• Home
  • Work
    • Films
    • Music videos
    • Performances
    • Photography
  • About us
  • Festivals and Awards
  • News / Instagram
  • Contact
Aleksandar Kostic

Instagram Feed

aleksandarkostic_

Spirit in the human form | Film Director I Cinematographer I Producer I Author I

CAPIO returns to the big screen this Sunday. June CAPIO returns to the big screen this Sunday.June 7 — 6:00 PMStuart Cinema & Caffe @stuartcinema 
37-18 Northern Blvd
Long Island City, Queens, NY 11101Seats are limited - Tickets available through the link in bio.Followed by a cast and filmmaker Q&A.CAPIO is a sci-fi psychological thriller exploring technology, perception, and the control of the human mind.After years of bringing this film to life, I’m looking forward to sharing it with an audience once again. I hope to see some of you on Sunday.#capiomovie #indipendentfilm #nycfilmmaker #ai #filmscreenings
Excited to share that my first interview about CAP Excited to share that my first interview about CAPIO is now available on Film Threat.After years of writing, filming, post-production, and finally releasing the film, it was a pleasure to sit down with Chris Gore and discuss the ideas behind the story, independent filmmaking, and the journey that brought CAPIO to audiences.A big thank you to Chris Gore and Film Threat for the conversation and support.CAPIO returns to the big screen:June 7 — 6:00 PM
Stuart Cinema & Caffe
37-18 Northern Blvd
Long Island City, Queens, NY 11101Followed by a cast and filmmaker Q&A.Interview link in bio.#capiomovie #filmthreatpodcast #indipendentfilm #interview
CAPIO returns to the big screen. After screenings CAPIO returns to the big screen.After screenings at Queens World Film Festival and Quad Cinema, I’m very happy to announce a special theatrical screening of CAPIO on:June 7 — 6:00 PM
Stuart Cinema & Caffe
37-18 Northern Blvd, Long Island City, NY 11101The screening will be followed by a cast and filmmaker Q&A.Important: Seating is very limited. Admission is pay what you wish, but a reservation through the ticket link is required to hold your seat.After so many years of work, I’m excited to celebrate the talented actors and crew from the United States, France, Serbia, Estonia and the Czech Republic who helped bring CAPIO to life, and I hope you’ll join us for this special evening.Watching films together with an audience is one of the reasons I fell in love with cinema in the first place, and I’m grateful that CAPIO will once again be experienced on the big screen.CAPIO is a sci-fi psychological thriller exploring technology, perception, and the control of the human mind.Tickets link available in bio through Eventbrite.I hope to see some of you there.#stuartcinemacafe #capiomovie #filmscreening #indipendentfilm #nycfeaturefilm
Even though CAPIO was in the making for many years Even though CAPIO was in the making for many years and finally released this year, the support that my crew and I received during filming at Anable Basin Sailing Bar & Grill still feels very fresh to me.One of the most beautiful parts of making this film is that all the people who became part of it never disappeared from my memory through all these years in post-production.They left behind meaningful experiences and memories that I will carry with me for the rest of my life.Thank you to Veso, Amela, and the entire Anable Basin team for supporting CAPIO.Now streaming on Amazon Prime Video.Special NYC screening:
Stuart Cinema, Astoria / LIC, NY
More information about the screening coming soon.Photography by @o.tijana#indipendentfilm #indiefilm #scififilm #nycfilm #bts
BTS from CAPIO - night filming in New York City. BTS from CAPIO - night filming in New York City.Many of the exterior scenes were filmed late at night while building the atmosphere and visual language of the film piece by piece.For me, the city itself became part of the psychological structure of CAPIO — isolated, controlled, artificial, but still human underneath.At the same time, it is also my personal celebration of the city and the people who gave me the inspiration and energy to create films.CAPIO is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video, with additional channels rolling out.We are also exploring a possible future cinema screening in NYC.More about CAPIO in bio.
#capiomovie #indipendentfilm #scifi
BTS from CAPIO — filming scene in Kafana in New Yo BTS from CAPIO — filming scene in Kafana in New York City.This scene became part of the film’s 3D world, where Ian steps into a virtually generated version of the space.Inside it, he encounters people deeply immersed in a fabricated reality — unable, or unwilling, to recognize what is actually happening around them.Because Ian is carrying a hacked patch, he is the only one who can see through the system.One of the biggest technical challenges was matching the same characters in different costumes, in the same positions, with the same camera movement, so the real and virtual layers could connect.We are deeply grateful to Coja, Masha, and Tijana for helping us secure Kafana for filming and giving us the creative time and freedom to make this scene work.CAPIO is a sci-fi psychological thriller about technology, perception, and control of the human mind.No AI was used in the making of CAPIO.And in this scene we didn’t use Rakija as well. 😃CAPIO is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video, with additional channels rolling out.We are also exploring a possible new cinema screening in NYC.Subscribe to the mailing list for updates.
More about CAPIO in bio.#CapioFilm #BehindTheScenes #FilmProduction #scifi
In November, we held a private screening and Q&A f In November, we held a private screening and Q&A for CAPIO at Quad Cinema in New York City.After years of carrying this film through writing, production, post-production, and the long process of finishing it independently, seeing it with an audience, cast, and crew was a profound experience.Now, CAPIO is streaming on Amazon Prime Video with additional channels rolling out soon.More about CAPIO in bio.#indipendentfilm #nycindiefilm #scifi
CAPIO is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video in US CAPIO is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video in USA.Part of me will always wish this film had a theatrical release. The theatrical experience is one of the reasons I fell in love with cinema - watching a film in a dark room with strangers is profound experience.I was lucky to experience that twice with CAPIO: first at @queensworldfilmfest , and later at a private screening at @quadcinema in New York City — and I hope there will be more.For now, I am grateful and proud of the actors, crew, family, and friends in the U.S., Europe and Serbia who stood by me and encouraged me to keep going. They never pulled back from the ideas. Instead, they offered creative inspiration and helped me find solutions to make CAPIO possible.After so many years in post-production, financial challenges, and from the dream that started this story, I always felt the film would find its way to be made. In some way, it already existed — I just had to connect the pieces.Now, CAPIO has finally released itself into the world and it is relevant now even more.CAPIO is a sci-fi psychological thriller exploring what happens when technological progress evolves alongside unchecked corporate influence — slowly eroding human connection, love, freedom, and our connection to the natural world.An amateur astronomer discovers a strange new star and is pulled into a dark conspiracy exploiting humanity’s addiction to technology.Watch on Amazon Prime Video.

