We Will Be the World Champions

We Will Be the World Champions

Film poster
Directed by Darko Bajic
Written by Jelena Brkic
Ognjen Svelicic
Starring Strahinja Banic
Release dates
  • 26 February 2015 (2015-02-26)
Running time
127 minutes
Country Serbia
Language Serbian

We Will Be the World Champions (Serbian: Bićemo prvaci sveta) is a 2015 Serbian sports drama film directed by Darko Bajić. It was one of six films shortlisted by Serbia to be their submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards,[1] but it lost out to Enclave.[2]

The film is based on the true story of a Yugoslavia national basketball team who won the 1970 FIBA World Championship.

Plot

The film tells the story of four pioneers who founded the Yugoslav basketball school of and who have contributed to the development of this sport in Europe - Nebojša Popović, Borislav Stanković, Radomir Šaper and Aleksandar Nikolić. The main event is the final match at the 1970 FIBA World Championship which was held in Ljubljana, between national teams of Yugoslavia and the United States.

Cast

The Four Pioneers
Team Roster
Other characters

References

  1. "Filmovi u konkurenciji za domaćeg kandidata za Oskara". B92. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  2. ""Enklava" - srpski kandidat za Oskara". Vijesti. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
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