Film of the Week
February 28 - March 6, 2011
Cinema Komunisto
Cinema Komunisto
Director: Turajlic Mila
Producer: Pesikan Dragan, Turajlic Mila
Production company: Cinema Komunisto, Dribbling Pictures, Intermedia network
Cinema Komunisto , Serbia, 2010, 100 min, Digi Beta, HD, Arts and Culture, Creative, History, Politics, Society
When reality has a different script from the one in your films, who wouldn't invent a country to fool themselves? Using rare footage from dozens of forgotten Yugoslav films, as well as never-seen-before archive from film sets and Tito’s private screenings, the documentary recreates the narrative of a country, the stories told on screen and the ones hidden behind it. Stars such as Richard Burton, Sofia Loren and Orson Welles add a touch of glamour to the national effort, appearing in super-productions financed by the state. Tito’s favorite film director, his projectionist who showed him films every night for 30 years, the most famous actor of partisan films, and the director of the film studios who was a secret policeman – all tell how the history of Yugoslavia was constructed on the screen.
Doc Launch 2008 / East Silver 2010 / East Silver Caravan 2010
Cinema Komunisto premiered in mid-January at the Magnificent7 festival in Belgrade.
At the end of January, the film received the Alpe Adria Cinema Award for Best Documentary at the 2011 Trieste Film Festival.
In the coming weeks, Cinema Komunisto will also be introduced to audiences at the Sofia IFF, It's All True IDFF, and San Francisco IFF.
For more details, please visit www.cinemakomunisto.com.
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