Applications for filming on locations such as on cultural monuments, protected locations, or locations otherwise considered sensitive, will be carefully processed by competent authorities, which may cause longer wait times for answer or give rise to specific requirements regarding filming.
Filming on cultural monuments in Serbia
Serbian Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage (Republički zavod sa zaštitu spomenika kulture) is the competent permitting authority for filming on cultural monuments throughout the territory of Serbia. This includes Belgrade when the location in question is classified as cultural heritage of exceptional importance.
The procedure for obtaining the relevant permit is quite simple: you send your written application by post or deliver it in person to the address of the Institute and the issue of permit follows within 2 or 3 days. Applications in electronic format (sent by e-email) shall not be considered. The permit is issued free of charge.
To obtain permits to shoot on Important Cultural Heritage or on the Heritage of Great Importance, contact regional or city institutes for the protection of heritage.
To shoot cultural heritage in the territory of Belgrade
About 400 items of cultural heritage is under the protection of the City of Belgrade’s Institute for Heritage Protection (Zavod za zaštitu spomenika grada Beograda). This Institute is an institution with expertise to define the requirements for protection and improvement of cultural heritage in Belgrade.
There are three levels of protection:
1. Important cultural heritage,
2. Cultural heritage of great importance, and
3. Cultural heritage of exceptional importance.
Go to the Digital Catalogue of cultural heritage that is available on the Institute’s website to check whether a particular site is protected and to identify the relevant permitting authority.
To shoot on the cultural heritage in the territory of the City of Belgrade you need to obtain a permit from the City of Belgrade’s Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage (Zavod za zaštitu spomenika kulture grada Beograda) by submitting the relevant application to the registry/reception office and paying a fee in accordance with a fixed fee scale; the permit will be issued shortly.
Contact data:
Republički zavod za zaštitu spomenika culture, (Serbian Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage)
Address: Radoslava Grujića 11, 11000 Beograd
Tel.: +381 11 245 4786; Fax +381 11 344 1430
E-mail: office@heritage.gov.rs
Web: http://www.heritage.gov.rs
Network of Heritage Protection Institutes in Serbia
Web: http://www.heritage.gov.rs/mreza_zavoda_u_srbiji.php
Zavod za zaštitu spomenika grada Beograda,(City of Belgrade’s Institute for Cultural Heritage Protection)
Address: Kalemegdan 14,
Tel.: +381 11 3287557, +381 11 3287 420, +381 11 2631 743
E-mail: office@belgradeheritage.com
Web: http://beogradskonasledje.rs
Međuopštinski zavod za zaštitu spomenika Subotica
(Subotica Inter-municipal Institute for Cultural Heritage Protection)
Address: Trg Slobode 1/3, Subotica
Tel.: +381 24 556 901, +381 24 557 606
E-mail: office@heritage-su.org.rs
Pokrajinski zavod za zaštitu spomenika kulture
(Vojvodina Institute for Cultural Heritage Protection)
Address: Štrosmajerova 22
Tel.: +381 21 6432576; Fax+381 21 6431198
E-mail: pzzzskns@ptt.rs
Zavod za zaštitu spomenika kulture Zrenjanin
(Zrenjanin Institute for Cultural Heritage Protection)
Address: Trg dr Zorana Đinđića 1, 23000 Zrenjanin
Tel.: +381 23 564 366; Fax +381 23 528 730
Zavod za zaštitu spomenika kulture Sremska Mitrovica,
(Sremska Mitrovica Institute for Cultural Heritage Protection)
Address: Trg sv. Dimitrija 10, 22000 Sremska Mitrovica
Tel.: +381 22 621 568
Zavod za zaštitu spomenika kulture Pančevo
(Pančevo Institute for Cultural Heritage Protection)
Address: Žarka Zrenjanina 17, 26000 Pančevo
Tel.: +381 13 351 472,
E-mail: zavod@panet.rs
Zavod za zaštitu spomenika kulture Valjevo
(Valjevo Institute for Cultural Heritage Protection)
Address: Milovana Glišića 2, 14000 Valjevo
Tel.: +381 14 3519 655, +381 14 3519 656; Fax +381 14 3522 689
E-mail: office@vaza.co.rs
Regionalni zavod za zaštitu spomenika kulture Smederevo
(Smederevo Regional Institute for Cultural Heritage Protection)
Address: Despota Đurđa 37, Smederevo, Tel.: +381 26 222 309
E-mail: nkdsmed@ptt.rs
Zavod za zaštitu spomenika kulture Kragujevac
(Kragujevac Institute for Cultural Heritage Protection)
Address: Kragujevačkog oktobra 184, Kragujevac
Tel.: +381 34 335 595, +381 34 335 409
E-mail: herit.kg@eunet.rs, zavodnkg@eunet.rs
Zavod za zaštitu spomenika kulture Kraljevo
(Kraljevo Institute for Cultural Heritage Protection)
Address: Cara Lazara 24, 36000 Kraljevo
Tel.: +381 36 331 866, +381 36 331 575; Fax +381 36 321 025
E-mail: zzzskv@gmail.com
Zavod za zaštitu spomenika kulture Niš
(Niš Institute for Cultural Heritage Protection)
Address: Dobrička 2, Niš
Tel.: +381 18 523 414; Fax +381 18 523 412
E-mail: zzsnis@open.telekom.rs
Kancelarija za očuvanje kulturne baštine na Kosovu i Metohiji
(Office for the Protection of Cultural Heritage in Kosovo and Metohija)
Address: Leposavić