SERBIA — BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 21 MIN, 2019
RUSSIAN PREMIERE
ABOUT
The documentary depicts bittersweet life of two grannies living isolated on the hills of Eastern Bosnia. Nature is the entity with which grannies speak, listen to and respect. The film emphasizes the intangible cultural heritage, through the presentation of chants and rituals for taming the adverse weather, hail, and storm. It reflects the simplicity and purity of their way of life, as well as their painstaking work. The action of the film is the everyday life in the countryside, which shows the caring and intimacy of the grannies, both in their mutual relations and in the relationship with nature. Poetic tone of the frames relies on references from genre scenes of realism paintings.
DIRECTOR
MAJA NOVAKOVIC
Maja has completed her Bachelor’s Degree and Masters at the Department of Art History at the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade. She attended a film directing workshop at the Students’ City Cultural Centre — Academic Film Centre in Belgrade. Currently Novaković is doing her PhD studies with registered thesis «Poetics of heritage in the works of Sergei Parajanov» at the Department of Art History at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade. She is a researcher at the Centre for Museology and Heritology at the same university, and a research assistant at the Mathematical Institute of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
OTHER FESTIVALS
SECTION
DOKer 2020 — Short Competition
Фестиваль/Festival: 2020
География/Geography: Europe
Программа/Program: Short competition