Cinema of Montenegro

Montenegro has been the site of many domestic films. In 2013 the Montenegrin film Bad Destiny became the first film from the country to be submitted for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Theatre

Notable theatres include the Montenegrin National Theatre in Podgorica, the Theatre of Nikšić in Nikšić, and the City Theatre in Podgorica. Montenegrin National Theatre is the only professional theatre and along with the Faculty of Drama, located in Cetinje is responsible for the lion share of the theatre production in the country. During summer months, City Theatre in Budva takes precedence as a stage for performers coming from all corners of former Yugoslavia and the world.

Notable contemporary Montenegrin cinema personalities

Considering its population of about 600,000 people, Montenegrins have given to Yugoslavia and the world quite a number of outstanding film directors and actors. The best known are:

Directors

• Dušan Vukotić, the first Yugoslav Oscar winner, for the short animated film category in 1961.
• Živko Nikolić
• Veljko Bulajić
• Krsto Papić
• Branko Baletić
• Velimir Stojanović
• Zdravko Velimirović
• Bane Bastać
• Predrag Golubović
• Krsto Škanata
• Milo Đukanović
• Momir Matović

The young and perspective:

• Marija Perović
• Nikola Vukčević
• Željko Sošić

Actors

• Milorad Janketić
• Žarko Laušević
• Miodrag Krivokapić
• Branislav Popović
• Milutin Karadžić
• Branko Babović

Films

• I Have Something Important to Tell You (Imam nešto važno da vam kažem; 2005)
• Packing the Monkeys, Again! (Opet pakujemo majmune; 2004)
• A View from Eiffel Tower (Pogled sa Ajfelovog tornja; 2005)

External links

• History of Cinematography in Montenegro (in Montenegrin)