Welcome to
Sound and Music Film Festival
Makedonska 21
Sound and Music Film Festival Makedonska 21 is taking place in an old Belgrade building dating back to early 20tth century (1928), which is situated on Makedonska 21 street. This was the building of the strongest workers union at the time, founded to promote highly respected values of mutual respect and solidarity. After the Second World War the premises were used by Radio Belgrade as the location of Studio 10, which was the home of most significant radio dramas and music records. This place was responsible for introducing the art of sound to Belgrade listeners and making it an essential part of their cultural heritage, proving itself to be of an immeasurable artistic, cultural, and social significance.
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Today, the building is a blend of residential and commercial units. Relying on the building’s rich history, their residents decided to give something in return and contribute to its tradition by starting a film festival that celebrates the art of film music and sound design.
Under the Belgrade sky...
The building premises allow this event to spread its sound magic on various stages simultaneously – from the monumental hall with great acoustics, Impact hub co-working place and music store Metropolis located on the ground floor, all the way to the roof top, where people can enjoy films and live music over drinks under the vast Belgrade sky.
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Networking platform...
The festival is intended to be a professional networking platform for anyone coming from these fields –film composers, sound designers, sound recordist, music producers, musicians, music bands, to name a few, in order to give them the opportunity to explore, learn, exchange their knowledge and unite ideas.
Rewarding creativity...
As the Festival is committed to the art of sound in the widest sense, a special programme will screen story-based music videos out of which one will be awarded for the best narrative music video. All other films compete for the following awards: best directing , best film music and best sound design.
Festival Program 2024 /2025
16.03.2025.
IMPACT HUB
Makedonska 21 Street, Belgrade
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16:00
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1. POEMS - A Journey through Icelandic Poetry
documentary film / 66 min
director: Robin Thomson
GERMANY
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2. COFFEE WITH GRANDMA
short film / 5 min
director: Aleksandar Sarapa
SERBIA
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3. LOO LOO LOO
short documentary / 20 min
director: Predrag Todorović
SERBIA
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4. LOST SOUL ARCHIVE
short documentary /15 min
director: Connor McRae
ROMANIA
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18:00
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1. HYMN OF THE PLAGUE
experimental film / 13:30 min
director: Philipp Ivanov, Alexander Epikhov,
Dimitri Gorbaty
GERMANY
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2. PLEASE, WAIT
experimental film / 9 min
director: Karina Logothetis
GREECE
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3. MAY WE TALK ABOUT LOSS?
short documentary / 9:44 min
director: Vera Novaković
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
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4. A DAY FOR US
short fiction film / 29 min
director: Tamara Kostrešević
SERBIA
5. SKY BELOW THE HONEY
short fiction film / 22 min
director: Marko Ubović
SERBIA
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19:30
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1. NOTES ON LISTENING
short documentary / 13:30 min
director: Francisco Mazza Filho
UNITED KINGDOM
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2. DUST
experimental film / 9 min
director: Filip Markovinović
SERBIA
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3. DIAPHONY
short animated film / 7:24 min
director: Mirjam Debets, Selle Sellink
NETHERLANDS
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4. THE STEP
short animated film / 11:23 min
director: Igor Pavlović, Marko Draško
SERBIA
5. SINCOPAT
short fiction film / 13:30 min
director: Pol Diggler
SPAIN
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6. BUG
short fiction film / 10:53 min
director: Filip Momirovski
NORTH MACEDONIA
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7. MIASMA
short fiction film / 10:38 min
director: Petar Tkalec
SERBIA
8. THE DOOR
short fiction film / 12:20 min
director: Alessandro Cubicciotti
ROMANIA
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9. RUMINATE
short fiction film / 20 min
director: Mina Panjković
POLAND
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10. THE BABY BUBBLE
short fiction film / 8:50 min
director: Ivan Marković
SPAIN
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Due to unforseen circumstences
festival has a right to change the program.
Please, be updated.
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Award winners
2024 / 2025
BEST MUSIC AWARD
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"POEMS - A Journey through Icelandic Poetry” , documentary film
composers: Viktor Orri Arnason, Alfheidur Erta Gudmundsdottir
GERMANY
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BEST SOUND DESIGN AWARD
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“BUG”, short fiction film
sound designer: Vladimir Ovcarovski
NORTH MACEDONIA
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BEST DIRECTING AWARD
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“A DAY FOR US”, short fiction film
director: Tamara Kostresevic
SERBIA
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Submit your films
for 2025
The festival welcomes films of all categories – documentary films, short fiction films, experimental films, animated films, of all genres, as long as they are commited to creative use of their soundscape.
