Zlatibor

The state and the film

07.February 2026. Sonja Ciric

The state and the profession in Zlatibor and Belgrade are divided on the same problem

On the same topic, on the problems of contemporary cinematography, the state organized a meeting in Zlatibor, and the profession in Belgrade. It is clear why they could not be together

The state and the film

29.January 2026 Sonja Ciric

What are Selaković and FCS hiding and what role does NAFFIT play in it?

Minister of Culture Nikola Selaković says that the state invested 11 million euros in 53 films that were not made. The Film Center of Serbia organizes a panel on this problem and invites directors and producers to Zlatibor, the headquarters of the National Film and Television Festival, even though the entire film industry boycotted it.

The state and the film

25.January 2026 Sonja Ciric

Will directors and producers come to the Film Center and NAFFIT panel

The Film Center of Serbia has invited directors and producers to a panel organized in Zlatibor with NAFFIT, the National Film and Television Festival for "loyal and similar", which, like the entire film industry, boycotted last September

New Year

26.December 2025 S. Ć.

Serbia: Crazy money for a crazy New Year's Eve

Zlatibor, Kopaonik, Vrnjačka banja - all will be buzzing with concerts and their prices during the New Year, and Čačak decided for something truly unforgettable

Crazy construction on the mountains

15.December 2025 IN THE

Zlatibor: On top of everything and Crowne Plaza

Zlatibor will get a luxury Crowne Plaza hotel in two years. The franchise agreement was signed between the company IHG and the investor LUSS Leisure

International Mountain Day

11.December 2025 Katarina Stevanović

Noiseless concreting of mountains: Between the silence of conifers and the noise of construction machines

The noise of the construction site echoes in the Serbian mountains. Buildings, apartments and ski resorts are springing up like crazy. Why are we turning mountains into cities and how much does nature suffer in the process

Tourism

08.October 2025 KS

Zlatibor gets an airport

From Zlatibor, the most visited mountain in Serbia, comes new news about the construction of the airport

Reward

07.September 2025 S.Ć.

Petar Božović: NAFFIT started an uprising

Giving thanks at the Lifetime Achievement Award, actor Petar Božović said that the National Film and Television Festival was an uprising, and that the audience had had enough of demolitions.

The first NAFFIT

04.September 2025 Sonja Ciric

Boycott of the opening of the National Film and Television Festival

The first NAFFIT was opened in Zlatibor, as the state's response to the spontaneous development of culture - Minister Selaković announced. That is why there are no actors, directors and others who create Serbian films on it

National festival

28.August 2025 Sonja Ciric

The first NAFFIT seems like the last

Now it is completely clear that this festival is a debacle in the announcement and that this will be its first and last edition - believes the president of the Association of Film Directors Miloš Škundrić

Festival

26.August 2025 Sonja Ciric

The entire film industry is boycotting NAFFIT

Seven film associations are boycotting the National Film and Television Festival in Zlatibor. They say that it is inappropriate for the state to launch a domestic film festival considering that it does not invest in domestic cinematography.

"Vreme" finds out

23.August 2025 Sonja Ciric

Three more resignations from the National Film and Television Festival

After its executive director Vladimir Vasiljević left NAFFIT for moral reasons, "Vreme" learned that three members left the Art Council of this large state project.

Politics and film

22.August 2025 Sonja Ciric

Will anyone come to Gaga's National Festival?

And the Association of Film Actors, after the directors, screenwriters and cinematographers, are calling for a boycott of NAFFIT, i.e. the Gaga Festival, as it is called in public after the director Predrag Antonijević

"Vreme" finds out

17.August 2025 Sonja Ciric

The director of the National Festival resigned: The state takes money from others

As "Vreme" learns, Vladimir Vasiljević resigned from the position of executive director of NAFFIT in Zlatibor because he does not want to participate "in a project that receives funds from the state to the detriment of everything else."

Film

16.August 2025 S.Ć.

