This and That Productions

When ten-year-old Alice's parents mysteriously vanish one day, she turns to a spirited group of young detectives for help. Their mission becomes more challenging when her brother Milan must join their investigation. He can't be left alone, and wherever Alice goes, he goes too. Milan sees and experiences the world differently, and what starts as a complication soon becomes their greatest strength. The children discover creative and heartwarming ways to connect with Milan, and his unique perspective proves invaluable to their detective work. Together, this unlikely team embarks on an extraordinary adventure, unraveling clues and solving a mystery bigger than they ever imagined. Through friendship, understanding, and courage, they not only crack the case but also discover something even more precious: the power of acceptance, the magic of true teamwork, and bonds that will last a lifetime.

The "Occupied Cinema" follows young activists and events surrounding the takeover of "Zvezda", one of 14 extinguished cinemas from the privatized company "Beograd Film".

Ten-year-old Jovan was born with partial cerebral palsy. Shy, self-conscious and without many friends, he often escapes in his imagination to a place where he is a crime-fighting superhero not limited by his own body. His world shifts when a new girl arrives in his class. Milica, not intimidated by much, chooses the seat next to Jovan and immediately enlists him to help her free her father from his girlfriend, whom she is convinced is a witch who has placed her father under a spell.

Mara, a successful businesswoman and single mother, is heartbroken after her son Nemanja’s untimely death. She becomes emotionally detached, refusing to communicate with friends and family. However, when she meets Milan, Nemanja’s close friend, she finds solace and comfort in their relationship.

Music has been banned in Afghanistan, and now an orchestra conductor and his son, a tuba player, attempt to start over by emigrating along the Balkan route. During their flight, seemingly endless, they cross paths with an Italian woman, a doctor. This encounter will change the two refugees’ lives and that of the young woman as well.

Meet a man whose life was changed by electricity. An extraordinary person who can fry a hot dog with bare hands in an attempt to become the first human laser.

When a school trip leaves a group of teenagers stranded far from home, the recent suicide of a classmate begins to expose the fractures, loyalties and secrets holding them together.

When 50-year-old Milena finds out about the terrible past of her seemingly ideal husband, while simultaneously learning of her own cancer diagnosis, she begins an awakening from the suburban paradise she has been living in.

A girl and a boy spend together last days of their summer break, while the date is approaching when the girl will have to leave the country. A young woman and a young man unexpectedly meet and enter a passionate love affair. While she explores the city she had left as a child, he has a feeling that they’ve met before. A woman and a man separate after 20 years of marriage, but the relationship they‘ve built doesn’t allow them to move on.

Firmly believing her own life is no more precious than the lives of the innocent people being persecuted, with the help of a few friends, Diana embarks on a perilous campaign of rescuing more than 10,000 children from the Ustasha camps in Nazi-occupied Croatia.

In a small town haunted by the struggles of life and death, ghosts and humans alike embark on a desperate journey to end their torment, resorting to extreme measures to achieve their goals.

When Dejan, a drug addict, arrives at a remote monastery commune, he falls under Father Branko's harsh guidance. As Dejan becomes Branko's right-hand man, their bond is tested when the priest's violent methods spiral out of control.

In a Serbian village on the slopes of Stara Planina live 15 households. The youngest man in the village is 70 years old. The film gathers the intimate thoughts of the inhabitants of this village, whose wait for death is marked not by loneliness but by a common bond. The reduced nature of their daily life speaks not of poverty but of a spiritual wealth. Though without heirs or much of a future, they are not crushed by their solitude, but thankful for the life given to them. By observing their life, which is focused on the details of daily tasks, through deliberate movement and silent gestures, we discover people in harmony with the cycles of nature. In presenting their most intimate reflections on isolation, wilderness, life, love, this film is a testament of their preparations for their journey.

The stories narrated by the film bring together individuals all over the world, spanning over sixty years and thus symbolically covering the approximate period of a single human life. Each of the stories is based on true accounts and events, summed up from newspaper articles, statements, and media announcements. Through internal monologues the collage makes up a whole which transcends any individual story.

This intimate story chronicles the relationship between musicians Faith and Branko over 7 years. In 2011, Faith travels from England to Serbia to learn gypsy accordion. She meets Roma violinist Branko and despite language barriers, they fall in love through music. Captivated by their musical chemistry, they marry and take their duo abroad. Their relationship is tested when they realize their differences and that music may be all they have in common.