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An error has ocurred. Please try againThe tournament begins on January 1st, 2016. This is how it works:
- We start with 48 films from 48 countries.
- The winning country from each match advances, and will be represented by a different film in the next round.
- There are 5 rounds. In round 1 there are 3 films per match (only 1 advances). In rounds 2-5 there is 2 films per match.
There are few restrictions:
- The film must have <1000 checks on iCM.
- The film must be no longer than 3 hours.
- You may only use 1 film per director throughout the entire tournament.
Voters are obliged to watch all three films from a specific group in order to vote by a ranking system (1-3). A country proceeds to the R2 if its film has positive head-to-head record against two other opponents, regardless if it’s not the best in average score (that said, countries with an asterisk have better 1 on 1 score against the opponents ranked behind them). The head-to-head records are as follows:
GROUP STAGE: Group A: 1. India 52-24, 2. Venezuela 51-25, 3. Niger 11-65 Group B: 1. Spain 45-31, 2. Thailand 39-37, 3. Portugal 30-46 Group C: 1. Egypt 42-32, 2. Russia 37-37, 3. Colombia 32-42 Group D: 1. Croatia 47-35, 2. Australia 41-41, 3. Germany 35-47 Group E: 1. Sweden 53-31, 2. Canada 38-46, 3. Greece 35-49 Group F: 1. Poland 55-17, 2. Iceland 30-42, 3. Turkey 23-51 Group G: 1. Taiwan 43-25, 2. Denmark 37-31, 3. Mexico 22-46 Group H: 1. USA 44-22, 2. Syria 31-35, 3. Morocco 24-42 Group I: 1. Japan 52-16, 2. Ukraine 31-37, 3. Sri Lanka 19-49 Group J: 1. Italy 52-12, 2. South Korea 31-33, 3. Montenegro 13-51 Group K: 1. Hungary 50-18, 2. Netherlands 42-26, 3. Philippines 10-58 Group L: 1. Kazakhstan 38-20, 2. Slovakia 29-29, 3. Brazil 20-38 Group M: 1. Czechia 48-20, 2. Senegal 38-30, 3. Iran 16-52 Group N: 1. England 43-39, 2. Hong Kong 40-42, 3. Norway 40-42 Group O: 1. Cuba 47-23, 2. France 42-28, 3. Belgium 16-54 Group P: 1. Romania 47-23, 2. China 38-32, 3. Argentina 20-48
ROUND OF 16: Czechia - Poland 25-14 Sweden - Taiwan 15-16 England - Spain 14-20 India - Italy 13-18 Romania - Hungary 15-17 Cuba - USA 8-25 Croatia - Japan 12-18 Egypt - Kazakhstan 21-12
QUARTERFINALS: Japan – Egypt 13-19 Czechia - USA 15-23 Hungary - Italy 9-21 Spain - Taiwan 19-13
SEMIFINALS: Egypt - Italy 4-29 Spain - USA 14-20
THIRD PLACE MATCH: Egypt - Spain 5-19
FINAL: Italy - USA 25-18
Final standings: 1. Italy, 2. USA, 3. Spain, 4. Egypt, 5. Japan, 6. Czechia, 7. Hungary, 8. Taiwan, 9. Poland, 10. Romania, 11. India, 12. Sweden, 13. Kazakhstan, 14. Cuba, 15. Croatia, 16. England, 17. Venezuela, 18. Netherlands, 19. France, 20. Senegal, 21. Denmark, 22. China, 23. Thailand, 24. Australia, 25. Russia, 26. Slovakia, 27. Hong Kong, 28. Norway, 29. South Korea, 30. Syria, 31. Ukraine, 32. Canada, 33. Colombia, 34. Germany, 35. Greece, 36. Iceland, 37. Portugal, 38. Brazil, 39. Morocco, 40. Mexico, 41. Turkey, 42. Argentina, 43. Sri Lanka, 44. Iran, 45. Belgium, 46. Montenegro, 47. Philippines, 48. Niger.
The tournament started on December 1st, 2019. This is how it works:
- Round 1: 32 countries will be divided into 8 groups of 4 countries. #1 and #2 from each group proceed. Each match lasts for 4 weeks. Matches overlap 1.5 weeks.
- Round 2, quarter finals, semi finals and final: Countries compete one on one. Winner proceeds.
- Each match lasts for 2 weeks. Matches overlap 0.5 weeks.
There are few restrictions:
- The film must have <1000 checks on iCM.
- The film must be no longer than 3 hours.
