Loading...

Image Alt
before and after

About Us

Zillion Film is a Serbian production company founded in 1996. During its 29 years of existence, it has produced 26 feature films and 8 TV series. The first adventure undertaken by Lazar Ristovski was titled White Suit. It began with great success, the film attracted over 250,000 viewers and had its premiere in 1999 at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival in the “Critics’ Week” program. It participated in numerous renowned international festivals, winning several awards. White Suit was also Yugoslavia’s official Oscar candidate for the year 2000.

The rest is history!

Currently, Zillion’s films have won over 100 awards at home and abroad. They participated in the biggest festivals like Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Toronto and many others. Film co-productions are made with Croatia, Macedonia and Montenegro, and according to the number of films produced and the participation of films at foreign festivals, Zillion Film is one of the most successful production companies in Serbia.

29
YEARS
26
MOVIES
8
TV SERIES
100
FILM AWARDS

Zillion Film

Zillion Film offers co-production services for shooting and preperation of feature films, shorts, documentaries, TV serias, and commercials over Serbia and Montenegro territory. We are doing script and project development, location scouting, casting, budgeting, shooting plans, script breakdowns as well as all kind of organization and logistic services.

For more information about our services and collaborations, visit our pages for: Production, Co-production, and Consulting.

Our team

PETAR RISTOVSKI
Director | Producer

LAZAR RISTOVSKI
Actor | Director | Producer | Writer

JOVAN RISTOVSKI
Projects manager

JELENA AJKOVIĆ

LJILJANA LUKIĆ

MILICA ĐORĐEVIĆ

Petar Ristovski, born in 1986 in Belgrade, graduated in film and TV directing at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. He works as a director and producer in the Zillion Film production company. In addition, he is one of the founders of the independent Ludum Ludum theater.

His most significant project so far is the film and TV series “King Peter I” (2018), which achieved enormous popularity in Serbia and was selected as a Serbian candidate for the Oscar in the “Best Foreign Film” category. He directed films and series: “Saligia” (film, mystery), “Tunel” (series, drama, 12 episodes), “Once upon a time in Serbia” (film and series, eight episodes), Panta Draškić – price of honor ” (TV film), “Island of Fear” (documentary show, two episodes), “Gde je Nadja?” (feature film, graduate film of the director’s group, director of Scene VII). He also directed the theater plays “When dreams come true, you can no longer live in them” and “Take off your clothes”, and in addition he directed more than 10 short feature films and documentaries that won over 20 international awards.

Lazar Ristovski is one of the most prominent Serbian actors. He has played in over 80 movies and directed 2. Lazar Ristovski is the founder and CEO of the production house Zillion film. With Lazar Ristovski in charge, Zillion film has produced and co-produced 21 feature-length films in 27 years, the films that participated in all major world festivals. We have been in Kan, Berlin, Toronto, and won prestigious awards. Our movies have been sold around the world. Lazar Ristovski was the leading actor in Kusturica’s cult film Underground which won the Golden Palm.

As a producer, Lazar Ristovski has always been bold and innovative. He has always been open to new ideas and has given a chance to young directors. As an actor, he has an impressive biography and he is an acclaimed producer. His debut film, The White Suit was screened as part of The International Critics’ Week program in Cannes.

         

Jovan Ristovski is the youngest part of the team, but extremely important and valuable to us. He received an education in banking, but in Zillion film company he is responsible for the development of new projects. He works very effectively with his elder brother Petar, the director and producer, and he is part of the team in a family-owned company which means that we enjoy the full confidence of our partners.

Jovan has worked on various positions in film production. From a driver and a cableman, to a drone camera operator and organizer.

Soon he will be one of the producers in Zillion film.