Film Program

19h
GRAND OPENING + LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD CEREMONY + SCREENING OF DOCUMENTARY

Veliki pohod u malu Sugubinu (Great Campaign on Mala Sugubina), by: archive footage director: Božidar Kalezić, reporter Živadin Mitrović, by Trezor creator Bojana Andrić (Serbia, 60’) / WORLD PREMIERE! * filmmakers will be present

Long-running TV Belgrade action called The Village Campaign and a number of culture figures-enthusiasts during the 1960s and 1970s left its mark on the visitors from the city and their hosts in the village, as well as in the media memory and the archive of the Serbian Television.

Q & A SESSION WITH FILMMAKERS AFTER THE SCREENING IN FRONT OF BIG HALL

Following Sundance, Venice and Leipzig, the latest work by the famous Russian documentary filmmaker Viktor Kossakovsky will have its Serbian premiere at the Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival!
Aquarela (Great Britain, Germany, Denmark, USA, 2018, 89′) is a deeply cinematic journey through the transformative beauty and raw power of water.

15h
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE, Competition program

Doći će žuti ljudi i piće vodu sa Morave / The Chinese Will Come, by Tanja Brzaković, 2018, 72’

  • Alma / Alma, Demir Mekić, 7’ 44’’
  • Bio dvaput jedan kralj / Twice Upon a Time, Vojin Vasović, 14’ 10’’
  • Eho / Echo, Boriša Simović, 7’ 50’’
  • Florigami / Florigami, Iva Ćirić, 5’ 10’’
  • Radiovizija – Prostor / Radiovision – Space, Jelena Milunović, 3’ 35’’
  • Radiovizija – Govori Mihovil Logar / Radiovision – Mihovil Logar Speaking, Miloš Tomić, 3’ 1’’
  • Radiovizija – Izbrisano detinjstvo Marte Malagurski / Radiovision – The Erased Childhood of Marta Malagurski, Jovana Begović, 3’ 50’’
  • Radiovizija – Astronomija / Radiovision – Astronomy, Tamara Bogovac, 3’ 30’’
  • Radiovizija – Smisao / Radiovision – The Meaning, Iva Ćirić, 3’ 4’’
  • Veš-mašina / The Washing Machine, Vanja Vikalo, 4’ 18’’ *world premiere
  • Živela sloboda / Long Live the Freedom, Stefan Katanić, 3’ 23’’
  • U zoološkom vrtu / At the Zoo, Multiple Authors, 2’ 16’’ * out of competition
  • 3013, Šajtinac, 8’ *world premiere

Through everyday scenes we learn about the oldest and the largest community in Trieste – the Serbian Orthodox community, their customs and culture, blending two worlds

Q & A SESSION WITH THE FILMMAKER AFTER THE SCREENING IN FRONT OF BIG HALL

  • Mališan / The Little One, Danilo Bećković, 14’
  • Kada sam kod kuće / When I’m at home, Ivana Todorović, 16’ 23’’ *world premiere
  • Kostakurta (Bajka o Satankrajini) / Costacurta (A Tale of Satankrajina), Saša Karanović, 27’31’’
  • Mi smo videli leto / Dog Days of Summer, Nikola Stojanović, 19’54’’ *world premiere
  • Pesnik revolucije na predsedničkom brodu / The Poet of the Revolution On Board the Presidentia
  • Ship, Balša Đogo, 14’ 58’’ *world premiere
  • Čekanje / The Wait, Emilija Gašić, 14’ 22’’ *world premiere
  • Najtužniji dan tužnog ljubavnog života Olge Petrovne iz Talina, Estonije / The Saddest Day in the Sad Love Life of Olga, Nemanja Veselinović, 4’13’’
16h
Q & A SESSION WITH FILMMAKERS
15h
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE, Competition program

Brigada: Istorijat Petefi Brigade u Drugom svetskom ratu / The Brigade – the Story of the Petőfi-Brigade, by Ferenc Lavro, 2018, 51’ 7’’

Botorići / Botorići, by Srđan Knežević, 2018, 66’

