OKTOBAR FILM is a new family company, founded in October 2009. It is partly a successor of the company VANS, the first private film company in the territory of ex Yugoslavia, because Predrag Jakovljevic was it’s co-owner and co-founder. He completed its first production in 1991 – “Tango Argentino” by Goran Paskaljević. He continued with film production and up now he has done: "Bolje od bekstva" (“Better than Escape”), "Vizantijsko plavo" (“Byzantine Blue”), “Bure baruta” (“Powder Keg” in Europe, “Cabaret Balkan” in USA), “Božićna pesma” (“Christmas Song”), "Bumerang" (“Boomerang”), "Lavirint" (“Labyrinth”), “Profesionalac” (“The Professional”) and “Nije kraj” (“Will Not Stop There”), premiere was on 26th May 2008, “72 Days” by Danilo Šerbedžija- 2010.
Films that he produced were awarded on many prestigious World film festivals:
Venice – Public Award 1992,
San Francisco – Audience Award 1992,
FIPRESCI Award at Venice 1998,
FIPRESCI Award as THE BEST EUROPEAN FILM 1998,
Nominated for European Film Award 2003,
Best Screenplay and FIPRESCI Prize at Montreal World Film Festival 2003,
Best Film and Best Screenplay at Viareggio Europa Cinema 2003,
Special Prize of the Jury at Istanbul International Film Festival 2004 ...
Every film that he produced was screened at many film festivals in the World, and most interesting is the fact that “Profesionalac” (15 awards) is one of the recorder among the films produced in Ex-Yugoslavia. The company OKTOBAR FILM has now as a main goal to be a film distributor in Serbia and former Yugoslavian republics and has already been very successful in that field.
Films that he produced were awarded on many prestigious World film festivals:
Venice – Public Award 1992,
San Francisco – Audience Award 1992,
FIPRESCI Award at Venice 1998,
FIPRESCI Award as THE BEST EUROPEAN FILM 1998,
Nominated for European Film Award 2003,
Best Screenplay and FIPRESCI Prize at Montreal World Film Festival 2003,
Best Film and Best Screenplay at Viareggio Europa Cinema 2003,
Special Prize of the Jury at Istanbul International Film Festival 2004 ...
Every film that he produced was screened at many film festivals in the World, and most interesting is the fact that “Profesionalac” (15 awards) is one of the recorder among the films produced in Ex-Yugoslavia. The company OKTOBAR FILM has now as a main goal to be a film distributor in Serbia and former Yugoslavian republics and has already been very successful in that field.