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Orgo-Life the new way to the future Advertising by AdpathwayPODGORICA: The 16th edition of the UnderhillFest international documentary film festival opened on 11 June 2025, in the Njegošev park in Podgorica, with the premiere of the long documentary Vud, You Won / Vude, ti si pobijedio directed by Senad Šahmanović and supported by the Film Centre of Montenegro.
The festival’s artistic director Vuk Perović selected 27 documentaries, divided into four programme selections: international, regional, out-of-competition and the special selection of short documentaries 7 Short, which includes three domestic films.
The festival ends on 19 June with the closing ceremony, followed by the screening of the Croatian/Italian/Slovenian Fiume o morte! by Igor Bezinović, which was selected for the Regional programme.
The festival’s film screenings are complemented with concerts, such as the awaited concert by Zoran Predin, one of the most important singer-songwriters from former Yugoslavia.
The 16th UnderhillFest is supported by the Capital City of Podgorica, Sports Facilities Podgorica, the Film Centre of Montenegro, Crossmedia agency, Galama Art, Petrović Njegoš Foundation, Center for Women's Rights, National Library "Radosav Ljumović", Culture club, Gostiona 1928, Hotel Boja turs, Gorenje, Marienplatz, ATOMIC, Narwhal, EURO UNIT, Nikšićko pivo, Jameson, Future Sounds production, European Youth Card, Work Room and MX Golbi.
International Selection:
Letter from Wolf Street / Listy z Wilczek (Poland, Germany)
Directed by Arjun Talwar
The Helsinki Effect (Finland)
Directed by Arthur Franck
Hacking Hate (Sweden, Denmark, Norway)
Directed by Simon Klose
Bye Bye Tiberias (France, Palestine, Belgium, Qatar)
Directed by Lina Soualem
Possibility of Paradise / Mogućnost raja (Serbia, Sweden)
Directed by Mladen Kovačević
Flophouse America (Norway, the Netherlands)
Directed by Monica Strømdahl
The Songs of Slow Burning Earth (Ukraine, Denmark, Sweden, France)
Directed by Olga Zhurba
Regional Programme:
Vud, You Won / Vude, ti si pobijedio (Montenegro, Croatia, Serbia)
Directed by Senad Šahmanović
Praslovan (Slovenia, Croatia)
Directed by Slobodan Maksimović
Learning to Walk 2 / Škola hodanja 2 (Croatia)
Directed by Jelena Novaković
Grandpa Guru (Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Directed by Silvio Mirošničenko
At the Door of the House Who Will Come Knocking? / Ko će pokucati na vrata mog doma (Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Directed by Maja Novaković
Funk You (Croatia, Montenegro)
Directed by Franko Dujmić
Our Children / Naša djeca (Croatia)
Directed by Silvestar Kolbas
Soil and Wings / Krilo i tlo (Serbia, North Macedonia)
Directed by Stefan Malešević
Blum: Masters of Their Own Destiny / Blum – gospodari svoje budućnosti (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Directed by Jasmila Žbanić
The Mountain Won’t Move / Planina se neće pomjeriti (Slovenia, North Macedonia, France)
Directed by Petra Seliškar
Fiume o morte! (Croatia, Italy, Slovenia)
Directed by Igor Bezinović