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February 4th, 2026

We are proud to announce that “Constructivism in Film”, Professor Petrić’s in-depth analysis of Dziga Vertov’s revolutionary cinematic masterpiece The Man with the Movie Camera will soon be available in the Serbian language! First published in English in 1987 through Cambridge University Press, Petrić gives an overview of the radical experiments that early Soviet filmmakers engaged in and the sociopolitical background of the Constructivist movement before delving into a step-by-step analysis of Vertov’s film.

With the publishing of this book, Kinopravda Institute pays due homage to the legacy of Professor Petrić, whose tireless work in the field of film studies has helped to establish the moving image as a venerable art form. If you are interested in perusing our library of already-published works, please check here. Stay tuned for upcoming releases in the following months!

January 27th 2026

SMILERS – a young New York City art space in East Village – has announced the opening of its newest exhibition, SMALL WORLD!, in summer 2026. The centerpiece will be a rooftop installation, consisting of a miniature golf course, which will be set up and available for visitors to play.

The creator of this installation – Igor Simić – has fashioned it to convey a vision of a post-capitalist future (or apocalypse!). Neon-colored sculptures are laid out as obstacles across a golf course designed by Simić. He approached SMILERS with this idea, which meshes together the digital and actual in a cute, low poly style that astutely reveals the adverse effects that global connectivity and rapid, internet-fed consumerism has on the human soul. Advanced tee time reservations can be made at the link above.

Stay tuned for more exciting news surrounding Igor Simić in 2026. A roster of video works by the artist which are available for distribution by Kinopravda Institute can be viewed on our Distribution page. For more information about rentals, please send your inquiries to → [email protected]

December 12th 2025

Kinopravda Institute is proud to announce the North American debut of Želimir Žilnik’s new film, Eighty Plus (Restitucija, ili, San i java stare garde), scheduled for early January 2026, with screenings confirmed to be held in Toronto and New York.

Audiences in Canada will be treated to the North American premiere of Žilnik’s film at the Toronto International Film Festival on 7-8 January, where it will be presented as part of its critically acclaimed TIFF Wavelengths program. Greg de Cuir, Kinopravda Institute’s Artistic Director, will be attending and participating as guest curator.

The Toronto presentation will be immediately followed by the US premiere, with screenings at the Anthology Film Archives, as part of a program showcasing some of the highlights from this year’s edition of Doclisboa. The film will be screened on 9 and 11 January, with a post-screening Q&A session between the filmmaker and Boris Nelepo from Doclisboa.

A special selection of Žilnik’s cinematic works can be found in our distribution catalogue. If you have any inquiries regarding rentals, please direct them to → [email protected]

November 29th 2025

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) announced on November 12 the dismissal of multiple staff members from Video Data Bank, an organization which has been instrumental in the conservation, distribution, curation and programming of video art. This announcement came on the eve of its 50th anniversary, making it a particularly hard blow to the moving image art community. According to Tom Colley, the former director of the institution, he and two other staff members – Elise Schierbeek and Nicky Ni – were abruptly dismissed from VDB.

In a private letter written in response to a query by a member of the faculty, Martin Berger, the provost and senior vice president of academic affairs at SAIC, stated that “…like many colleges, SAIC is facing financial pressures due to changes in federal policy… We have taken several actions to reduce spending, including the elimination of a limited number of staff.”

VDB was founded at SAIC in 1976 and has, over the course of the intervening decades, amassed a large collection of over 6,000 titles by around 600 artists, many of them being definitive works in the history of film and video art. The downsizing of VDB has elicited condemnation from the broader artistic community, cultural workers and institutions in the US.

Published: Oct. 24th 2025

The M HKA (Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp) is currently holding a group exhibition titled There Is Nothing Solid About Solidarity, lasting from Sept. 26th to Nov. 23rd 2025. In a world increasingly beset by wars, immigration crises, and the proliferation of threats to democracy, M HKA has assembled works by a group of artists which portray how people are finding support, resisting current negative trends and building new networks. By establishing a connection between diverse contexts and historical backgrounds, solidarity is revealed as a reality that is not fixed, but constantly being reinvented.

Among the group of artists participating in the exhibition at M HKA is Nika Autor, a Slovenian visual artist and filmmaker whose artistic practice reflects the current social reality and lends visibility and voice to the invisible/inaudible. By examining asylum and migration policies, workers’ rights and the politics of memory, Nika casts a light on the injustices affecting the contemporary world through the lens of art.

Nika Autor recently joined Kinopravda Institute’s distribution program. You can view a selection of her works which are available for renting in our distribution catalogue. For more information on rentals, please inquire at the following address → [email protected]

Published: Oct. 13th 2025

Galleria de’ Foscherari, a contemporary art gallery from Bologna, has announced the opening of the exhibition Pushing the Limits, a collaboration between the institution and the DebatikCenter of Contemporary Art. Scheduled to open on Oct. 17th, this collaborative project represents an important encounter between the two entities. A selection of historic works by the DebatikCenter spanning a period of two decades has been curated by Fabiola Naldi for the occasion.