  • Rainey / Rainey, Miloš Tasić, 26 ’ 11’’ *world premiere
  • Ademovo ostrvo / Adem’s Island, Ivana Todorović, 12’ 27’’
  • Obeleženi / Marked, Jovan Dopuđ, 10’ 47’’
  • Iskra u tami / A Spark in the Darkness, Slađana Topalović Nestorović, 25’ 29’’ *world premiere
  • Kratki film o kino entuzijazmu / Short Film about Cinema Enthusiasm, Filip Markovinović, 29’ 24’’ *world premier

Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania / Uspomene na putovanje u Litvaniju, by Jonas Mekas, 1972, 82’

Elegiac film diary about Mekas’ journey to his native town in three segments. The first is about his immigrant life in New York after he fled Lithuania. The second is about his journey home, and he made the third one shortly after that, when he went to Vienna…

15h
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE, Competition program

Svedok jednog vremena / The Witness of One Époque, by Igor M. Toholj, 2018, 74’ 88’’ *world premiere

Vodič kroz crnu rupu / Guidance Through the Black Hole, by Aleksandar Nikolić, Zlatko Pranjić, 2017, 82’

Short film retrospective: selected by and directed by Lordan Zafranović

  • Ljudi u prolazu / Passers-by (documentary, 10 minutes, 1967)
  • Poslepodne (puška) / Afternoon (Rifle) (short, 14 minutes, 1967)
  • Valcer (moj prvi ples) / Waltz (My First Dance) (short, 28 minutes, 1970)
  • Lica terakota / Faces of Terracotta (documentary, 30 minutes, 2003)
  • Duh vremena / Zeitgeist (Switzerland; 2018, 28’) SERBIAN PREMIERE!

Zeitgeist is based on the Cities on the Move exhibition of press photography from reporters of the large Turkish and Yugoslav daily newspapers on everyday life in Sarajevo, Istanbul, Belgrade and Ankara after the fall of the Ottoman Empire.

  • Pravda za pile / Justice for Chicken, Mihajlo Stefanović & Predrag Prole, 5’ 38’’ * out of competition
  • Ponuda i potražnja / Supply and Demand, Milan Marić & Nikola Ljuca, 17’ 33’’
  • Hodam za tobom / Walking After You, Viktorija Samardžić, 6’ 16’’
  • Agitacija / Agitation, Petar Milić, 14’ 6’’
  • Lajkuj me milion puta / Like Me a Million, Boris Malagurski, 17’ 38’’
  • Žicka / Mooch, Ivan Bukvić, 24’ *world premiere
  • Zid / The Wall, Branislav Kostić, 7’ 42’’
  • Gužva / Tell Her, Iris Janković 16’ 36’’
16h
Q & A SESSION WITH FILMMAKERS
12h
CITY OF BELGRADE PRESENTS: Nikolai Petrovich Krasnov

Od dužnosti i zakletve ne odstupaj / Do Not Forsake Your Duty Nor Oath, by Aleksey Burkin, Elena Gromova (Russia, 2018, 37’) – WORLD PREMIERE, FREE ENTRANCE – filmmakers will be present

Documentary about the life and work of Nikolai Krasnov, Russian architect who left his mark on Serbia’s capital landscape.

