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Novakovic was born on November 17, 1981 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. She moved to Australia in 1988, at the age of seven. Novakovic was initially interested in becoming a social worker or doctor, but after a significant set of events, she changed her mind and decided to pursue the performing arts. Novakovic studied at The McDonald College in Sydney, (where she was Dux of 1999) and graduated from NIDA with a BA in Dramatic Arts in 2002. She has a younger sister, Valentina Novakovic, who is also an actress, famous for having performed in the Australian soap opera, Neighbours (1985).

In 2003, Novakovic played Randa in the ABC mini-series Marking Time (2003), a role which won her an AFI Award for "Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Television Drama or Comedy". As an actor, Novakovic's film credits in Australia include Blackrock (1996), Strange Fits of Passion (1998), The Monkey's Mask (1999), Thunderstruck (2004), Solo (2005), and the Serbian movies Optimisti (2005) and Skinning (2010). From 2007 to 2009, she played Tippi in the TV series Satisfaction for Showtime Australia. Other breakout roles include: Drag Me to Hell (2009), Edge of Darkness (2009), Devil (2010), Burning Man (2011) and Generation Um(2012).

Theatre credits in Australia include These People, Away and Strange Fruit at the Sydney Theatre Company; The Female of the Species at the Melbourne Theatre Company; Woyzeck (Helpmann award nomination for best supporting actress in 2009), Criminology (Green Room award nomination for best actress 2007), Eldorado (Helpmann nomination for best supporting actress, 2006) and Necessary Targets at the Malthouse Theatre in Melbourne, Death Variations and Loveplay (Ride On) for B Sharp, Romeo and Juliet with Bell Shakespeare Company and Debris for Ride On Theatre (which received a Green Room nomination for best Independent production and best actress in 2006).

Novakovic also runs her own independent theatre company, Ride On Theatre Sydney and Melbourne) with co-director Tanya Goldberg. She was a producer and performer for the 2004 Ride On Theatre sell out season of "Loveplay" at the Downstairs Belvoir Street Theatre, and the 2006 Green Room nominated production of Debris (in which she was also nominated for best actress).

In 2008, she translated, adapted and directed Fake Porno in Melbourne, which was invited to be part of the Powerhouse season in Brisbane in 2009, and also received three Green Room nominations including best production. Outside of Ride On, she wrote and directed with Melbourne's Black Lung Theatre for the critically acclaimed production of Sugar at the 2007 Adelaide Fringe Festival. In 2010, Novakovic received an AFI nomination for International Award for Best Actress for her role in Edge of Darkness.

Novakovic landed the part of a beautiful prostitute-turned-law-student in Fox's series, Rake, starring Greg Kinnear. The show was canceled in May, 2014. She portrayed Clare Hitchens in The Hallow, a horror film set in Ireland and directed by Corin Hardy.

Earlier this year [2015], The Toronto Film Festival premiered her feature film The Little Death. Novakovic can be seen playing the lead in the ABC pilot Agatha, and has also booked a recurring role in Showtime dramedy Shameless.

She's repped by CAA, Management 360, Lisa Mann Creative Management in Australia and attorney Bob Wallerstein.

Nina Kiri was born on 3 September 1992 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. She is an actress and writer, known for The Handmaid's Tale (2017), Easy Land (2019) and Fingernails (2023).

The very lovely, vivacious and smart-looking Jelena Gavrilovic was born in Belgrade, Serbia, and raised in nearby Lazarevac, where she have finished primary school and high school. She graduated acting in Academy of Arts in Novi Sad.

The first major thespian challenge came to Jelena Gavrilovic in 2010, when she was cast as a seductive Russian girl Nina in the erotically-charged drama directed by Darko Bajic, The Beautiful Blue Danube, for which role she was awarded at the Film Meetings in Nis, the most prestigious Serbian festival of actor achievements. After several TV roles, Jelena Gavrilovic came to attention of both Serbian and global audiences when she starred alongside Srdjan Todorovic and Sergej Trifunovic in the controversial thriller A Serbian Film (2010), directed by Srdjan Spasojevic. Due to her indisputable talent and great English, Jelena Gavrilovic started getting roles in foreign films that were being shot in Serbia. That is how she has appeared in films such as Human Zoo, Cat Run and Everly.

