Zvezda (cinema)

[1][2] Under the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia it was renamed as the Star (Serbian: Zvezda).

[1] Zvezda was owned by the state-run company Beograd Film but was sold off to derivatives trader Nikola Djivanovic in 2007.

[1][2] The activists included Dobrica Veselinović and film director Luka Bursac, the occupation quickly received media coverage worldwide.

[1][2][5] It was supported by Michel Gondry, who made a short film dedicated to the project and Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras, who visited the space when he was in Belgrade.

[2] Djivanovic spoke with the squatters and commented "I feel great pity for them [...] Imagine being an artist in Serbia.