- You may only use 1 film per director throughout the entire tournament.
Voters are obliged to watch all four films from a specific group in order to vote by a ranking system (1-4). The countries that end at 1st and 2nd place proceed to the next round. The ranking of the match will be decided using these rules:
- Ranked by lowest average ranking.
- In case of a tie between two movies, head-to-head determines the winner (how many people thought A>B and how many thought B>A).
- In case there's still a tie after the previous rule or there is a tie between three or four movies, most #1-votes determines the winner.
- Still a tie? Fewest #4-votes determines the winner.
- Still a tie? The match will have a 3 day extension (except when the tie is only between #3 and #4).
ROUND 1: GROUP A: 1. Estonia 70-35, 2. Iran 63-42, 3. England 49-56, 4. Canada 28-77 GROUP B: 1. Senegal 67-20, 2. Italy 42-45, 3. Slovenia 37-50, 4. Taiwan 28-59 GROUP C: 1. Russia 51-33, 2. Cuba 47-37, 3. Iceland 39-45, 4. Albania 31-53 GROUP D: 1. Tajikistan 58-38, 2. Portugal 57-39, 3. Australia 45-51, 4. Hungary 32-64 GROUP E: 1. Georgia 52-23, 2. Mexico 44-31, 3. France 42-33, 4. Czechia 12-63 GROUP F: 1. Poland 61-20, 2. Greece 40-41, 3, Japan 36-45, 4. Brazil 25-56 GROUP G: 1. Germany 60-30, 2. Ukraine 41-49, 3. USA 40-50, 4. Pakistan 39-51 GROUP H: 1. India 75-9, 2. Spain 53-31, 3. Sweden 27-57, 4. China 13-71
ROUND 2: Poland – Mexico 19-13 Tajikistan – Italy 7-19 Senegal – Greece 11-17 Estonia – Spain 14-12 Georgia – Ukraine 21-5 Germany – Iran 15-10 Russia – Portugal 16-14 India – Cuba 16-8
QUARTERFINALS: Poland – Georgia 15-12 India – Greece 18-8 Germany – Italy 14-12 Estonia – Russia 13-12 (AET)
SEMIFINALS: India – Poland 10-17 Germany – Estonia 23-4
FINAL: Germany - Poland 24-10
Final standings: 1. Germany, 2. Poland, 3. India, 4. Estonia, 5. Georgia, 6. Russia, 7. Italy, 8. Greece, 9. Senegal, 10. Tajikistan, 11. Spain, 12. Portugal, 13. Iran, 14. Mexico, 15. Cuba, 16. Ukraine, 17. France, 18. Australia, 19. England, 20. Iceland, 21. USA, 22. Japan, 23. Pakistan, 24. Slovenia, 25. Albania, 26. Hungary, 27. Taiwan, 28. Sweden, 29. Brazil, 30. Canada, 31. Czechia, 32. China.
Films not listed on IMDb: American Samoa - Fa'alifu Fa'i (2012) Antigua and Barbuda - Hooked (2009) British Virgin Islands - Ocean's Tortola (2009) Falkland Islands - For Queen and Country: The Falkland Islands Defence Force (2014) Faroe Islands - Mítt Rúm (2008) French Southern Territories - Lights and Shadows (2013) Gambia - Kajay Kurango (2012) Guam - Lost Hearts (2013) Jersey - Forever Remembered (2014) Lesotho - Mafelo a Beke Mafeteng (2012) Montserrat - Montserrat: Emerald of the Caribbean (2007) Saint Barthélemy - Montbars (2013) Saint Kitts and Nevis - Tears of Joy (2014) Solomon Islands - Wea Nao Mi? (2012) South Sudan - Our Big Fear (2012) Tokelau - Tokelau: Living by the Sun (2014) Vanuatu - Rat blong Tommy! (2012)
The tournament began on September 28th, 2014, and ended on November 26th, 2015. This is how it works:
- We start with 48 films from 48 countries.
- The winning country from each match advances, and will be represented by a different film in the next round.
- There are 5 rounds. In round 1 there are 3 films per match (only 1 advances). In rounds 2-5 there is 2 films per match.
There are few restrictions:
- The film must have <1000 checks on iCM.
- The film must be no longer than 3 hours.
- You may only use 1 film per director throughout the entire tournament.
