Branded in the Racket

Genre: Drama, Comedy, Sport, Romance     Year: 2018-2021    Seasons: 2

Follows a nostalgic and romantic comedy about second chances, and about friendship between a Serb and a Croat, best friends and former basketball players trying to re-establish their once successful basketball club.

Season 1
Season 2
Trailer - Season 1
Vojislav, once a successful Serbian basketball player, strayed into sports fraud. Reflecting on the direction his life has taken, he comes up with the idea of reinvesting in the club where he started decades ago. His friend and former teammate, Kresimir, is somewhere in Croatia trying to pay off large debts. We follow a nostalgic and romantic dramedy about second chances and the friendship of former basketball players who are trying to re-establish their once successful basketball club and put their lives in order.

Crew

Creators: Marko Savic, Dragan Bjelogrlic
directors: Danilo Beckovic, Nebojsa Radosavljevic, Srdjan Spasic, Nikola Djuricko, Miroslav Lekic, Nenad Pavlovic
screenwriters:Dusan Bulic, Sasa Podgorelec, Antonio Gabelic, Marko Manojlovic, Milan Konjevic, Marko Popovic, Kosta Pesevski, Ranko Bozic
producers: Goran Bjelogrlic, Dragan Bjelogrlic
executive producer: Natasa Visic, Tatjana Zezelj Gojkovic
co-producers: Tomica Tomo Palikovic
directors of photography: Ivan Kostic, Mihajlo Savic, Petar Popovic
editors: Aleksandar Popovic, Bojan Kosovic, Natasa Pantic
composers: Anja Djordjevic, Sasa Losic Losa
production designers: Jovana Cvetkovic, Jelena Sopic
costume designer: Dragica Lausevic
makeup artist: Snezana Radivojevic, Visnja Karaulic
sound recorders: Nemanja Novicic, Milan Stojanovic
sound designer: Aleksandar Protic

Lead cast

Nebojsa Dugalic
Filip Sovagovic
Aleksandar Radojicic
Iva Ilincic
Miodrag Dragicevicc
Miona Markovic
Svetozar Cvetkovic
Jovan Jovanovic
Slobodan Ninkovic
Marko Nikolic
Vesna Trivalic
Goran Sultanovic
Vucic Perovic
Nenad Herakovic
Milorad Kapor
Dubravka Mijatovic
Jelisaveta Orasanin
Milan Cuculovic
Slaviša Curovic
Boris Komnenic

Production info

Languages: serbian, croatian, bosnian
Duration: 50 min
Episodes: 44
Year: 2018
Production companies: Cobra Film, United Media
Co-Production companies: Ton Film, Direct Media
Country of origin: Serbia

Trivia

- The series achieved great viewership in Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it was filmed
- Some scenes of the series were filmed in Athens, Greece and Russia
- In addition to the basketball player Milos Teodosic, Bogdan Bogdanovic, Aleksandar Djordjevic, Predrag Danilovic, Dino Radja and Nemanja Nedovic, Oscar nominated Hollywood actor Jesse Eisenberg as NBA team owner, as well as the famous sports commentator Milojko Pantic, were guests and had cameos in the series.
- The directorial debut of actor Nikola Djuricko, who directed several episodes of the series

Special guest stars

Jesse Eisenberg 
Predrag Danilovic 
Aleksandar Djordjevic 
Milos Teodosic 
Nemanja Nedovic 
Dino Radja 
Vladimir Kuzmanovic 
Milojko Pantic

Festivals and awards

FEDIS festval of drama and series - Best Supporting Actress (Trivalic) (S01), 2019
FEDIS festval of drama and series - Best Drama Series Nomination, 2019
Trailer - Season 2
Vojislav, once a successful Serbian basketball player, strayed into sports fraud. Reflecting on the direction his life has taken, he comes up with the idea of reinvesting in the club where he started decades ago. His friend and former teammate, Kresimir, is somewhere in Croatia trying to pay off large debts. We follow a nostalgic and romantic dramedy about second chances and the friendship of former basketball players who are trying to re-establish their once successful basketball club and put their lives in order.

Crew

Creators: Marko Savic, Dragan Bjelogrlic
directors: Danilo Beckovic, Nebojsa Radosavljevic, Srdjan Spasic, Nikola Djuricko, Miroslav Lekic, Nenad Pavlovic
screenwriters: Marko Savic, Sasa Podgorelec, Danica Pajovic, Filip Vujosevic, Maja Todorovic, Stasa Bajac, Marijana Culic, Ivan Jovic, Dusan Bulic, Antonio Gabelic, Danilo Beckovic, Nebojsa Radosavljevic, Dejan Stojiljkovic, Djordje Vojvodic
producers: Goran Bjelogrlic, Dragan Bjelogrlic
executive producers: Goran Bjelogrlic, Tomislav Palikovic
line producers: Natasa Visic, Tatjana Zezelj Gojkovic
directors of photography: Mihajlo Savic
editors: Natasa Pantic, Bojan Kosovic, Aleksandar Popovic
composers: Anja Djordjevic, Sasa Losic Losa
producetion designer: Nevena Mijuskovic
costume designer: Biljana Tegeltija Bojanic
makeup artist: Ana Bibic
sound recorder: Milan Stojanovic
sound designer: Aleksandar Protic

Lead cast

Nebojsa Dugalic
Filip Sovagovic
Aleksandar Radojicic
Iva Ilincic
Miodrag Dragicevicc
Miona Markovic
Svetozar Cvetkovic
Jovan Jovanovic
Slobodan Ninkovic
Marko Nikolic
Vesna Trivalic
Goran Sultanovic
Vucic Perovic
Nenad Herakovic
Milorad Kapor
Dubravka Mijatovic
Jelisaveta Orasanin
Milan Cuculovic
Slaviša Curovic
Boris Komnenic

Production info

Languages: serbian, croatian, english
Duration: 50 min
Episodes: 44
Year: 2020
Production companies: Cobra Film, United Media
Co-Production companies: Ton Film, Direct Media
Country of origin: Serbia

Trivia

- The series achieved great viewership in Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it was filmed
- Some scenes of the series were filmed in Athens, Greece and Russia
- In addition to the basketball player Milos Teodosic, Bogdan Bogdanovic, Aleksandar Djordjevic, Predrag Danilovic, Dino Radja and Nemanja Nedovic, Oscar nominated Hollywood actor Jesse Eisenberg as NBA team owner, as well as the famous sports commentator Milojko Pantic, were guests and had cameos in the series.
- The directorial debut of actor Nikola Djuricko, who directed several episodes of the series

Special guest stars

Jesse Eisenberg 
Predrag Danilovic 
Aleksandar Djordjevic 
Milos Teodosic 
Nemanja Nedovic 
Dino Radja 
Vladimir Kuzmanovic 
Milojko Pantic

Festivals and awards

FEDIS festval of drama and series - Best Drama Series nomination, 2020