Why was the National Festival on Zlatibor founded

The establishment of the National Film and Television Festival in Zlatibor represents an attempt to privatize and usurp culture for the sake of its instrumentalization for daily political purposes, and that is why the directors and screenwriters call on the cultural public to completely boycott NAFFIT

Festival

13.August 2025 Sonja Ciric

Zlatibor is looking forward to the National Film Festival

About twenty days before the start, Zlatibor, Priboj and Nova Varoš are ready for the start of the first NAFFIT and will do everything so that this big event for them is not politicized. It is known that all films made in 2025 will be shown, but it is not known exactly which ones

Festival

01.August 2025 S.Ć.

NAFIT: Zlatibor is like Cannes

The first National Film and Television Festival in Zlatibor will start in a month. It is known that Gaga Antonijević, Lazar Ristovski, Miroslav Lekić are on the Board, and the publication of the program is expected

Chronicle

25.July 2025 KS

Is Zlatibor an oasis of crime and skirmishes?

Zlatibor, once a peaceful mountain oasis, became not only a concrete monster but also a constant source of black chronicles. There was shooting again

State and culture

18.July 2025 S.Ć.

There is money for the national festival but not for the international one

The Government of Serbia approved 35 million dinars for the first National Film and Television Festival in Zlatibor, which was conceived as a counterpart to the Croatian Pula Festival, and before that, the three cultural centers where it will be shown were renovated. Money for international festivals is still questionable

How money from the budget is spent

17.June 2025 TS

New economy: Team building of the Medicines Agency in Zlatibor costs 37.000 euros

A four-star hotel, two parties, a spa center and a swimming pool - that's a recipe for strengthening the team spirit of employees of the state Agency for Medicines. 37.000 euros will be allocated from the budget for the team building weekend in Zlatibor

Festival

04.May 2025. Sonja Ciric

Investing in the NAFIT festival, a national project like EXPO

It seems that the National Film and Television Festival is for the Ministry of Culture what the EXPO is for the country. Minister Selaković announced the digitization of the cinema hall in Nova Varoš, the host of NAFIT

Chronicle

02.October 2024 MS

The owner of the swimming pool maintenance company in Zlatibor, in which a six-year-old child drowned, was arrested

A six-year-old child drowned in the "Konak" hotel on Zlatibor last night. By order of the Basic Public Prosecutor's Office from Užice, a 48-hour detention was ordered for the owner of the company that was involved in the maintenance of the swimming pool. It is suspected that there were lapses in the maintenance of the pool

New in culture

20.September 2024 S.Ć.

NAFFIT, the first Serbian national film festival

NAFFIT, the first Serbian National Film and Television Festival, was founded. It will be in Zlatibor, as Minister Selaković said - at "three borders and a crossroads of cultures", and according to the idea of director Gaga Antonijević

31.August 2024 Tijana Stanic

When the bear knocks on the door: How peasants fight with uninvited guests

Bear attacks on domestic animals have become more and more frequent in Zlatibor villages. Milenko Dragutinović from the village of Branešci had five sheep killed by a bear at the end of July, and his neighbors did not fare much better either. As the bear is a permanently protected species, compensation for the damage it causes is paid by the Ministry of Environmental Protection. In Milenko's case, it is a sum of almost 90.000 dinars. However, as he says, he expects it only - next year

Tourism

26.October 2023 MJ

Zlatibor gets an airport?

In recent years, there are more and more hotels with 4 or 5 stars on Zlatibor. Some of their guests would like to get to the mountain faster and easier, without traffic jams

Niš

19.October 2023 MJ

The arrested president of the High Court: She received a voucher for Zlatibor for parole

The suspect used a voucher to stay in a hotel for seven days with her family

Zlatibor

27.December 2022 TZ

Kaludjerska hawthorn brandy with hot pepper: Ger's champion

Milomir Milojević Gero from the village of Šljivovica is most proud of his walnut brandy with black currant berries, klekovača and hawthorn brandy with hot pepper. He got the recipe for it from a monk and with it he won a gold medal at the 2018 Šlijvovac Rakiyada. It claims to have multiple medicinal properties