Jelena Gavrilovic is also a talented singer. She has voiced Elsa in the Serbian version of Frozen and her rendition of Let it Go was one of the top 25 interpretations of the song according to Disney. Her musical talent has brought her roles in stage musicals like Grease and Hair. She merged her love of acting and singing in the second season of the TV show Your Face Sounds Familiar, where she was one of the most popular participants. In early 2016, she starred in the comedy Double Trouble, a film based on one of the most popular Serbian TV series.

Predrag Bjelac was born on 30 June 1962 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He is an actor, known for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), Killing Eve (2018) and Gangster Ka (2015). He was previously married to Katarina Bjelac.

Danica Curcic is a Danish actress born in Serbia. Curcic graduated from the Danish National School of Theatre in 2012 and was immediately hired to be part of the ensemble at the Royal Danish Theatre. In her very first season Curcic was cast in two major roles: in the title role as Lulu in director Katrine Wiedemann's version of Frank Wedekinds scandalous tragedy from 1894, for which she received a 'Reumert' nomination for Best Actress, and as the leading female in the monstrous music performance Frankenstein Reborn, featuring some of the most renowned Danish actors and musicians.

Before graduating Curcic appeared in the TV2 crime series Those who Kill (2011) and landed her first feature role as Veronika in Munch-Petersen's thriller Over the Edge (2012). In 2013 she appeared in two highly acclaimed Swedish produced TV-series: The Bridge ll (SVT1) and Wallander lll (SVT1).

In 2014 Danica Curcic was appointed Shooting Star at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival for her role as the female lead in Christian E. Christiansen's feature On The Edge. In Oktober 2014 she starred as the female lead Kimmie in the highly expected The Absent One, the sequel to The Keeper of Lost Causes, opposite names as Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Pilou Asbæk and Fares Fares. As well as Oscar winning director Bille August new feature film Silent Heart, which she has a leading role in. Also, Curcic appeared in Hella Joof's comedy All Inclusive. In this year Danica will be seen in the feature film Lang Historie Kort directed by May El - Toukhy, where she plays opposite Trine Dyrholm. And also director Daniel Dencik's new film The Gold Coast.

In the fall 2014 Danica played Juliet in Romeo and Juliet on the Royal Danish Theatre. For this portrait she received very positive response. Without a doubt Danica Curcic has had her great breakthrough in 2014 and she is with her professionalism and great personality a high respected actress in the Danish film industry already.

Branka Katic was born on 20 January 1970 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. She is an actress, known for The King's Man (2021), Black Cat, White Cat (1998) and Public Enemies (2009). She has been married to Julian Farino since 31 August 2000. They have two children.

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.

Tamara Radovanovic was born on 31 July 1996 in Belgrade, Serbia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. She is an actress, known for The Ark (2023), Civil Servant (2019) and Here Be Dragons (2022).

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.

Nikola Djuricko was born on 9 July 1974 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He is an actor and director, known for In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011), World War Z (2013) and The Machine (2023). He has been married to Ljiljana Nesic since 7 June 2002.

Srdjan Spasojevic was born in 1976 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He is a director and writer, known for A Serbian Film (2010), The ABCs of Death (2012) and Whereout.

Ivana Firestone was born on 28 September 1977 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia [now Serbia]. She is an actress, known for Wedding Crashers (2005), Van Wilder (2002) and 100 Girls (2000). She has been married to Andrew Firestone since 5 July 2008. They have three children.

Nikola Kojo was born on September 5, 1967 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He is an Serbian actor and producer, known for Parada (2011), Pretty Village, Pretty Flame (1996) and We Are Not Angels (1992). He has been married to Aleksandra Djuric since 2006. They have three children. Nikola name comes from the great-grandfather, who was arch-priest of Mostar. Kojo is the film debut with less than 13 years, the role of the boy in the film Ivana "Working at a certain time". During the 1980s, played a prominent role in the film "The Igman march" (1983) TV series "Sivi dom" (1984), and one of the lead roles in three sequels ("What happens when love is born" - 1984 "Zikina dynasty" - 1985, "Second Zika dynasty" - 1986), a very popular film series "Crazy Years", which is profiled in one of the most famous actors of the younger generation in the former Yugoslavia. In 1992, he played a major role in the film Srdjan Dragojevic "We are not angels," by which it remains remarkable. Although it was all brought immense popularity and media attention, he continued to the increasing success and builds more seriously challenging roles in recent years, mainly in the film, because the theater withdrew indefinitely.

Marija Karan was born on 29 April 1982 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. She is an actress, known for Assassination Games (2011), The Rite (2011) and Covert Affairs (2010). She has been married to Joel Lubin since May 2014. They have one child.