The project was conceived by Armando Lulaj, who established DebatikCenter together with his colleagues in Bologna in 2003 as a means of cultural and political resistance against the global neoliberal narrative. Large installations and archival materials by Lulaj are displayed alongside the works of Pleurad Xhafa and the collectives Underground Movement, La Société Spectrale, and Manifesto Collective.

Conceptually framed as an archive of decline, the artists take an analytical approach to geopolitical and cultural issues that have been unfolding in the Middle East, the United States and Italy filtered through the historical and political lens of Albania. A selection of Lulaj’s video works are available for renting through our distribution catalogue. For more information, please address your inquiries to → [email protected]

Published: Sept. 23rd 2025

Seriesly Berlin – an annual festival dedicated to serial storytelling – ran its second edition from September 15 to 18 at Fotografiska Berlin. The event provides a platform for artists to engage in discussions about serial narrative formats, present pitches for new projects, and contemplate the future of storytelling in an era where the media sphere is oversaturated with content.

Among the keynote speakers attending the event, Igor Simić – a Serbian-American artist and filmmaker – held a thought-provoking keynote, titled Are We Content With “Content”? in which he assesses our place in an attention economy channeled by algorithmic practices.

Simić announced at the conference that he is making a new animated hybrid that combines the classic Disney animation Steamboat Willie and the 1928 feature film The Passion of Joan of Arc by Carl Theodor Dreyer. In this upcoming animated film, Simić will have Joan of Arc appear in a vision to Mickey Mouse. This animated short will be added to Kinopravda Institute’s roster of videos by Igor Simić available for distribution. Stay tuned for more news on this subject. For more information about rentals, please send your inquiries to → [email protected]

Published: Sept. 8th 2025

Vienna Contemporary, Austria’s annual art fair, is open at Messe Wien from September 11 to September 14, 2025. STATEMENT, the fair’s platform dedicated to urgent sociopolitical themes, focuses on algorithmic control, digital disinformation, and technological manipulation. The exhibition, titled Realities Building and curated by Marcella Beccaria, showcases works by six artists.

Among the artists selected for this section is Armando Lulaj with the video installation Control. The video consists of a single image of a large billboard, devoid of any content, by a busy highway. Intermittently, the artist’s hand snapping his fingers is visible, trying to elicit a change, whether stopping the current reality or conjuring a new one into existence.

You can view a selection of video works by Armando Lulaj that are available for distribution in our catalogue. For more information about rentals, please send your inquiries to → [email protected]

Published: Sept. 2nd 2025

The Center for Cultural Decontamination (CzKD) in Belgrade is hosting a screening and exhibition of films by renowned French director Sylvain George. George is a French documentarian who first came to the spotlight in 2009 with his experimental feature film L’Impossible – Pages arrachées. He tackles in his films the themes of immigration and social movements, documenting the struggles and stories of people whose existence is just a statistic in the regular news cycle.

George’s films – Qu’ils reposent en révolte (Des figures de guerres I), Les Éclats (Ma gueule, ma révolte, mon nom), and others – have been screened at FID Marseille, the Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival, and other film festivals. He received the Fipresci critics’ prize in Buenos Aires for Les Éclats in 2011, and the Prix Interreligieux at Visions du Réel for Nuit obscure – «Ain’t I a Child?» in 2025.

Following the screening, there will be a discussion featuring George himself, along with film theorist and historian Pavle Levi. Levi, who is also the event’s organizer, serves on the advisory board of the Kinopravda Institute in Belgrade. The screening and discussion are set for September 5th at 19:00 on the premises of CzKD in Birčaninova Street No. 21.

August 26th 2025

Kinopravda Institute will present a selection of artists in our distribution catalog at FUSO 2025 in Lisbon this week. Established in 2009, FUSO is the only Portuguese video festival that hosts a regular annual program of national and international productions, in Lisbon and the Azores. During the course of FUSO 2025, from August 26 to August 31, viewers will be treated to a varied program consisting of talks, exhibitions, and thematic screenings.

The Kinopravda Institute program, titled Southeast European State of Mind, explores the world of bodies and movement, situated in natural, urban and post-industrial spaces. Works by Armando Lulaj, Igor Simić, Doplgenger, Igor Bošnjak and Vladislav Knezevic observe political bodies in motion, in suspension, in a state of frustration and stunted development, transcending the need for verbalization. The program will be screened on 29 August at 22h at Palácio Sinel de Cordes in Lisbon. For more information on these artists and their works check our distribution catalog. All inquiries about rentals and distribution should be sent to → [email protected]