Avala Studios

Beograd

Avala Studios are the oldest and the largest ex-yu film company founded in 1946.

The first feature motion pictures produced in post-war Yugoslavia ‘Slavica’ was made by Avala film in 1947. Avala film has produced a total of 220 feature films, 430 documentaries.

At national and international festivals films produced by Avala film won more than 200 awards among which are:

GRAND PRIX SPECIAL in Cannes / film ‘Three’ by Aleksandar Petrovic/
GOLDEN GLOBE in Los Angeles / film ‘I even met happy Gipsies’ by Aleksandar Petrovic/
GOLDEN BEAR / film ‘Early works’ by Želimir Žilnik /
SILVER BEAR in Berlin / film ‘Innocence unprotected’ by Dušan Makavejev /

*American Academy Award nominations / films ‘Three’ and ‘I met happy Gipsies’ were among the final 5 nominees for the Academy Award/.

A very important activity of Avala film was co-operating and rendering of technical services and co-production with international partners. The first motion picture Avala film produced as a join venture with a foreign partner was ‘THE LAST BRIDGE’, by Helmut Käutner in 1954, made as a co-production with COSMOL, Vienna. By the end of 2000, over 120 foreign films were made at AVALA FILM studios.

Services and capacity
Avala Studios is complex of facilities located in the heart of a large Košutnjak park, only 6 kilometers away from the city center.

Studio offers 4 sound stages and backlot with addition of Head Office, vehicle storage unit as well as a small building with apartments for actors. Studios 1, 5 and 7 are used for TV shows while studio 4 is available for smaller projects and commercials.
- Stage 1 – 48m x 30m, H = 16m (157ft x 98ft; H = 52ft), two inside water tanks/pools, soundproof
- Stage 7 – 40m x 14m, H= 10m (131ft x 46ft; H= 33ft), soundproof
- Stage 4 – 24m x 15m, H=9m (78ft x 49ft; H=29ft), soundproof
- Stage 5 – 32m x 13m, H=7m (104ft x 42ft; H = 22ft), soundproof
- Backlot with total 9,850 m2
Credits

Volim te najviše na svetu (2003), directed by Predrag Velinović/Favi, VFC Zastava film, RTV Srbije

Senke uspomena (2000), directed by Predrag Velinović/RTV Srbije

Točkovi, (1998), directed by Đorđe Milosavljević/Cinema design, RTV Beograd

Kupi mi Eliota (1999), directed by Dejan Zečević/Horizont 2000, RTV Srbije

Stršljen (1998), directed by Gorčin Stojanović/Cinema design, Univerzal banka

Avala film has produced a total of 220 feature films, 430 documentaries. Full list is available on IMBD.

CONTACT:

ADDRESS: Kneza Višeslava br. 88, 11000 Belgrade, Republic of Serbia

PHONE: + 381 (0) 60 8000 814

CONTACT PERSON: Marina Ivanovic, Business Development Manager

EMAIL: marina.ivanovic@avalastudios.com