Stevan Filipovic's first feature was Shaitan's Warrior (Sejtanov ratnik, 2006, director/co-writer). Combining genre elements from the 80's flicks, as well as contemporary fantasy cinema, it was hailed as a breath of fresh air by both the critics and cinemagoers. Shaitan's Warrior was screened at numerous festivals in Serbia and worldwide, at Peter Jackson's WETA Workshop in New Zealand, and won Grand Prix at Grossmann Fantasy Film Festival in Slovenia in 2006.

His next film was Skinning (Sisanje, 2010, director/co-writer), a political drama about extreme right-wing hooligans in Serbia, was the biggest domestic box office hit that year (more than 80K adm. in Serbia). It won major awards on all Serbian film festivals and was screened at more than 20 international festivals. It was distributed in UK and Germany. Skinning was the backbone of a wider campaign against violence and fascism in Serbia. The film was screened in the British Parliament and Oxford University.

Stevan was the editor of Maja Milos's film Clip (Klip, 2012), which won Rotterdam FF Tiger Award that year.

He co-wrote (with Mirjana Karanovic) the screenplay for the film Dobra zena (A Good Wife), which had it's world premiere at prestigious Sundance Film Festival.

Next to Me (Pored mene), is the 3rd film he directed (and co-wrote). It had the world premiere at 62nd Pula Film Festival in Croatia, and won the the Golden Arena award for best film in the int'l program. It was also screened at 21st Sarajevo Film Festival (Young Audience Award), and more than 20 other int'l festivals. Next to me also got favorable reviews and mentions in Hollywood Reporter, Screen Daily, Cineuropa, Variety, and had more than 81K viewers in cinemas (no.1 B.O. hit of the season), winning main awards on all Serb. film festivals.

His next film Heart of Darkness (a Serbian/French/Belgian co-production, with Stevan as writer/director) got Creative Europe Media program financial support for development.

He was on Pula International Film Festival Jury in 2016.

Directed the pilot and 3 episodes of Serbian remake of WB Television series ER.

He is writing for Serbia's premium left-wing political web portal, Pescanik, and newspaper Danas.

Winner of the Coalition Against Discrimination annual award for 2012.

Has a tenure as a Professor of Editing and Visual Effects at the Academy of Arts, Belgrade.

Born in Belgrade, Serbia and raised in Frankfurt, Anica Dobra calls both Germany and the Balkans her home. Being a thoroughbred actress and having enjoyed the best in stage- and on-camera training, Anica Dobra is very busy working in both countries. She became well-known in the 1990s in Germany when she worked together with the finest of directors mainly in comedies for the big screen but also in crime and drama feature films for TV. During that time, which was marked by intense political upheaval in the Balkans, she exhibited her remarkable talent in that region by portraying heavily conflicted protagonists. Her characters take control in a straightforward, hard-hitting, and pugnacious manner. She was awarded Best Actress several times. Anica Dobra is a frequent traveler since her family lives in Belgrade and she herself is a star in Serbia. But she also feels drawn to Munich, Germany which is her second home. Audiences love her for her unconventional beauty and charming wit. Here in Germany we've come to picturing her playing in films that allow fresh subject matters to be tackled from a humorous point of view.

Katarina Radivojevic was born on 29 March 1979 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. She is an actress and producer, known for Zona Zamfirova (2002), Black Money Games and Tears for Sale (2008).

Beba Loncar was born on 28 April 1943 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. She is an actress, known for Some Girls Do (1969), The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966) and Love and Fashion (1960). She is married to Stevan Marinkovic Knicanin. She was previously married to Josip Radeljak.

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: Between Water and Fire (2024) and Montevideo, Bog te video! (2012).

Marko Janketic was born on 13 July 1983 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He is an actor, known for Dara of Jasenovac (2020), Bez stepenika (2015) and The Man Who Defended Gavrilo Princip (2015).

Mirjana Jokovic was born on 24 November 1967 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. She is an actress, known for Maid in Manhattan (2002), At Middleton (2013) and Eversmile New Jersey (1989). She is married to Srdjan Milenkovic.

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.

The son of actors Rade Markovic and Olivera Markovic, between 1965 and 1970 he studied film directing in Prague and then started working for television, directing documentaries and about fifty tv movies. His first theatrical feature was the critically acclaimed and financially successful Special Education (1977). Although his followup film was also extremely successful, most of the critics panned it: it would take more than ten years before it was recognized as a classic. Most of his following features have been screened in various Yugoslavian and international festivals. Besides making movies, Markovic also staged two plays and wrote three more. Since 1979 he's been teaching film directing in Belgrade's Dramatic Arts faculty.

