After the separation of the territories in the former Yugoslavia, the relations between the respective countries are complex and multi-faceted. Now contemporary witnesses are needed to put together the set pieces of the common history and find new approaches and cooperation between the divided national borders. A nostalgia for common achievements, reflecting nationalism. The films CHASING THE SUN: EL SHATT and INVOKED show facets of this common past in the form of interpreted archive material and form the prelude to the two-part program LOST ARCHIVES. (Afsun Moshiry)
CHASING THE SUN: EL SHATT touches on some historical facts about the largest refugee camp El Shatt in the Sinai desert in Egypt during the Second World War, based on materials from Croatian and international archives and intertwined with the visuals of a non-place desert. An attempt to reconstruct a fragmented memory of unknown history about migration in the Mediterranean as a transtemporal filmic journey.… >>>
Nominated:
A38-Production Grant Kassel-Halle
INVOKED is a tragic ready-made comedy about a historical event that preceded Yugoslav Wars. After 45 years of single-party communist rule in Serbia, political parties gained legal status in 1990, and the first multiparty elections in Serbian history were held. Five ex-presidential candidates, today’s misfits, bring back memories of the elections and relive that crucial event, not realizing that they played only supporting roles. INVOKED aims to push the viewer to assess the current political situation and the ongoing process of democratization, and to investigate the basic nature of politics and ego.… >>>
Premiere:
German Premiere
- Director: Srdja Vuco, Luka Papic
