Discoveries from Yugoslavia World Cinema

It tells a story about Bosnian ex-fighter who lost his whole family in the WW2.

The funeral of assassinated Yugoslavian king.

A cinematic tribute to the tallest mountain in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bjelašnica, and its inhabitants.

A little girl tricks a nasty boy into thinking that the "rocketship" she built has taken him to the moon.

A fight of Serbian army against occupying forces during WWI.

The film depicts cotton production in the People's Republic of Macedonia, more precisely in the workers' cooperative of the village of Gradošarci; preparing the cotton seed, washing, drying, cleaning and packaging it, then plowing and sowing, all the way to the cotton harvest.

TV drama.

The film depicts the beauties and winter sports of Shar Planina. As part of this reportage, the courage of the young people who climb to Titov Vrv is also described, while for others it has only been seen in a movie. Most of the film talks about the skiing competition, or the "Shar Planina Cup", where in addition to the domestic team, there are also competitors from abroad, Austrian, Swiss and many other teams. Using panoramic shots, the beauty of the mountain, the competition, the entertainment of the guests, the Jelak mountain lodge, etc. are captured.

In the form of correspondence between Ognen and his professor, illustrated with original documentary materials, Skopje is depicted as it was hit by the catastrophic earthquake of July 26, 1963, and its reconstruction and development with the help of the international community. The achievements in the field of reconstruction and development of Skopje in the period after the earthquake until 1968 are presented.

A film about migrant workers in the Drimkol region of Macedonia, when the people of this region, known as masons, made their own and their families' livelihoods by working all over the world. The tradition of migrant workers is now continued through work at the Drimkol cooperative.

The film talks about the flora and fauna of Lake Ohrid and the life of the Ohrid trout, one of the rare fish species that lives in this lake.

A 1987 Serbo-Croatian language drama film directed by Faruk Piragic, starring Dubravka Ostojic, Zarko Lausevic and Dragan Jovicic.

A depiction of one of the last journeys of the little train, the so-called "teapot", on the Gostivar-Ohrid route. This train is specific for using the narrow-gauge railway, which takes it through high mountain passes and up to over 1000 meters above sea level, as well as the picturesque landscapes of Western Macedonia through which the "teapot" passes.

Several animated sketches by the hand of Macedonian animator Darko Markovikj.

A music movie about the tour by the band Južni Vetar from 1986.

Animated film by Pavao Stalter.

Short film about a soccer referee.

Short movie.

An experimental work about the association APSOLUTNO conducting an investigation into the deaths of two transoceanic liners under suspicious circumstances.

Luka Šušmek, a servant, daily laborer and a bit of a vagabond, makes his way through life with his favorite phrase – “either we are, or we are not”, but it causes nothing but troubles to him.

A "wedding of the century", as Yugoslavian press of the time called it, took place on February 19, 1995 when Željko Ražnatović 'Arkan', a Serbian war criminal, married Svetlana 'Ceca' Ražnatović, the most popular folk singer in the country. The wedding was released on VHS.

A mouse comes to visit and decides to stay, much to the dismay of the household's cat.

Remains of Roman settlements on the bottom of the sea near the Istrian coast are an important and precious monument of Roman architecture and civilization. Archeologists and divers searching and studying the sites.

Avant-garde film about drug addiction made by the famous surrealist poet Ljubiša Jocić.

Man enters his larder to fight with the packaging.

Šimunić uses double exposure to combine footage of people and scenes from 1970s Belgrade with garish images from television shows containing elements of pornography to create an illusory film. He joins scenes from everyday life with his penchant for erotica. This debut film, which took five years to make, uses visual games to explore the limits of the human perception.

Socialist work ethic meets youthful exuberance and lightheartedness where backbreaking labor does not ruin anyone's summer vacation.

A film about the dominance of time and space over a human being. A poetic reflection on the transience of material life characterized by a Mediterranean ambience, contemplation, mosaic structure, and repetitive editing patterns.

Conceptual-structural film by Branko Karabatić exploring media and television.

A short film about the life of the peasant Mitre, who, unable to complete his agricultural work on time because he has only one ox, asks for help from his fellow villager Kostadin. He, in turn, is carried away by envy and malice, and using the moment when Mitre is tired from the midday heat, spreads lies to the villagers in the middle of the village. Mitre restrainedly and consciously overcomes the lies and leaves along the village alley...

Film reportage about the visit of emigrants from Yugoslavia to the old village and the celebration of Emigrants' Week in Macedonia.

It tells about the aftermath of defeat of the Greek Democratic Party in 1948; Aegean Macedonians took the worst, however, since many children were separated from their parents and found shelter in neighboring Balkan countries, never to meet one another.

