About the Festival
15 years of the festival
Traditional conference
Festival awards
Previous participants
About the Festival

The Leskovac International Festival of Film Directing – LIFFE was launched in 2008 with the aim of promoting film productions and authors from the country and the region. During its fifteen-year-long history, organized by the Leskovac Cultural Center, it has developed into a prestigious event that exceeds local boundaries by far and has been gaining increasing popularity among film fans and filmmakers.

Every year, LIFFE tries to offer a wide range of supporting programs to the loyal audience as well as to the guests – book promotions, panel discussions and discussions between the audience and famous actors and directors, exhibitions, and concerts of musical stars from the region.

15 years of the festival

So far, more than 300 films have been shown at the festival in front of an audience of around 90,000 people. In addition, LIFFE had a large number of European premieres in Serbia, and cult authors of ex-Yugoslav cinematography came to the festival. The International Festival of Film Directing in Leskovac was founded with the idea of cultural networking in the region. Cinematographies of this region, with their specificities, speak a universal language that is best understood by neighbours with a similar mentality and sensibility. Apart from the cultural diversity that this festival offers, it also provides the opportunity for filmmakers to meet, which is the basis for creating a higher quality and more diverse market. Over the course of fifteen years, the festival hosted over 100 of the most famous directors of different generations, as well as a large number of actors from the region.

Traditional conference

Great importance to the festival is given by the traditional conference of directors and producers, which strives to find new models of cooperation and networking in the production and distribution of films from the countries of the region. The unique platform enables easier cooperation of film professionals, supports the development of the value chain of film production, and contributes to the enlargement of the market and thus the higher quality production of new films.

Festival awards
Živojin Žika Pavlović

The Grand Prix of the festival is named after the famous filmmaker Zivojin Zika Pavlovic. At the festival, two more awards for directing and two acting awards are also awarded. The three-member jury is made up of two eminent directors from the region and one celebrated actor.

Previous participants

Antonijević Predrag ( SRB )

Arsenijević Stefan ( SRB )

Avramović Miloš ( SRB )

Bajić Darko ( SRB )

Baletić Branko ( CG )

Begić Aida ( BIH )

Biček Rok ( SLO)

Bjelogrlić Dragan ( SRB )

Blaževski Vladimir ( MAK)

Bodroža Lazar ( SRB )

Brešan Vinko  ( HR )

Burger Janez ( SLO )

Bursać Luka( SRB )

Colja Katja ( SLO )

Cvitkovič Jan ( SLO )

Dizdarević Nenad ( BIH )

Drašković Boro ( SRB )

Drljević Alen ( BIH)

Duraković Jasmin ( BIH)

Dušan Kovačević ( SRB )

Djordjević Kosta ( SRB )

Djordjević Marko ( SRB )

Djordjević Mladen ( SRB )

Djukić Mina ( SRB )

Djurović Draško ( CG )

Filipović Stevan ( BIH )

Gajić Filip ( BIH )

Golubović Srdan ( SRB )

Goran Marković ( SRB )

Hočevar Miha ( SLO )

Hribar Sara( HR )

Ikić Ivan ( SRB )

Ilić Danilo Lola ( HR )

Jelčić Bobo ( BIH)

Jukić Emir ( BIH)

Jušić Hana ( HR )

Karanović Srdjan ( SRB )

Karadžić Milan ( SRB )

Karanović Mirjana ( SRB )

Karpo Godina ( SLO )

Kičić Gordan ( SRB )

Knežević Milan ( SRB )

Košak Andrej ( SLO )

Kozole Damjan ( SLO )

Kusturica Emir ( SRB )

Lekić Miroslav ( SRB )

Ležajić Nikola ( SRB )

Ličina Predrag ( HR )

Lungulov Darko ( SRB )

Mandić Miroslav ( BIH)

Marasović Nevio ( HR )

Marinković Dragan ( SRB )

Marinović Ivan ( CG )

Martinović Andro ( CG )

Matanić Dalibor ( HR )

Miloš Maja ( SRB )

Mitevska Teona ( MAK )

Mitrikeski Antonio ( MAK )

Momčilović Miroslav ( SRB )

Mrdaković Momčilo ( SRB )

Nabrešnik Marko ( SLO )

Novaković Marko ( SRB )

Novković Oleg ( SRB )

Nujić Antonio ( HR )

Ogresta Zrinko ( HR )

Paskaljević Goran ( SRB )

Pavlin Aleš ( SLO )

Penezić Srdja ( SRB )

Perović Marija ( CG )

Pevec Metod ( SLO )

Pirić Damir (BIH)

Plejić Dario (HR)

Popov Stole ( MAK )

Radivojević Miloš ( SRB )

Radovanović Goran ( SRB )

Radović Miloš ( SRB )

Rajko Grlić ( HR )

Ristić Kosta ( SRB )

Ristovski Lazar ( SRB )

Ristovski Petar ( SRB )

Ristovski Svetozar ( MAK )

Rossi Ana Maria ( SRB )

Ršumović Vuk ( SRB )

Salaj Ivan ( HR )

Salatić Ivan ( CG )

Samardžić Ljubiša ( SRB )

Schmidt Branko ( HR )

Skerlić Slobodan ( SRB )

Slak Hana ( SLO )

Stanišić Radoslav ( CG )

Sviličić Ognjen ( HR )

Šantić Marko ( HR )

Šerbedžija Danilo ( HR )

Šerbedžija Rade ( HR )

Šeregi Igor ( SLO )

Šijan Slobodan( SRB )

Štaka Andrea ( MAK )

Štante Darko ( SLO )

Stavreski Gjorče ( MAK )

Stefanović Ivan ( SRB )

Šterk Igor ( SLO )

Štirtof Andrej ( SLO )

Tanović Ines ( BIH )

Terzić Miroslav ( SRB )

Tozija Vardan ( MAK )

Trenčovski Goran ( MAK )

Tribuson Snježana ( HR )

Velinović Predrag ( SRB )

Vinko Moderndorfer ( SLO )

Vukčević Nikola ( CG )

Vuletić Bojan ( SRB )

Zafranović Lordan ( HR )

Zečević Dejan ( SRB )

Žalica Pjer ( BIH)

Žbanić Jasmila ( BIH)

A film is a miracle. A film is a miracle in its essence. A film is everything. A film is something unique. And my life is only a film.
Lordan Zafranovic, director
We still have very good cinematography.
Slobodan Sijan, director
Take care of this festival for me!
Rade Šerbedžija, actor