{"id":188371,"date":"2025-09-24T18:22:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T16:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=188371"},"modified":"2025-09-24T18:24:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T16:24:30","slug":"this-is-the-serbian-candidate-for-an-oscar-the-sun-never-again-is-a-powerful-story-about-the-greed-and-power-of-large-mining-companies-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/this-is-the-serbian-candidate-for-an-oscar-the-sun-never-again-is-a-powerful-story-about-the-greed-and-power-of-large-mining-companies-video\/","title":{"rendered":"THIS IS THE SERBIAN CANDIDATE FOR AN OSCAR: &#8220;The sun never again&#8221; is a powerful story about the greed and power of large mining companies! (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>The film &#8220;The Sun Never Again&#8221; is the Serbian candidate for an Oscar in the category for Best International Film. The director of the film is David Jovanovi\u0107, and it was produced by Pointless Films and the FDU.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two films were submitted for this year&#8217;s Oscar. Besides &#8220;The Sun Never Again,&#8221; the selection committee also decided on the film &#8220;The Pearl Mist&#8221; by Milorad Milinkovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the rules, each member of the committee can award two points to one film and one to the other. The secret ballot was finished in the first round, six members voted, and one member voided the ballot. The voting results are: &#8220;The Pearl Mist&#8221; by Milorad Milinkovi\u0107 \u2013 7 points, and &#8220;The Sun Never Again&#8221; by David Jovanovi\u0107 \u2013 13 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;Two things prevailed&#8221;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In the explanation, they wrote:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The committee was deciding between two cinematographically literate, very different works that were created in different production circumstances and have different approaches to dramaturgy and film language. Also, these two films differ in genre: Milinkovi\u0107&#8217;s film is a historical political thriller, and Jovanovi\u0107&#8217;s is an auteur film with a contemporary theme. Discussing before the vote, the committee members analyzed both films in detail and mentioned all their qualities, as well as weaknesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two things mostly prevailed in favour of the film &#8220;The Sun Never Again&#8221;: the universality of the theme of human and nature suffering due to the greed and power of multinational companies that are engaged in mining on the entire planet, and the coherence of the tragic story in a stylized manner of poetic naturalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Milinkovi\u0107&#8217;s film, however, has as its theme local political turmoil in Serbia in the 19th century and a police and private investigation of two murders; if the plot of the film had been more carefully conducted, and the motivations of the heroes more delicately implemented, perhaps a foreign audience that does not know Serbian history could follow the story as a struggle between good and evil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sunce nikad vi\u0161e | Official Trailer 2 HD | Pointless Films\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OX1Di1eZbZw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, despite the directing and editing work, it is visible that the film was created from material for a TV series, so there are occasional serious ambiguities in it that seriously make it difficult to follow and spoil the viewing pleasure. That is why &#8220;The Sun Never Again&#8221; prevailed.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The committee members were Vladislava Vojnovi\u0107 screenwriter &#8211; president of the committee, Vladan An\u0111elkovi\u0107 producer, Boban Stefanovi\u0107 from the Network of Film Exhibitors of Serbia, Predrag Bambi\u0107 director of photography, Miroslav Leki\u0107 director, Stefan \u0110elineo director, and Petar Jakoni\u0107 editor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why the producers submitted only two films, in the Film Centre of Serbia which organizes this selection &#8211; they do not know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The choice is a diversion from the direction<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It should be said that this year&#8217;s choice for the Serbian representative in Hollywood is a shift from the direction that has been taken in recent years: to show the world Serbia as a victim of historical circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, in 2019, &#8220;King Peter the First&#8221; by Petar Ristovski, produced by &#8220;Zilion Film,&#8221; was nominated. Then &#8220;Dara from Jasenovac&#8221; by Predrag Gaga Antonijevi\u0107, followed by &#8220;The Gloom&#8221; by Du\u0161an Mili\u0107, a film about life in an enclave in Kosovo, and then the historical film &#8220;What Are My Thoughts Fighting For&#8221; by Milorad Milinkovi\u0107, and last year &#8220;The Russian Consul&#8221; by Miroslav Leki\u0107 about the seventies during the Kosovo-Metohija crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During that period, only &#8220;The Oasis&#8221; by Ivan Iki\u0107 from 2021, which was awarded as the best European film at the Venice Film Festival, does not belong to this group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/joe-rogan-stood-with-jimmy-kimmel-the-famous-podcaster-condemned-the-attacks-on-the-host-as-an-attempt-at-censorship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">JOE ROGAN STOOD WITH JIMMY KIMMEL: The famous podcaster condemned the attacks on the host as an attempt at censorship!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/double-murder-in-cetinje-bodies-found-in-a-car-suspected-to-be-a-clash-of-drug-clans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">DOUBLE MURDER IN CETINJE: Bodies found in a car, suspected to be a clash of drug clans!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/mayor-of-zajecar-elected-the-session-ended-despite-incidents-and-opposition-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">MAYOR OF ZAJE\u010cAR ELECTED: The session ended despite incidents and opposition protests!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/shooting-at-the-ice-office-in-dallas-three-people-wounded-suspect-committed-suicide-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">SHOOTING AT THE ICE OFFICE IN DALLAS: Three people wounded, suspect committed suicide! (VIDEO)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Source<\/strong><\/strong>: Danas; <strong>Photo<\/strong>: Pointlessfilms<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The film &#8220;The Sun Never Again&#8221; is the Serbian candidate for an Oscar in the category for Best International Film. The director of the film is David Jovanovi\u0107, and it was produced by Pointless Films and the FDU. Two films were submitted for this year&#8217;s Oscar. 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