  • Priča jedne kamere / The Story of One Camera, Svetislav Vučković, 25’ 26’’ *world premiere
  • Nikada nećeš hodati sam / You’ll Never Walk Alone, Petar Jevremović, 17’ 30’’
  • Žuti autobus / The Yellow Bus, Radmila Todić Vulićević, 20’ 59’’
  • Jadran – više od broda / Jadran – More Than a Ship, Veljko Đuro, Katarina Rasulić, 38’ 30’’ *world premiere
  • I Dance Alone, Bogomir Doringer, 13’ *world premiere
  • Vaše sobe, bela i ljubičasta / Your Rooms, White and Purple, Nina Zeljković & Vladimir Vulević , 32’ *world premiere
  • Prvi poljubac / First kiss, Stanko Gagrčin, 8’ *world premiere
  • Ibarska Highway, Aleksandrija Ajduković, 12’ *world premiere
  • Frames, Arion Asllani, 22’ *world premiere
  • Pogled / Gaze, Iran, 15’ Pelvicachromis, Germany, 11’ 52’’ *world premiere
  • Kiselina / Acide, France 18’
  • Samo vazduh / Pure Air, The Netherlands, 22’4’’
  • Ubistvena tišina / Kill the Silence, China, 22’ 23’’ *world premiere
  • Nepotpisane / Uncredited , Valentina Delić, 30’ *world premiere
  • Žeteoci / The Harvesters, Gala Negrello, 14’ 49’
  • Jedini / Unique, Nikola Polić, 29’
  • Dolina vladara / Valley of the Rulers, Efim Graboy, 25’ 50’’
  • Ljanda / Ljanda, Mirza Abdagić, 7’ 50’’ *world premiere
  • Nemi krik / Mute Howl, Siniša Cvetić, 26’
15h
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE, Competition program

Okupirani bioskop / Occupied Cinema, by Senka Domanović, 2018, 87’

  • Dreamland, Allan Brown, 13’30’’ *world premiere
  • Bekstvo / Scappare, Miloš Tomić, 3’
  • Odsjaj / Glimmer, Siniša Ilić & Tina Gverović, 9’
  • Dogs, moon river and Baudelaire, Marija Kovačina, 4’
  • AAA (Mein Herz), Katarina Zdjelar 4’ 30’’ * out of competition
  • Intermeco / Intermezzo, Saša Petrović, 5’ *world premiere
  • Transpozicija / Transposition, Igor Toholj, 5’ 25’’
  • Ruins of Future Utopia, Saša Tkačenko, 30’
  • Pepeo / Ashes, Portugal, 15’
  • Tržni centar / The Mall, Russia, 15’ *world premiere
  • Od nemila do nedraga / On Foot, Iran, 27’
  • Meso / Aicha, Bolivia, 11’ 13’’
  • Nasledstvo / The Heritage, Spain, 17’ 59’’
  • Ljubav, Avenidas Novas / Amor, Avenidas Novas, Portugal, 20’

The work of D’EST, a multi-curatorial online platform from Berlin and their efforts in mapping female and collective positions that reflect the post-socialist transformation through moving pictures.

Selection of (feminist) video art // selected by: Marta Popivoda

  • Instrukcije Br. 2 / Instructions No. 2 by: Sanja Iveković // 2015, video (hd), 4’52”, color, sound, 16:9 | commissioned by Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (N.B.K.) and Nordstern Video Art Center Gelsenkirchen
  • Šarmiranje za revoluciju / Charming for the Revolution by: Pauline Boudry, Renate Lorenz // 2009, 16mm/HD film installation, 11’00’’, sound, color, 16:9 | performance: Werner Hirsch | courtesy: the artists.
  • Ko se boji ideologije? Prvi deo / Who Is Afraid of Ideology? Part I by: Marwa Arsanios // 2017, single-channel video (HD), 23’00’’, sound, color, 16:9 | courtesy: the artist.
  • Malo složena situacija / A Bit of a Complex Situation by: Elske Rosenfeld // 2014, two-channel video (HD), 17’16’’, stereo sound, color, 16:9 | courtesy: the artist.
  • Draga životinja / Dear Animal by: Maha Maamoun // 2016, single-channel video (HD), 25’30’’, stereo sound, color, 16:9 | language version: Arabic with English subtitles | courtesy: the artist.
  • Iznad vremenskih prilika / Above the Weather by The Bureau of Melodramatic Research // 2015, 11’, Romania.
16h
Q & A SESSION WITH FILMMAKERS
15h
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM, Competition program (96 min)
  • Posvećenost / Deepwork, Austria, 10’ 40’’ *world premiere
  • Mina / Meena, India, 10’ 15’’ *world premiere
  • U ime jagode, čokolade i duha svetoga, Croatia, 20’
  • Dubina vuče / The Lure of the Deep, Canada, 16’ 11’’
  • Nuri / Nooreh, India, 22’ 25’’
  • Budi više kao Bagzi / Being more like Bagsy, Norway 16

Rado Srbin ide u vojnike / The Serb Is Glad to Join the Ranks, by Dragan Elčić, 2018, 63’ 10’’ *world premiere

FREE ENTRANCE!

The Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival, 66th edition continues its work on the project called Serbian Animated Film – this Festival edition will present the second DVD featuring thirteen new and exciting animated films dating from 1966 to 1977. DVD Serbian Animated Film 2 and Award Animated Film Winners from the Faculty of Applied Arts features a selection of the best student’s works. The chief editor of both issues is our renowned animator, artist and professor Rastko Ćirić.

Selection:

  • Srpski animirani film 2 / Serbian Animated Film 2: Nije ptica sve što leti / Not Everything That Flies is a Bird (1970), Borislav Šajtinac
  • Vrijeme vampira / The Time of Vampires (1971), Nikola Majdak
  • Preobražaj / The Metamorphosis (1973), Divna Jovanović
  • Diplomata / The Diplomat (1976), Stevica Živkov

Animacija FPU: Nagrađeni:

  • Na mostu / On the Bridge (2000), Nikola Vitković
  • Iskon Anime Æternam (2015), Mihajlo Dragaš
  • Govori Isidora Sekulić: Daljine su savladane / Isidora Sekulić Speaking: Distances are Overcome (2015), Jelena Milunović
  • Fliposkop / Fliposcope (2017), Krunoslav Jović

Baltic poetic documentary retrospective

During the early 1960s, when the French pioneers of cinéma vérité set out to achieve a new realism, and when direct cinema in Québec began to vie for notice, the Baltic witnessed the birth of a generation of documentarists who favoured a more romantic view of the world around them.

  • Snovi stogodišnjaka / Dreams of Centenarians, Robertas Verba, Lithuania, 20’
  • Putovanje preko maglovitih livada / Journey Through the Misty Meadows, Henrikas Sablevicius, Lithuania, 10’
  • Stariji 10 minutes / 10 Minutes Older, Herz Frank, Latvia, 10’
  • Ivanjdan / Jaanipaev, Andres Soot, Estonia, 20’
  • Obala / Krasts, Ivars Seleckis, Latvia, 22’
  • Sam / Alone, Audrius Stonys, Lithuania, 16’
13h
FILM Aquarela - RERUN

Following Sundance, Venice and Leipzig, the latest work by the famous Russian documentary filmmaker Viktor Kossakovsky will have its Serbian premiere at the Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival! Aquarela (Great Britain, Germany, Denmark, USA, 2018, 89′) is a deeply cinematic journey through the transformative beauty and raw power of water.

Slatko od ništa / In Praise of Nothing, by Boris Mitić, 2017, 78’

  • Odežda kneza Lazara / Prince Lazar’s Attire , Nada Savić, 26’ 45’’
  • Metalla Tricornensia – Kosmaj, Rastko Šejić, 24’ 47’’ Porodica, moja kuća / Family, Sweet Home, Stefan Krasić, 9’ 35’’
  • Priča o bućki / The Clonk Story, Marko Grujić, Petar Srok, 42’

A mid-length animated anthology film set in colonial Africa in the late 19th century. It tells the stories of 5 different characters: a troubled king, a middle-aged Pygmy working in a luxury hotel, a failed businessman on an expedition, a lost porter, and a young army deserter.

16h
Q & A SESSION WITH FILMMAKERS
15h
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM, Competition program (100 minutes)
  • Kišobran / Umbrella, Greece, 13’
  • Kada smo leteli za Pariz / Flight to the Paris Time, Iran, 1’ 40’’ *world premiere
  • Mesto / Whereabouts, Philippines, 13’49’’
  • Bela Mandil / Bela Mandil, Portugal, 18’
  • Play, Poland, 13’
  • Niko nije savršen / Nitko nije savršen, Croatia, 18’
  • Kupatilo / The Bath, South Korea, 11’ 17’’
  • Oproštajni govor / Parting Shot, Turkey, 10’ 30’’

4 godine u 10 minuta / 4 Years in 10 Minutes, by Mladen Kovačević, 63’