Biography

Nikola Dragutinovic

Actor

Olja is a high school history teacher, married to a painter whose latest exhibition provoked violent reactions from Serbian nationalists.

One night, a group of masked hooligans attacks her. They film the attack and upload the clip to YouTube. The next day Olja discovers that some of her students were responsible. She takes away their mobile phones, and in the heat of the moment decides to lock them in the school building, also disconnecting the school phones and the internet.

In order to solve the problem together, and with inability to leave the school, students begin to communicate. During that night, a generation that was written off before they were ever given a chance will learn more than they ever expected about themselves and their classmates.

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Next to Me (2015)

Nikola Dragutinovic [22.04.1991 Belgrade] is a young Serbian actor who is carving a career on in contemporary theatre and bold cinema roles.

Nikola made his biggest screen impact in Serbian box office smash Pored Mene / Next to Me (2015), directed by Stevan Filipovic.

Previously he played in the internationally acclaimed feature Clip (2012), directed by Maja Milos.

TV roles in Serbia have included the first season of hit TV series Military Academy / Vojna Akademija (2012), directed by Dejan Zecevic, and Emergency Center (2015), directed by Stevan Filipovic.

He also appeared in Artiljer (2012), directed by Srdja Andjelic and played Gavrilo Princip in a dramatised documentary Gavrilo (2014), directed by Mihailo Vulovic.

Nikola graduated from the Academy of Arts in Belgrade (2015), under the tutelage of the great Serbian actress Mirjana Karanovic.

His latest theatre role is in Dear Dad (2016), directed by Mirjana Karanovic and written by Milena Bogavac, at Belgrade's Children's Cultural Centre.