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Disney signs with MegaCom Film in Serbia
- The Belgrade-based company is now the licensed theatrical distributor for 20th Century Fox and Disney in Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo
Serbian distributor MegaCom Film (MCF) has announced that it signed an exclusive theatrical distribution licence with Disney for the territories of Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo on 4 May.
This move marks a shift in the split of Hollywood majors' theatrical distribution licensees in Serbia, with MCF now representing 20th Century Fox and Disney, while the former Disney distributor Taramount Film now has Paramount and Universal, and Croatian companies Blitz and Continental Film are releasing films from Warner Bros and Sony, respectively.
MCF appeared on the scene in 2004 and soon became one of the most successful independent distributors of films in Serbia, regularly releasing arthouse favourites from Cannes, Venice, Berlin and other high-profile festivals.
MCF currently operates two multiplexes in Belgrade and one in the southern Serbian city of Niš, and has launched the streaming platform mojOFF, which has been functioning as an online cinema since the closure of the movie theatres owing to the COVID-19 situation. Titles released on the platform include An Officer and a Spy [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile], Portrait of a Lady on Fire [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Céline Sciamma
film profile], Loro [+see also:
trailer
film profile], The Traitor [+see also:
film review
trailer
Q&A: Marco Bellocchio
film profile] and It Must Be Heaven [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Elia Suleiman
film profile], and the next film to premiere on mojOFF, which is geoblocked to Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo, will be Stefan Komandarev’s Rounds [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Stephan Komandarev
film profile], which has just triumphed at goEast in Wiesbaden (see the news).
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