the bayou butcher. Delivering unapologetically unrestrained gushers of gore,...

SXFantastic! SXSW 2010 presents Fantastic Fest at Midnight!

Austin, Texas - February 4, 2010 – The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival has announced the complete features lineup for this year’s Festival, March 12 – 20, 2010 in Austin, Texas.

Over the course of nine days, 119 features will screen at the festival, with 55 of those having their world premieres at SXSW 2010.

For the second year in a row, Fantastic Fest has selected a slate of midnight features as part of the official SXSW Lineup. You can see these films and more with a SXSW film badge. SXSW film badges are on sale at www.sxsw.com/attend.

Mind-bending international Midnighters, hand-selected by Fantastic Fest.

Films screening in Sx Fantastic are:

Higanjima (Japan/Korea)

(International Festival Premiere)

Director: Tae-Kyun Kim.

Screenwriter: Tetsuya Ôishi

Two years after losing contact, Akira discovers that his long-lost brother may be found on

Higanjima Island. He may also find an army of blood-sucking vampires.

Less than a week worth of recovering from the Sundance Film Festival, and we are already looking forward to our next, big film fest coverage. That would be the South by Southwest Film Festival held annually in Austin, Texas. Last year, Scott and I brought you all kinds of coverage from the Lone Star State, and this year doesn’t look to be much different.

With that, the announcement came last night of the feature films that will be playing at the SXSW Film Festival. Previous announcement were already made about films like Cold Weather, Electra Luxx, Hubble 3D, Lemmy, Saturday Night, and The White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights making their debut. Kick-ass was recently announced as the opening night film, as well.

Among the other films being presented this year are some Sundance darlings, a few, highly anticipated premieres, and MacGruber.

Check out the full list...

I was so excited at seeing the SXSW line up last night that I completely forgot to post it and started searching the interwebs for cool content to go with it. Oops. Yes, I wish I was there but alas, it wasn’t mean to be (though don’t despair. We’ll be bringing you wicked awesome coverage).

But enough rambling, you want to know what’s all playing. Well, for a start there’s the much anticipated McGruber (trailer), the Duplass’ semi-mainstream comedy Cyrus, Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Micmacs (trailer, review), Daniel Stamm’s horror flick Cotton and that’s on top of the previously announced titles which include Electra Luxx (Carla Gugino as a pregnant porn star? Bring. It. On.) and Kick-Ass (trailer). That’s already a great line-up but dear me, some of the other titles are pretty awesome too.

There’s Clay Liford scifi drama Earthling (trailer...

Late yesterday the SXSW Fim Festival, which runs from March 12-20 in Austin, TX, announced the full lineup of films that will be screening at this year’s event. And baby, it’s quite a list. Mixing big name films with intimate indie gems, the sheer number of films and the vast array of talented filmmakers is sure to be a hit with attendees and critics alike.

This lineup includes premieres of studio films such as Universal’s MacGruber, Lionsgate’s teen superhero actioneer Kick-Ass and smaller films like Tim Blake Nelson’s Leaves of Grass, Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Micmacs, Michel Gondry’s The Thorn in the Heart and Steven Soderbergh’s And Everything Is Going Fine. With so many films to watch, it will be very difficult to find time to seem them all during the events nine days. But hell, we’re going to try.

For more on...

The 2010 SXSW Film Festival and Conference has announced its initial slate of titles. The list is rife with hot world premieres (Kick-Ass), films fresh from Sundance (The Runaways, Cyrus), hot titles from the 2009 editions of Tiff and Cannes that haven't had much U.S. play (Enter the Void, Dogtooth, Trash Humpers), interesting documentaries (Lemmy, The People v. George Lucas) and much, much more. Simon Rumley's Red, White & Blue, which has received much praise on Twitch based on its Iffr screenings, will have its North American premiere.

Midnight programming courtesy of Fantastic Fest is also back with titles like Higanjima, Monsters, Serbian Film, Outcast, and a yet to be announced special film. Keep eye out for SXSW coverage at Twitch, but for now, pursue the massive list below (descriptions courtesy of SXSW).

Headliners

Big names, big talent:  Headliners bring star power to SXSW, featuring red carpet premieres and gala film...