Millstones have always been produced in Lesnovo, placed in the Zletovo area, by cutting the rocks at the surrounding mountains. The production of these millstones and their transport through the steep slopes is a real Sisyphus labor.

A film dedicated to the white storks in the Balkan region; the film describes the laying of the eggs, hatching, growing up of the young storks till their leaving, in Autumn, towards the coasts of North Africa.

Summer noon, solstice, pilot’s love under an olive tree and when everything is at its zenith – nature and people explode.

A documentary about ten years of education, science and culture in the People's Republic of Macedonia.

Film illustrates the life of plastic arts in Belgrade today.

A satirical look at the prewar Serbian elite and their petty bourgeoisie way of life.

Once a year, on his father’s name day, Slavek Slivar, an employee of the city waterworks, is traveling with his wife and daughter to the village outside Zagreb to congratulate “years” to his father who lives there. Slavek’s sister Mira and her husband Miroslav also come here to congratulate.

A comedy about a man living in a remote village who is not feeling well. His wife and his sister must take him to see a doctor. The movie inspired the hit series 'Djekna jos nije umrla a kad ce ne znamo' released the following year.

The film treats those thematic contents of the fresco painting in the church "St. George" in Staro Nagoricani that present the cruelty in the persecution of true fighters for the Christian faith. "In the summer of our Lord 1317, the great painters - Evtihie and Mihailo Astrapa, were called upon to decorate the church of St. George in Staro Nagoricani with magnificent paintings: the dazzling elegance of the style did not prevent them from depicting scenes of unstoppable executioner's invention in the calendar and life of St. George."

Having read a lot of crime and fantasy novels, a boy starts to identify with fictional heroes. Soon, he grows tired of the game and the books end up in the dustbin.

A short documentary film focused on the children of Yugoslav workers living abroad, particularly in France.

The documentary shows the process of clearing infertile and rocky soil in the vicinity of Kumanovo and the preparation, reclamation and improvement of the seismic and chemical properties of the soil, in order to improve fertility.

A film that clearly presents the stages of tobacco cultivation, from preparing seedlings, then planting, harvesting, stringing, tanning, and drying. The film also has educational significance, as the stages are described from a scientific perspective, with practical advice for proper tobacco cultivation, in order to obtain the highest possible yields.

A report on the cultural life in Macedonia shown through the celebration of the fifth anniversary of the Macedonian National Theater, concerts, the puppet theater, the Theater in Strumica, the Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra and the performance of the choir of the Cultural and Artistic Community "Vlado Tasevski" for the railway workers on the occasion of October 11th.

Through footage of the furniture factory Treska is shown the progress and development of the wood industry as well as the production of furniture for mass consumption.

In 1982, a fifteen-member Macedonian mountaineering expedition leaves for South America, in the Cordillera Blanca region in northeastern Peru, to realize the planned climb. The film follows the entire journey of the expedition – from Skopje, through Paris, to the peaks of Huascaran.

The documentary follows the life path of Blaga Micanova, who as a young village girl, growing up through work actions leaves the village and becomes the first woman in Macedonia to work with a bulldozer.

In a glass bottle factory, the production process is interrupted by a blast furnace failure. In a fight against the fire, man emerges victorious and production continues normally.

The film tells the story of the mating of the famous Sharplaninа dogs, which turns into a real life-and-death struggle. Only the strongest survive in this struggle and manage to continue the breed.

Fantazija is a Yugoslavian (Slovenian) experimental film.

TV drama written by Milan Begović that tells about the pathological jealousy between a man and a woman.

The greatest hero in film history, the unequalled Tramp, who lives a light-hearted and vagrant life, was the ideal inspiration for the as-yet unidentified creators of these short animated comedies. Building a tower of bricks, a dramatic duel with the Sun, the rescue of an innocent girl from villains – these charming scenes from 'The King of Masons' seem worthy of Chaplin himself.

Short experimental 8mm film. It also seems, that on a page of Rudi Šelig's book "Triptych of Agata Schwarzkobler" it says IT SEEMS TOO.

Short experimental 8mm film. A film of fixation and portrait of Slovenian basketball player Aljoša Žorga, who three years later won the most prestigious medal at the 1970 World Championship with the gold medalist Yugoslav national team.

Short documentary about a transportation company from Leskovac, Serbia.

Documentary by Janko Baljak.

Everyday life takes place in a square. The pedestrians move like mechanical toys. Among them are two pedestrians, who, apparently dissatisfied with this state of affairs, abandon this monotonous way of life. Like cyclists, they go towards an imagined goal where life is different. Having reached their goal, they find themselves once again in the same mechanical movement on the same square. The scene from the beginning of the film is repeated.

Short by Marko Babac.