bardoBG (bardo Belgrade) is an independent film and television production company founded in May 2024 and based in Belgrade, Serbia, with the aim of providing artists in the film and television industry with professional support in realizing innovative projects that expand both artistic and geographical boundaries.
bardoBG is a for-profit sister company to bardoLA, a U.S.-based nonprofit arts organization headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
bardoBG was established to further expand a decade of successful projects presented worldwide by bardoLA. bardoBG has a specific and important task to support local creative talent in Serbia through building bridges of cooperation with international artists and financiers interested in working in Belgrade.
bardoBG guides and oversees production of film projects in Belgrade in a manner that secures their independence and integrity. The company holds all required contractual agreements with cast and crew involved in production of film projects and prioritizes the security of invested funds by safeguarding and directly managing all financial investments for its film productions.
The company is owned by Dragan Betinski, who oversees day-to-day operations, while creative leadership is spearheaded by producer Vladimir Dekić. Among its key stakeholders are Elizabeta Betinski, an accomplished producer and curator, and Lowell Bergman, a legendary investigative journalist and producer whose extensive career and internationally recognized credits serve as a pillar of bardoBG’s credibility on the global stage.
bardoBG is currently engaged in producing its primary feature-length film DADA: A Defiant Witness (DADA: Prkosni svedok) inspired by the true story of of Radislava "Dada" Vujasinović, a fearless Yugoslav investigative journalist who exposed the criminal networks and war profiteering that thrived in the shadows of the Yugoslav wars in the early 1990s. The film will be shot on location in Belgrade, under the direction of Elizabeta Betinski, with cinematography by David McFarland. The title role will be portrayed by award-winning Serbian actress Hana Selimović.