Voters are obliged to watch all three films from a specific group in order to vote by a ranking system (1-3). A country proceeds to the R2 if its film has positive head-to-head record against two other opponents, regardless if it's not the best in average score (that said, countries with an asterisk have better 1 on 1 score against the opponents ranked behind them). The head-to-head records are as follows:
GROUP STAGE: Group A: 1. Spain 52-44, 2. Portugal 47-49, 3. Thailand 45-51 Group B: 1. Serbia 41-23, 2. Iran 32-32, 3. Australia 23-41 Group C: 1. Chile 31-25*, 2. Romania 33-23, 3. India 20-36 Group D: 1. Russia 43-15, 2. Greece 25-33, 3. Tunisia 19-39 Group E: 1. Japan 43-5, 2. Czechia 17-31, 3. New Zealand 12-36 Group F: 1. Sweden 29-11, 2. Hong Kong 23-17, 3. Finland 8-32 Group G: 1. Poland 38-16, 2. Taiwan 30-24, 3. USA 13-41 Group H: 1. Turkey 26-24, 2. Germany 25-25, 3. Cuba 24-26 Group I: 1. China 35-13, 2. Argentina 17-31*, 3. Netherlands 20-28 Group J: 1. Austria 32-18, 2. Senegal 30-20, 3. Italy 13-37 Group K: 1. Denmark 34-20, 2. France 23-31*, 3. Vietnam 24-30 Group L: 1. Canada 33-21, 2. Scotland 29-25, 3. Philippines 19-35 Group M: 1. Brazil 35-13, 2. South Korea 26-22, 3. Georgia 11-37 Group N: 1. Norway 35-27, 2. Egypt 31-31, 3. England 27-35 Group O: 1. Hungary 37-3, 2. Indonesia 14-26, 3. Belgium 9-31 Group P: 1. Mexico 28-14, 2. Israel 24-18, 3. Mozambique 11-31
ROUND OF 16: Russia - Canada 18-8 Hungary - Norway 15-14 AET Brazil - Mexico 13-9 Sweden - Poland 11-12 Austria - China 10-12 Chile - Turkey 15-8 Spain - Serbia 17-7 Japan - Denmark 20-4
QUARTERFINALS: Hungary - Brazil 15-13 China - Spain 13-14 Japan - Russia 16-9 Chile - Poland 6-19
SEMIFINALS: Spain - Hungary 18-11 Japan - Poland 14-15
THIRD PLACE MATCH: Hungary - Japan 12-14
FINAL: Spain - Poland 17-18
Final Standings: 1. Poland, 2. Spain, 3. Japan, 4. Hungary, 5. Russia, 6. Brazil, 7. China, 8. Chile, 9. Sweden, 10. Austria, 11. Mexico, 12. Serbia, 13. Norway, 14. Canada, 15. Denmark, 16. Turkey, 17. Senegal, 18. Romania, 19. Hong Kong, 20. Israel, 21. Taiwan, 22. South Korea, 23. Scotland, 24. Germany, 25. Egypt, 26. Iran, 27. Portugal, 28. Cuba, 29. Thailand, 30. Vietnam, 31. England, 32. Greece, 33. France, 34. Netherlands, 35. Australia, 36. India, 37. Argentina, 38. Czechia, 39. Philippines, 40. Indonesia, 41. Tunisia, 42. Mozambique, 43. Italy, 44. New Zealand, 45. USA, 46. Georgia, 47. Belgium, 48. Finland.
Not on IMDb:
- Proleće je došlo u stan mog brata Čarlija (1966) - Privatni stan u ulici Miloša Trebinjca
- Manastir Vojlovica (1973) - Manastir Vojlovica
- "Varošarije" (1987)
- Kapi koje sigurno pokreću (1998) - Rafinerija
- "Varošarije" (2007) - episode Pančevo - Reka Tamiš, Gradski park
- Manastir Vojlovica (2013) - Manastir Vojlovica
- Slutnja anđela (2017)
The tournament will start on January 1st, 2018. This is how it works:
- Round 1: 48 countries will be divided into 12 groups of 4 countries. #1 and #2 from each group proceed. Each match lasts for 4 weeks. Matches overlap 1.5 weeks.
- Round 2: 24 countries will be divided into 8 groups of 3 countries. #1 from each group proceeds. Each match lasts for 3 week. Matches overlap 1 week.
- Quarter finals, semi finals and final: Countries compete one on one. Winner proceeds.
- Each match lasts for 2 weeks. Matches overlap 0.5 weeks.
There are few restrictions:
- The film must have <1000 checks on iCM.
- The film must be no longer than 3 hours.
- You may only use 1 film per director throughout the entire tournament.
