Music Video, Commercial and AI Director in Belgrade
belgrade, serbia
Amos Le Blanc is a Canadian director of music videos, commercials and AI-led films, based between Toronto and Los Angeles. He is open to working in Belgrade and across Europe, and would love the opportunity to connect.
Belgrade at a glance
Belgrade is the centre of Serbia's service industry, home to PFI Studios with eight stages and a 12.5 hectare backlot dressed as Venice, Monte Carlo and Washington DC, plus several newer stage complexes. Serbia was the first country in Eastern Europe to write commercials into an official rebate, and by 2019 the scheme had supported more than 140 projects, ads included.
music videos in Belgrade
Dom omladine Beograda, a city run cultural centre, organises the Belgrade Jazz Festival, which reaches its 42nd edition in October 2026. Belgrade Beer Fest, founded in 2003, has been held at Usce park in New Belgrade since 2008 and books regional rock veterans next to international acts. After dark the city moves onto floating clubs moored along the Sava and the Danube, where the music runs from folk and domestic pop to techno.
commercials in Belgrade
Serbia pays a 20% rebate on TV commercials with at least 150,000 euros of local spend, something few countries offer, and 17 international advertising projects claimed it in 2017 alone. Applicants must be a company registered in Serbia, so foreign agencies claim it through a local service partner acting on their behalf.
locations and light
Belgrade Fortress looks down on the point where the Sava meets the Danube, Savamala keeps baroque and art nouveau facades along the river, and productions have used the Sava Centre and the royal palaces. Further out, the Tara and Stara Planina mountains and the fortresses at Smederevo and Petrovaradin widen the range.
working in Belgrade
Anything involving police, traffic, pyrotechnics, weapons or uniforms goes through the Interior Ministry's Bureau for Cooperation with Media, while city bodies such as the Secretariat for Traffic, the parks company Zelenilo Beograd and the Belgrade Fortress company approve their own sites. Film in Serbia, run by the Serbia Film Commission, publishes the full list of authorities and their lead times.
Film office: Serbia Film Commission (Film in Serbia).
Serbia's cash rebate, handled by Film Center Serbia under a regulation adopted in March 2026, covers commercials at 20% with a 150,000 euro minimum spend, features, series, documentaries, animation and post at 25%, and projects spending at least 5 million euros in Serbia at 30%.
Time zone: Central European Time (UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer).
Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport is the main gateway, and Air Serbia began twice weekly direct flights to Toronto in May 2026, the first air link between Serbia and Canada in more than thirty years.
AI-led and hybrid pieces can be developed remotely, with a live shoot in Belgrade only where the idea needs one.
Cannes Young Director Award winner, 2015, for Thugli, "Run This" (co-directed with Ohji Inoue)
MuchMusic Video Awards Director of the Year, 2014, for Thugli, "Run This"
MuchMusic Video Awards Dance Video of the Year, 2014, for Autoerotique, "Asphyxiation"
One Club for Creativity, Young Guns 17
Keys N Krates, "Dum Dee Dum": RIAA Gold, nominated for the Prism Prize and a Berlin Music Video Award
Tiger Beer, "Sit Closer Together", with Marcel Sydney and The Sweet Shop
questions
Which music video and commercial director is open to work in Belgrade?
Amos Le Blanc, winner of the Cannes Young Director Award and MMVA Director of the Year, is open to projects in Belgrade and across Europe. Book him through his agent, Allastair Voss, at allastairvoss@gmail.com.
Who handles filming permits in Belgrade?
Anything involving police, traffic, pyrotechnics, weapons or uniforms goes through the Interior Ministry's Bureau for Cooperation with Media, while city bodies such as the Secretariat for Traffic, the parks company Zelenilo Beograd and the Belgrade Fortress company approve their own sites. Film in Serbia, run by the Serbia Film Commission, publishes the full list of authorities and their lead times.
Do Serbia's production incentives cover commercials or music videos?
Serbia's cash rebate, handled by Film Center Serbia under a regulation adopted in March 2026, covers commercials at 20% with a 150,000 euro minimum spend, features, series, documentaries, animation and post at 25%, and projects spending at least 5 million euros in Serbia at 30%.
Can AI-led work be combined with a shoot in Belgrade?
Yes. AI-led and hybrid pieces can be developed remotely, with a live shoot in Belgrade only where the idea needs one.
Planning a music video, commercial or AI-led film in Belgrade? He is open to working in Belgrade and across Europe, and would love the opportunity to connect.
Contact his agent, Allastair Voss, at allastairvoss@gmail.com with the brief, timing and budget range.