CAPIO film link in bioThank you all for your support!#indipendentfilm #capiomovie #filmrelease #nycfilm #indiefilm
📷 #photography 📷#photography
What if, over time, we begin to lose the ability t What if, over time,
we begin to lose the ability
to see what is fading around us?No AI was used in the making of CAPIO.CAPIO is a sci-fi psychological thriller exploring what happens when technological progress evolves alongside unchecked corporate influence - slowly eroding human connection, love, freedom, and our connection with the natural world.More about CAPIO in bio. 🎬❤️#CapioFilm #SciFiFilm #psychologicalscifi #bihindthescene #independentfilm
BTS scene with Morton Subotnick. What happens whe BTS scene with Morton Subotnick.What happens when creativity never stops…but no one remembers who created it?This scene from CAPIO explores a shift in how we experience creativity.Music and images everywhere…
but no clear sense of who created them, or why.What happens when creative work continues to flow, but the individual voice behind it can no longer be heard?CAPIO is now available on Amazon Prime Video in the UK and Ireland, with more regions rolling out.More about CAPIO in bio. 🎬❤️#indiefilm #scifi #nycfilm #indipendentfilm #bts
A wall carefully organized in story order — locati A wall carefully organized in story order — locations, storyboard images, and early ideas.Because of the complexity of the story, production, and financing, I needed a clear visual structure. With the help of my wife, Marija Plavsic-Kostic the production designer, storyboard was created.After the first script reading, I refined it further — while leaving room for flexibility with the actors once we moved into real locations.This process allowed me to schedule the shoot in stages:- New York — 2 weeks (May 2017)
- Belgrade — 1 day / 1 night (August 2017)
- New York — 4 weeks (October 2017)CAPIO began as a dream in 2008.
Later that year, research into behavioral systems and digital influence technologies merged with that experience and shaped the film.At the time, it felt speculative.
Today, it feels closer to documentation.Coming soon - more info in bio.Produced by Kostic Films LLCTHANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT 🎬❤️#indipendentfilm #scifi #nycfilm #nycfilmmaker #capiomovie
Follow on Instagram

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Youtube
© 2026 Aleksandar Kostic