Voters are obliged to watch all four films from a specific group in order to vote by a ranking system (1-4). The countries that end at 1st and 2nd place proceed to the next round. The ranking of the match will be decided using these rules:
- Ranked by lowest average ranking.
- In case of a tie between two movies, head-to-head determines the winner (how many people thought A>B and how many thought B>A).
- In case there's still a tie after the previous rule or there is a tie between three or four movies, most #1-votes determines the winner.
- Still a tie? Fewest #4-votes determines the winner.
- Still a tie? The match will have a 3 day extension (except when the tie is only between #3 and #4).
ROUND 1: GROUP A: 1. Croatia 82-59, 2. Burkina Faso 79-62, 3. Russia 62-79, 4. Iran 59-82 GROUP B: 1. China 86-43, 2. Spain 76-53, 3. Finland 48-81*, 4. Malaysia 48-81 GROUP C: 1. Romania 88-38, 2. Hungary 78-48, 3. Uruguay 68-58, 4. South Korea 18-108 GROUP D: 1. France 90-45, 2. India 73-62, 3. Mali 66-69, 4. Serbia 41-94 GROUP E: 1. Czechia 75-48, 2. Bolivia 71-52, 3. Australia 53-70, 4. Latvia 47-76 GROUP F: 1. Japan 93-36, 2. Lebanon 64-65, 3. Turkey 52-77, 4. Sweden 49-80 GROUP G: 1. England 80-43, 2. Hong Kong 69-54, 3. Bulgaria 51-72, 4. Argentina 46-77 GROUP H: 1. Georgia 79-41, 2. Taiwan 69-51, 3. Portugal 53-67, 4. Morocco 39-81 GROUP I: 1. Poland 77-34, 2. USA 67-44, 3. Peru 41-70, 4. Netherlands 37-74 GROUP J: 1. Greece 78-33, 2. Mexico 73-38, 3. Bosnia and Herzegovina 40-71, 4. Thailand 31-80 GROUP K: 1. Switzerland 67-50, 2. Brazil 57-60, 3. Vietnam 55-62*, 4. Italy 55-62 GROUP L: 1. Germany 73-35, 2. Austria 51-57, 3. Dominican Republic 49-59, 4. Canada 43-65
ROUND 2: GROUP A: 1. USA 48-30, 2. France 41-37, 3. Taiwan 28-50 GROUP B: 1. Greece 54-20, 2. Spain 29-45, 3. Brazil 28-46 GROUP C: 1. Germany 40-20, 2. Hungary 38-22, 3. Lebanon 12-48 GROUP D: 1. Burkina Faso 43-19, 2. Georgia 30-32, 3. Mexico 20-42 GROUP E: 1. England 51-19, 2. China 36-34, 3. Bolivia 18-52 GROUP F: 1. Poland 40-28, 2. Czechia 31-37*, 3. India 31-37 GROUP G: 1. Japan 39-29, 2. Austria 32-36, 3. Switzerland 31-37 GROUP H: 1. Croatia 44-14, 2. Romania 31-27, Hong Kong 12-46
QUARTERFINALS: Greece - Poland 19-15 Germany - England 17-18 Japan - Burkina Faso 25-8 Croatia - USA 12-19
SEMIFINALS: Greece - USA 8-27 England - Japan 20-21 AET
FINAL: USA - Japan 12-25
* Positive head-to-head record against the country behind
Final standings: 1. Japan, 2. USA, 3. England, 4. Greece, 5. Germany, 6. Poland, 7. Croatia, 8. Burkina Faso, 9. Romania, 10. France, 11. China, 12. Georgia, 13. Czechia, 14. Hungary, 15. Switzerland, 16. Spain, 17. Austria, 18. Mexico, 19. India, 20. Taiwan, 21. Bolivia, 22. Hong Kong, 23. Brazil, 24. Lebanon, 25. Uruguay, 26. Mali, 27. Vietnam, 28. Italy, 29. Dominican Republic, 30. Portugal, 31. Russia, 32. Australia, 33. Iran, 34. Bulgaria, 35. Turkey, 36. Canada, 37. Latvia, 38. Sweden, 39. Argentina, 40. Finland, 41. Malaysia, 42. Peru, 43. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 44. Netherlands, 45. Morocco, 46. Serbia, 47. Thailand, 48. South Korea.
