{{short description|Serbian film director}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Srdjan Karanovic | image = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1945|11|17|df=yes}} | birth_place = Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Film director<br>Screenwriter | years_active = 1968–2010 }}
'''Srđan Karanović''' ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Срђан Карановић}}, {{IPA|sh|ˌsř̩d͜ʑan kaˈrǎːnoʋit͜ɕ|pron}}, born 17 November 1945) is a Serbian film director and screenwriter. He has directed 17 films since 1968. His film ''Miris poljskog cveća'' won the FIPRESCI prize at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival, ''Nešto između'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival.<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{Cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/1549/year/1983.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Nesto izmedju |accessdate=2009-06-20 |work=festival-cannes.com |archive-date=1 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001090520/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/1549/year/1983.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ''A Film with No Name (Za Sada Bez Dobrog Naslova)'' won the Golden Tulip Award at the Istanbul International Film Festival in 1989.
His 2009 film ''Besa'' was selected as the Serbian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards,<ref name="cineuropa Serbia">{{cite web |url=http://cineuropa.org/newsdetail.aspx?lang=en&documentID=151073 |title=Period co-production Besa sets sights on Hollywood |accessdate=2010-10-09 |work=cineuropa |archive-date=21 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121164321/http://cineuropa.org/newsdetail.aspx?lang=en&documentID=151073 |url-status=live }}</ref> but it did not make the final shortlist.<ref name="Oscar Shortlist">{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2011/20110119.html |title=9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar Race |accessdate=2011-01-19 |work=oscars.org |archive-date=1 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141001051828/https://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2011/20110119.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2017, Srđan Karanović has signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins.<ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XVGV5Z306SeDFzpdpUHhfeK-voAFdaakS48LqXfGozA/pubhtml Signatories of the Declaration on the Common Language] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630162011/https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XVGV5Z306SeDFzpdpUHhfeK-voAFdaakS48LqXfGozA/pubhtml |date=30 June 2019 }}, official website, retrieved on 2017-08-16.</ref>
==Selected filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;" ! Year ! Film ! Director ! Writer ! Producer ! Awards / Notes |- |1976 |''Grlom u jagode'' |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{no}} | |- |1977 |''Miris poljskog cveća'' |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{no}} |Big Golden Arena for Best Film, FIPRESCI Award |- |1980 |''Petria's Wreath'' |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{no}} |Big Golden Arena for Best Film |- |1983 |''Nešto između'' |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{no}} | |- |1985 |''Jagode u Grlu'' |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{no}} | |- |1988 |''A Film with No Name'' |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{no}} |Golden Tulip at Istanbul International Film Festival |- |1991 |''Virdžina'' |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{no}} |Golden Palm at Valencia Festival of Mediterranean Cinema |- |2003 |''Sjaj u Očima'' |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{no}} | |- |2009 |''Besa'' |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{no}} | |- |}
==See also== * Praška filmska škola
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0438906}}
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