Kinopravda Institute

Kinopravda Institute is a factory of ideas exploring the various horizons of cinematic arts in the 21st century. Through a multidisciplinary program that operates along the axis of research-curation the Institute develops and presents creative work for audiences both offline and online. Kinopravda Institute is an independent initiative of the Vlada Petrić Foundation, based in Belgrade, Serbia and operating internationally.

Kinopravda Institute derives its name from the film series by legendary Soviet filmmaker and theorist Dziga Vertov. KINOPRAVDA is a double-homage, also to Vlada Petrić who was Henry Luce Chair of Cinema at Harvard University, and whose namesake foundation provides support for the Institute. Petrić’s book Constructivism in Film is the defining English-language monograph on Vertov’s life and work.

Vlada Petrić

Biography

The life and work of Vlada Petrić, Henry Luce Chair of Cinema at Harvard University and co-founder of the Harvard Film Archive.

Bibliography

Books, essays and articles written by Vlada Petrić.

Filmography

Films, videos and television programs directed by Vlada Petrić.

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News

Harvard Film Archive screens rarely-seen gem by Vlada Petrić

October 29 2024

Harvard Film Archive is organizing a screening of Vlada Petrić’s film Light-Play: A Tribute to Moholy-Nagy, set for November 22 at 7 p.m, as part of the screen series The Yugoslav Junction: Film and Internationalism in the SFRY, 1957 – 1988 . Petrić conceived of this film as a homage to Moholy-Nagy’s 1930 film Ein Lichtspiel, wherein he utilizes 49 shots that capture intricate optical effects on the screen. Petrić took this a step further by applying Dziga Vertov’s montage principles aggressively to these shots, creating a playful abstract film.

Completed in 1988 after eight years of arduous computer-aided editing, Petrić’s Light-Play has rarely been screened since its inception. The film is now part of the distribution program at Kinopravda Institute and is available for rental as a digital file. More information about the event at Harvard Film Archive can be found → here