Reviews
Nacionalna klasa (1979)
The best dialogue in Yugoslav film ever
"National Class" is about a guy whose auto-racing career is much more important to him than any other life issue. The movie follows his attempts to avoid both the army and marriage in a matter of week, eventually failing in both. He usually drives around in his Zastava 750, sits at caffe's and takes no significant responsibilities. With a synopsis like this, the first film that comes to my mind is "Once Upon a Time There Was a Singing Blackbird", but this has much more comic input than Iosseliani's movie. Goran Markovic's masterpiece is one of the most beloved Serbian films of all time. It's more than a successful comedy. The highest points are magnificent and clever dialogue, as well as the elaboration and variety of characters, one funnier after another. If you're looking for an empty eye-candy that is likely to win any of the festival nowadays, skip this.
Nema malih bogova (1961)
A true classic of Serbian comedy
Surprisingly fresh even today, "There Are No Small Gods" is the best film of the so-called populist light comedy oeuvre, a trend in Serbian film that lasted between 1960-1962. The other films of this type ("Love and Fashion", "The Common Apartment", "The Bag of Luck", as well as disastrous two of "Whistle at Eight" and "Seki Is Rolling, Watch Out!") were usually filled with folksy, but not vulgar humor; they necessarily had the two or three evergreens written by Darko Kraljic; the acting was amazingly performed by first-class comedians like Ckalja, Mija Aleksic or Pavle Vujisic, with the supporting cast regulars like Zarko Mitrovic and Mica Tatic. However, Djukic's comedy is better than those other films primarily because of its humor, which has not run over by time, but also because of the metaphor that criticize a system in which a semi-literate people become senior and change their behavior towards their former cooperatives. Despite this, "There Are No Small Gods" is endlessly optimistic, cheerful, funny, witty, and above all, a positive film throughout whose humor doesn't get old even 50 years after.
Vrane (1969)
Could have been much better
"Crows" are largely forgotten 'black wave' movie mostly because of its lack of proper domestic distribution, but it had more than an enviable theatrical run abroad - the movie was screened at eleven film festivals across the world. It is a pretty depressing flick when you look at its story, since the vanishing world that "Crows" live in has everything but disappeared today, and lives in other form. The main character, Djuka, is an aging boxer who does some crime activities in order to make his ends meet, since his club has no money for the roof alone. His mischievous mother wants to visit Russia, without knowing any of his son's sources of income. Djuka teams up with his cousin and two ballerinas he met by accident, and the crew roams around suburbia together with their "employer" Violeta, a woman who organizes their thefts and robberies. The characters' giggling refers to the title birds and the sounds these small vultures make. The funny music score fits nice into the whole story. However, the direction is both amazingly good and bad at the various points, but the viewer will not be disappointed in overall.
Sta radis veceras (1988)
A youth movie from the youth
"What Are You Doing Tonight?" is an urban drama written and directed by three students of Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade, Serbia. This omnibus film deals with the problems of young people that live in Belgrade suburbia. The three stories are quite similar in their approach and of equal quality; its characters are young people with high life expectations, but they only face with one disappointment after another. The film is surprisingly well crafted and it's hard to decide which story is the best. The stories contain many memorable moments; first we have a poor but good-natured guy who wants to take a girl out on a date. She's a sucker for flashy cars. He comes to pick her up in his friend's Magirus-Deutz truck. Then we follow the three different guys who try to get drunk after not being allowed to enter the party they have been invited to, because they didn't wear ties. The last story is probably best and the most depressing one. As much as you give your best in relationship, its future is always out of your competence. A funny and depressing at the same time, it is one of the better youth movies from Yugoslavia.
Crna machka, beli machor (1998)
Popularity based on "Crazy Balkans doing stupid grimaces"
OK, I'm a Serbian and many of my fellow countrymen do NOT like this film, and we're wondering how on Earth is possible that everyone out of our country loved it and why it has such following. The answer could be this: people from rest of the Europe like to watch "crazy" Balkan lifestyle and stupid grimaces that the characters in this movie make. Besides this, I think Kusturica's early movies, which were great, made him creditable to make stupidities he really likes (this one and every later movie). Balkan is really unique corner of the world, but the humour used in Kusturica's movie hardly aims for intelligent people. But the main damage that "Black cat" did to Serbian cinema is overshadowing some really good pieces of cinematography that were made in this country: Special Education, Reflections, National Class, Who's Singing Over There?, Tito and Me, The Ballad of a Cruel One, The Balkan Spy, It Happened on This Very Day, Backbone, The Promising Boy, Magic Sword, Marathon Family, The Fall of Rock'n'Roll, Oktoberfest, There Are No Small Gods, Taiwan Canasta, and many others you've never heard of.