Dragan Nikolic's movie debut was in 1964 Pravo stanje stvari (1964), but he started his career with role Dzimi Barka in movie When I Am Dead and Gone (1967), directed by Zivojin Pavlovic and for this role, he was awarded with Diploma at Pula Film Festival in 1968. He appeared in more than 90 feature films. In 1985 he received the "October award" of Belgrade. He was married to Milena Dravic.

He lived in Belgrade, worked in theatre and acted in TV series like A Better Life (1987) and Porodicno blago (1998). He was regular member of famous Belgrade theatre "Atelje 212" (1969-2009) where he realized more than 50 roles, such as Berger in "Hair" by Gerome Ragni and James Rado, Djenka Djavo in "The Marathon Family" by Dusan Kovacevic, Gavrilo in "St. George Kills The Dragon" by Dusan Kovacevic and The Unknown in "The Visitor" by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt.

Dusan Makavejev is the premier figure in Yugoslavian film history; his films are deeply rooted in his nation's painful postwar experiences and draw on important Yugoslavian cinematic and cultural models. Makavejev's work has violated many political and sexual taboos and invited censorship in dozens of nations. In the 1950s, after studying psychology at Belgrade University, Makavejev became involved in the activities of various film societies and festivals and studied direction at the Academy for Radio, Television and Film. As early as 1953, he began making short films and documentaries and would work in various capacities at both the Zagreb and Avala studios during the late 50s and early 60s. The documentary impulse remains powerful in Makavejev's work, as does the tendency to intercut undigested segments from other films into longer works.

Makavejev enjoyed great critical success with his first three features, Man Is Not a Bird (1965), "Love Affair" (1967) and Innocence Unprotected (1968). Highly allegorical and relying on techniques derived from Brecht and influenced by Godard, these films were sardonic and anarchistic views of Eastern European state socialist milieus.

Much of Makavejev's work has been uncompromisingly experimental as well as politically outrageous. WR: Mysteries of the Organism (1971) is the best example of this combination and is the director's most influential work to date. Much of the film is composed of a documentary Makavejev researched in the late 1960s while in the US on a Ford Foundation grant and which was eventually financed by German TV. A witty, passionate, and often rambling account of pioneering psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich and his American disciples, the material is intercut with a fictitious political-sexual allegory set in contemporary Belgrade. The film was instantly banned in Yugoslavia and made Makavejev persona non grata in his native country until the late 1980s.

Sweet Movie (1974) was made in Canadian exile, with some production resources furnished by the National Film Board of Canada. Also a disjointed, two-part narrative, it again focuses on radical techniques in sexual psychotherapy, here played out rather than verbalized. Intertwined is yet another acidic, allegorical fable of the decay of Yugoslavia's socialist legacy. Extremely violent and sexually explicit, "Sweet Movie" was dismissed (and censored) as pornography in many countries, and added to Makavejev's reputation as a "filmmaker maudit."

Montenegro (1981) has been Makavejev's greatest financial success to date. Political commentary and formal experimentation are subordinated to narrative drive in this story of a housewife (Susan Anspach) who grapples with sexual liberation and fails.

The Coca-Cola Kid (1985), Makavejev's second major international co-production, was marred by on-set squabbles between actors, and the rejection of Makavejev's intriguing plan to use a long reel of multilingual Coca-Cola commercials as a narrative structuring device. What emerged was a genuinely erotic film which takes a quirky, satiric view both of its Australian setting and the international business world.

Makavejev's long exile from his homeland ended in 1988 with the release of Manifesto (1988), a Ruritanian political farce mostly shot in Yugoslavia. Although the film marks the most disciplined, traditional storytelling of Makavejev's career, it has seen only limited bookings in the US. Also little seen was his follow-up Gorilla Bathes at Noon (1993), a political comedy based on the adventures of a Russian soldier as he wanders around Berlin.

Profession(s): director, screenwriter, professor, essayist Sometimes Credited As: Sam Rotterdam

Family wife: Bojana Marijan (married in 1964; has worked with Makavejev)

Education Academy of Theater, Radio, Film and Television Belgrade, Yugoslavia Belgrade University Belgrade, Yugoslavia psychology 1955.