
Nikola Stojanović
Directing
Biography
Nikola Stojanović is an award-winning film director and editor from Serbia. His films have been shown at 100+ film festivals around the world, winning awards at Sarajevo FF, Les Arcs FF, Bafici FF, Cottbus FF, Beldocs FF and others. He also directs music videos, having worked with artists such as Konstrakta, Repetitor, KOIKOI.
Known For

Sonja is a talented athlete. When Sonja’s brother gets mixed with local mafia boss and makes a mistake, he goes after them. This sparks a chain reaction which involves a murder, and a police investigation.
Absolute 100

Teenage Sara travels to a small provincial town to attend the memorial service for her grandmother. While fighting her wounds and fears, Sara finds shelter in the company of a worker from the construction site.
The Ghosts You Draw On My Back

Ema (16), after her parents suddenly sell the apartment where she grew up, runs away from home with her younger sister. She becomes obsessed with the only thing standing in her way and that is the man who bought the apartment.
The Smell of Fresh Paint
Two teenagers protesting political repression must flee, taking with them only their love and a dog.
Until the Day Ends

The death of a beloved dog reunites a small family. A lonely middle aged mother and her eccentric aunt obsessed with modern day technology take a trip to the rural parts of Serbia, where the dog is buried. There, the ex husband and his senile father help them decorate the dog's grave.
Cornelian Cherries

Jovana, a single, working-class mother, wants to spend her birthday with her daughter Sara, but her plans are ruined when Sara invites her father to come.
Everything in Its Right Place

Ena and Sale – both of them destructive and hungry for life – meet. As they are trying to interpret their feelings, the two are pressured by the burdens of their past and haunted by their fears. Through acts of aggression on the outskirts of a dirty city, they test the limits of their love.
Sherbet

A teenage girl, bursting with lust for life, is moving to California, leaving behind everything she ever loved. In a dying, working class hometown in Serbia, she spends her last day with two childhood friends. Abandoned places bring up memories of a wild childhood, two boys are torn by the love for the same girl.
Dog Days of Summer

An old man lives his days in solitude in an abandoned village in rural Serbia. He contemplates on his life, remembering his wife, the war, his hometown and his late family.
Quiet About Nothing

The film follows the people and workers of Xi'an through the whole process of making a bowl of the local special - Biang Biang noodles. The landscapes tell a story of their own, as do the faces of the people.