Looking A – way: exploring themes of colonialism and decolonization

Tranzit.sk is running an exhibition from Apr. 11th to Jul. 12th 2024, which is dedicated to exploring the themes of colonialism, imperialism and decolonization as they pertain to the regions of East Central and South Eastern Europe during the Cold War and how, despite not being directly involved in these practices, these regions on the Western European periphery were nevertheless entangled in the events which shaped the public discourse in the Global North and South.

Several artists have been invited to contribute works which touch upon narratives of decoloniality, oppression and racist ideology as they were manifested in their respective societies. Among the artists being featured, the artistic duo Doplgenger is displaying a short documentary that uncovers the anti-colonial histories of Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. On April 25th they are holding a masterclass which will attempt to resolve the question of the status of archival footage, the politics behind film form and how the filmmaker/artist can find their own place in the current ever-shifting circumstances. For more on Look A – way and Doplgenger’s masterclass, please check here and here.

Kinopravda Institute partners with Faculty of Media and Communications in Belgrade

10 April 2024

We are excited to announce that Kinopravda Institute and the Faculty of Media and Communications (Fakultet za medije i komunikacije) in Belgrade have entered into a partnership. The partnership is part of an initiative to establish broad cooperation between the two institutions in the fields of research and education in film history and film culture.

Kinopravda Institute will open an office at FMK as well as a dedicated exhibition space. The Institute’s paper archive, which includes books and documents from the collection of Vlada Petric, will be housed at the FMK library. Faculty of Media and Communications is an educational institution dedicated to fostering new thought in the social sciences and humanities. FMK offers degree programs at the undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate levels.

Submissions for Alternative Film Video 2024 are now open

29/03/2024

The international competition at Alternative Film Video features recent moving image works that challenge the status quo of aesthetics and politics in contemporary film and video practices.

AFV assembles a jury every year with the task of nominating works in the international competition to the festival’s List of Outstanding Achievements. All artists placed on this list are eligible for a residency at Academic Film Center in Belgrade (Serbia) and production support for a new work (pending available resources). The jury also selects a recipient of the Sonja Savic Award, given to an outstanding female-identifying artist in the international competition. This award is presented in partnership with Gallery Nadezda Petrovic (Cacak, Serbia) and includes a residency and a solo exhibition at the Gallery.

Submissions to the international competition are free of charge. Alternative Film Video will be presented at Students City Cultural Center in Belgrade from 4-7 December 2024. Enter your work at this link –> https://tally.so/r/woMqde. For updates follow the AFV channel here –> https://t.me/alternativefilmvideo.

Refractions: an intermedia performance by Vladislav Knežević

20/03/2024

Vladislav Knežević, artist and filmmaker, is holding an intermedia performance at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb. The performance is a reinterpretation of Stéphane Mallarmé’s cult poem “A Throw of the Dice will Never Abolish Chance”, his final major work, which he wrote in 1897.

The artist has engaged the text of this poem through his own cinematic lens, drawing on various associations that elude description. His performance is accompanied by the unique sonic landscapes of Alen and Nenad Sinkauz, with the first-time cooperation of French vocalist, Isabelle Duthoit. The performance will be staged in the Gorgona Hall of the Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb on March 28 2024 at 8:00 p.m. More information about the event can be accessed here → http://www.msu.hr/dogadanja/refrakcije-refractions-intermedijski-slucaj/1417.html

The Complete Works of Vlada Petric reviewed in Tragovi

13/12/2023

The new issue of Tragovi, a journal that explores themes related to Serbian and Croatian culture and society, has just been published in open access. The issue contains a book review, written by Petra Belc Krnjaic, of the first three editions in The Complete Works of Vlada Petric. The reviewer explores the life and work of Petric while situating the books in the larger context of film historiography.


Tragovi, Vol. 6, No. 2 can be accessed here → https://hrcak.srce.hr/broj/24044. Direct access to the book review can be found here → https://hrcak.srce.hr/clanak/449180. Further editions in The Complete Works of Vlada Petric are forthcoming in 2024-25. The book series is published by Kinopravda Institute, co-published by the Yugoslav Film Archive, in partnership with Film Center Serbia (Belgrade).