Serbia, Year Zero

Serbia, Year Zero 2001

3.50

Documentary that follows events after the fall of Slobodan Milosevic, while looking back on the previous fifteen years, tracing his rise to power. Personal testimony alternates with analysis of a disintegrating society.

2001

Ghetto - The Secret Life of the City

Ghetto - The Secret Life of the City 1996

1

Belgrade in the 1990s seen through the eyes of Goran Čavajda 'Čavke', the late drummer of Serbian rock band "Electric Orgasm". Under dictatorship of Slobodan Milošević, his city became one of the worst places to live in Europe, while the country suffered highest inflation rate in its history, accompanied by mass poverty and political isolation. Documentary follows Čavke walking through the Belgrade streets where total chaos and decline of moral values rule. He finds his only shelter underground, where his friends - musicians and artists - live and work invisibly.

1996

Akademija the Republic

Akademija the Republic 1995

1

Akademija Republika shows a group of people gathered around the club from 1981 until 1995 and how it changed and influenced the cultural and night life around them.

1995

See You in the Obituary

See You in the Obituary 1995

5.90

Made in the form of an extended news report and narrated by journalist Dina Čolić-Anđelković, the film presents a snapshot of the chaotic Belgrade criminal underworld in the early 1990s which sprung up against the backdrop of Yugoslav wars. The film is composed of fragments from interviews with individuals directly involved with criminal activities either through perpetrating them or through trying to stop them.

1995

Marble Ass

Marble Ass 1995

4.80

A transvestite couple from 1990s Belgrade beholds their profession as a pacifistic mission, curbing the urges of rapists, gamblers and horny young men during turbulent periods in war-torn country.

1995

02:06 - The Anatomy of Pain

02:06 - The Anatomy of Pain 2001

7.00

The search for truth of the 16 families of technicians killed in the April 23rd, 1999, NATO bombing of the Radio Television Serbia building.

2001

Belgrade Follies

Belgrade Follies 1997

1

A documentary about 1996/97 winter anti-regime demonstrations in Yugoslavia.

1997

Unimportant Heroes

Unimportant Heroes 1999

1

Director Goran Markovic films people from various cities in Serbia who were major figures behind organized protests against Slobodan Milosevic's dictatorship during 1990s. "Unimportant Heroes" is about people whose achievements are not visible, nor society does acknowledge them.

1999

Throwing Off the Yolks of Bondage

Throwing Off the Yolks of Bondage 1996

1

Milošević’s regime has rigged the results of parliamentarian elections in autumn 1996. This was a cause for mass rallies in Belgrade and other cities in Serbia. The film documents the protests during the first four days of their protests, their political and criticising charge but also the carnival spirit. On the seventh day of the protests the film was edited and had a premiere screening in the Rex Cinema.

1996

Columba urbica

Columba urbica 1995

1

A film about Jasar, a homeless Roma from Belgrade.

1995

Shattered to Pieces

Shattered to Pieces 1999

1

A short music documentary about the life and work of Darkwood Dub band from 1990 to 2000s.

1999

Putting Our Best Foot Forward

Putting Our Best Foot Forward 1997

1

During the 1996/97 protests in Serbia a group of 200 students walked from Novi Sad to Belgrade to support students and citizens of the capital. A photobook by the same name, with photos from the same protests was published in 2016.

1997

The Unit

The Unit 2006

1

By the end of 2003, few people knew what the Special Operations Unit of the Republic of Serbia did: the media was fawning over them, politicians respected them.

2006

The Eyewitness

The Eyewitness 1996

1

An experimental work consisting of close-ups of eyes in motion.

1996

Vukovar - Final Cut

Vukovar - Final Cut 2006

1

This film represents an effort to create a truthful story about everything that happened in Vukovar (Croatia) during the spring, summer and fall of 1991, as well as what happened before this time, shortly after the tragic event of 1991, and what the historical, societal and emotional consequences are, after years of pain, suffering and disappointment.

2006