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Avala Film is the former Yugoslavia’s oldest and largest film studio. Modelled on the famous Italian Cinecittà, it was created in 1946. to be the country’s Central Film Studio. Between 1947, when it made the first post-war Yugoslav film “Slavica” to today, Avala Film produced a staggering 200 feature fiction films, and over 400 documentaries and short films, as well as numerous co-productions, starring Sofia Loren, Alain Delon, Orson Welles, Omar Sharif, Anthony Hopkins…  No book has ever been published on the history of the studios, nor is there an archive. There are almost no scripts, production documents, stills, or evidence of any kind of this cinematic heritage.

Today the studios, which still have the socialist-era status of ‘socially-owned’ property are on sale. The Serbian government is selling Avala Film for the value of the terrain the film city stands on. The entire catalogue of films produced has been included in the sale, meaning almost half of Yugoslav history will become the private ownership of a real-estate tycoon on April 22nd, 2015.

We’ve called our campaign “The City of Lost Films”, referring not only to the lost film city, but also the fact that Belgrade has, as a result of another catastrophically mismanaged privatisation, lost a network of 13 cinemas in the city center. We chose the slogan “The final screening” to start a countdown to the sale, and you can participate in expressing your feelings by signing our petition. Most importantly, you can send us your texts, memories, photos and other souvenirs of Avala Film, and join us in this attempt to build an online space that will house the story of Avala Film.
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Articles: VREME dossier on Avala Film auction

VREME, no. 1269, April 30 2015. In-depth article on auction of Avala Film by Ivana Milanović Hrašovec, and political opinion piece by Gorica Mojović. Must read!
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Articles: Avala, the day after

Mila Turajlić: Zašto je prodaja producentskih prava Avala filma problem? (source: Politika)


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Video: Avala Film auction

Watch the auction of Avala Film. It was over in a matter of seconds.
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Articles: Priča o Avali

GORAN MARKOVIĆ: Priča o Avali film je priča o ovoj zemlji. Čak i na prvi pogled, stanje u kome se nalazi Avala veoma je slično onom u kom je država.
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Last tour through Avala Film: Props Depot

The end is near: 2 days left until the auction of Avala Film. Today we visit the PROPS DEPOT, as part of our last tour through the film city which will be sold on April 22, 2015.
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Articles: “Neka je večna slava našoj Avali…”

MILJEN KLJAKOVIĆ: Da li je “Avala” samo preduzeće ili je “Avala” mnogo više od toga?

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Articles: Kraj fabrike snova

SVETLANA I ZORAN POPOVIĆ: Najavljena prodaja ostataka nekadašnjeg stuba kinematografije jedne velike i, u mnogome razvijene, zemlje deluje kao poslednji čin tragičnog razaranja čitave jedne zajednice i njenih dostignuća.
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Articles: “Partizani” (Đango i Jug Bogdan)

DIMITRIJE VOJNOV: Prošle godine proslavili smo četrdeseti rođendan filma “Partizani” Stoleta Jankovića, jedne od poslednjih velikih bioskopskih fresaka posvećenih NOBu.
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Last tour through Avala Film: Laboratory

5 days left until the auction of Avala Film. Today we visit the FILM LABORATORY, as part of our last tour through the film city which will be sold on April 22, 2015.
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Articles: Kratak izveštaj

BRANKO BALETIĆ: Kratak izveštaj. Bivši generalni direktor Avala Filma (1986 -1990)
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Articles: Odtamnjenje – Rez – Zatamnjenje

DEJAN KARAKLAJIĆ: Za nas klince iz Kino Kluba Beograd, AVALA FILM, bila je pojam, Olimp do koga se trebalo uspeti.
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Articles: Script doctor u zemlji vračeva

DIMITRIJE VOJNOV: Borislav Mihajlović Mihiz worked as the artistic director of Avala Film during the stewardship of Ratko Drazevic, who set up a film studio modelled on Hollywood, with an in-house stable of literary talent.

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Clip from “Prekobrojna” (1962)

8 days until the auction of Avala Films. Today, we share a clip from the film “Prekobrojna”, the rights to which will be sold on April 22, 2015.
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Articles: Nesvrstana Avala – Trideset godina Leoparda

DIMITRIJE VOJNOV: Stvarno je steta sto su naši filmovi toliko nemarno čuvani, i što mnogi medju njima nemaju digitalno izdanje
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Articles: Druga kuća

ZORAN SIMJANOVIĆ: Druga Kuća.
Ja još uvek ne znam o čemu se radi.


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