Nikola Vukčević

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Nikola Vukčević is a Montenegrin film director, born on August 19, 1974, in Podgorica, Montenegro. He is a stage and film director, independent producer since 1995, member of Film board of Montenegrin National Academy of Science and Arts (CANU), and professor at national Faculty of Dramatic Arts – Cetinje. Also, Artistic director at City theatre Podgorica, since 2004.

[edit] Biography

As artist of multimedia film and theatre directing education, Vukcevic is director/author of around 70 projects (in feature films, theatre, documentary films and videos, advertising production: clips, commercials, music videos...):

One feature film (A VIEW FROM THE EIFFEL TOWER), projected/participated at many respectable world film festivals (from St. Petersburg to Canada and USA, from London to Ljubljana and Marbella...)

Documentary videos for institutions in Montenegro (Unated nations in Montenegro, Law Faculty, Machine Faculty, Artikulacija doo, sity of Bijelo Polje, ...) and for independent productions (KANA – 60 minutes documentary about Roma population: their customs and gender policy, their problems and philosophy about woman; produced by Obala – Podgorica and Media center Belgrade, directed by N. Vukcevic)

Twenty half–an–hour documentaries on First Channel of national Montenegrin TV CG (and on its Satellite channel), with topics as: biography, social problems, poverty, gender...

More than 30 TV advertising production: clips, commercials, music video... Eight feature short movies and one TV film (shown on many festivals and televisions inside country and abroad), and

Ten theatre performances, multiawarded (shown on Balkan respectable Theatre festivals: Budva Theatre City, Infant, Exit, TIBA, etc.)


He has been awarded with many national and foreign awards. He was assistant of director in many theatres and supporter of director in around ten movie (film) projects (multiawarded) in Balkan states.


He is Professor of Film history and University lecturer of Directing in Movie (Film) at Faculty of Drama Arts – Cetinje (Montenegro). Also, Vukcevic is at position of Artiostic director (Art manager) of the City theatre Podgorica (Gradsko pozori?te Podgorica)

[edit] Education

Nikola Vukcevic has graduated Bachelor of Arts of Movie and Theatre directing at Academy of Arts Novi Sad (Serbia), in class under very well known movie and theatre director Vlatko Gilic (films on Cannes film festival – 1973, 1977, 1980; Berlin, Oberhauzen, Moscow, New York ...), as Student of Generation 1998 from Drama section, and he has finished his Faculty – one year before deadline. Vukcevic has been included in category of the best University students in Novi Sad.

Since June 2001 he has Master Degree of Arts in Drama art, at Faculty of Dramatic Arts – Belgrade, where his postgraduate work has been awarded and his book "Film Influence on Theatre of New Forms" has been published.

In September 2006. Vukcevic has started process of his PhD work about Films and Theatre of Ingmar Bergman.


"A View from the Eiffel Tower" – Headlines: FILM OF THE YEAR 2005. in Serbia & Montenegro – JOY MAGAZINE BELGRADE, SERBIA FILM OF THE YEAR 2005. in Serbia & Montenegro – METROPOLIS TV BELGRADE, SERBIA BEST FILM DIRECTOR (Nikola Vukcevic) – Rome International Film Festival, GA, 2006 Best actress (Marija Vickovic) – Serbia & Montenegro film festival Herceg Novi Best editing – Serbia & Montenegro film festival Herceg Novi Best sound design – Serbia & Montenegro film festival Herceg Novi Best film music – "Suncane skale" – Music festival in Herceg Novi " A view into our own mirror, the critique of the encounter with our wicked essence, which is for sale."– Imperial Magazine, Ljubljana, SLOVENIA

"This creation is a metaphor of the time in which it was created. That fact makes it unique and special."– Danas daily, Belgrade, SERBIA " The author in question is representative of the European artistic charge. He gathered great team of actors, and it seems that there were made all those contradictory conditions so the movie could be good."– Novi List, Zagreb, CROATIA " Insolent movie, by an insolent director."– Ljubljana International Film Festival " Our mirror of where we are, and where we might have been, if we hadn?t done what we had done."– Blic, Belgrade, SERBIA " Revolt – both with style and attitude."– Pobjeda, Podgorica, MONTENEGRO " Assuredly different from everything that was made in our country." Dan– Podgorica, MONTENEGRO "The cruel movie, stylized to poetry."– Matjaz Vigrinc, Slovenian film critic "Made with the real sentience of the style."– Andrew Horton, American screen writer and professor of the film studies


[edit] Attended film festivals

  • July 2005: Motovun International Film Festival - Croatia
  • August 2005: Herceg Novi Film Festival - Serbia & Montenegro National film festival
  • September 2005: Novi Sad Film Festival - Serbia & Montenegro National film festival
  • November 2005: LIFE – Ljubljana International film festival – Slovenia
  • November 2005: New films from Serbia & Montenegro – Vienna, Austria
  • November 2005: Festival of Montenegrin culture – Zagreb, Croatia
  • December 2005: New films from Serbia & Montenegro – Toronto, Canada
  • January 2006: New films from Serbia & Montenegro – Vancouver, Canada
  • February 2006: Sarajevo Winter – Sarajevo, Bosnia
  • July 2006: St. Petersburg International Film Festival Of Festivals - St. Petersburg, Russia
  • August 2006: London Portobello Film Festival - London, England
  • September 2006: Marbella International film festival 2006, Spain
  • September 2006: Rome International film festival 2006, Rome, Ga
  • November 2006: Berlin, Black Box film festival
  • Summer 2007: Hollywood, New York, (Tour)
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