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Mila Turajlić

January 01, 1970

Mila Turajlić (Serbian Cyrillic: Мила Tураjлић; born 1979) is a Serbian filmmaker. She directed and produced award-winning films The Other Side of Everything and Cinema Komunisto.

Mila Turajlić
Born
Belgrade, Serbia
OccupationDocumentary filmmaker
Known forThe Other Side of Everything
ParentSrbijanka Turajlić
Websitehttp://www.dissimila.rs

Background edit

Turajlić was born in Belgrade, Serbia. Her mother is Srbijanka Turajlić, a pro-democracy activist. Turajlić studied film production at Belgrade University's Faculty of Dramatic Arts and political science at the London School of Economics.[1] She then specialized in documentary film-making at the La Femis school in Paris and also obtained a PhD from the University of Westminster. She has worked as a researcher and production assistant for the BBC, Discovery Channel and Arte France.[1][2] Additionally her experience includes working on the features The Brothers Bloom and Fade to Black as an assistant director, as well as on Apocalypto as a coordinator.[1]

Turajlić has shared her experiences in documentary film making by lecturing at schools like Harvard University, Yale, the Sorbonne, and the University of Michigan.[2] Her involvement in pedagogy includes teaching workshops at La Femis's Archidoc and the Balkan Documentary Center. She is also one of the founders of the Association of Documentary Filmmakers of Serbia. Turajlić helps produce Belgrade's "Magnificent 7 Festival", which showcases European documentaries.[3][2]

Career edit

Cinema Komunisto edit

Produced in 2010, Cinema Komunisto examines how film making was used in Yugoslavia to shape the national identity.[4][5][6] For Turajlić, the old communist movie studios symbolize both the beginning and the end of Yugoslavia.[7] According to the director, she was prompted to document what she found at the Avala Film Studios because she "...felt both amazement and anger at how they’ve been forgotten".[7] Built in the 1950s, the studios were one of the largest in the region, welcoming stars like Sophia Loren, Orson Welles, and Kirk Douglas. The president of Yugoslavia Josip Broz Tito was the driving force behind the local film industry. Turajlić gained access to Tito's private archives and interviewed his personal projectionist Leka Konstantinovic.[8]

Cinema Komunisto won for Best Documentary at the Chicago International Film Festival[9] and also received an award at FOCAL International.[2][10] It was screened at the IDFA and at the Tribeca Film Festival, as well as having theatrical releases in Europe and North America.[7][11][12][13][14][15]

The Other Side of Everything edit

The 2017 documentary, The Other Side of Everything, is about life in war torn Serbia seen through the eyes of Srbijanka Turajlić, the director's peace activist mother. The subject is depicted as "...a voice from yesterday which inspiringly refuses to be silenced.[5] The country's recent and distant pasts are explored in the film. Permanently locked doors in the family's apartment refer to the absurdities of the old communist regime. Mila's great-grandfather, a wealthy politician, owned the apartment, which was sub-divided into smaller living quarters when the communists took power in the 1940s. Spied on by their new neighbors, the Turajlić family had to watch what they said and did at home. One of the "new" tenants, who lived in the subdivision for seven decades, died during filming, which resulted in the locked doors finally being opened.

Described as "accessible, informative and wryly humorous...",[5] the film won the "Best Feature-Length Documentary Award" at the 2017 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA).[16][4][5] The documentary also received the prize for cultural diversity at the goEast film festival in Germany.[17][18][19] Turajlić won for best director at the RiverRun International Film Festival in North Carolina.[20][21]

The Other Side of Everything made its American premiere at the 2018 San Francisco International Film Festival.[22][23] Additionally it was presented at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and had a special screening in Montreal, Canada.[6][24][19][25] The film also represents the first HBO Europe coproduction with Serbia and was broadcast by the network in 2017.[4] It is distributed by Icarus Films.[26]

Tito’s Cameraman edit

Turajlić is currently working on her next documentary Tito’s Cameraman, which is composed of archival footage and interviews with Stevan Labudović [fr], whose camera lens "...recorded the birth of friendships that became the cornerstone of the Non-Aligned Movement."[27] Labudović regularly accompanied Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito during his international travels, documenting his visits with heads of state.[28][27] To capture intimate moments with these world leaders, Labudović developed a technique using a 50mm lens, so that "... the true nature of their personality could be revealed." He had the opportunity to film Nehru, Queen Elizabeth II, Kim Il Sung, John F. Kennedy, Fidel Castro, among others.

Labudović shot news reels of exotic places that intrigued the Yugoslav public back home. He also recorded historical moments around the world that left an imprint, even years later.[27] He became a national hero in Algeria for filming the country's liberation from France.[29][27][30][31] Born in 1926 in Berane, Stevan Labudović died in 2017 in Belgrade.[32][30][33][34]

Filmography edit

Year Film Director Writer Producer Awards / Notes
2010 Cinema Komunisto Yes Yes Yes Gold Hugo at Chicago International Film Festival
2017 Druga strana svega Yes Yes Yes Best Feature-Length Documentary Award at IDFA
202? Dosije Labudović Yes Yes Yes TBR

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Mila Turajlić: Veličanstvena". 24 November 2017. from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d "About the filmmakers". Cinema Komunisto. from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  3. ^ "7 Magnificent - Festival team". www.magnificent7festival.org. from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  4. ^ a b c Janković, Zoran. "Premiere of First Serbian HBO Europe Coproduction - FilmNewEurope.com". www.filmneweurope.com. from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  5. ^ a b c d "'The Other Side of Everything' ('Druga strana svega'): Film Review - IDFA 2017". The Hollywood Reporter. 26 November 2017. from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  6. ^ a b Simon, Alissa (22 September 2017). "Film Review: 'The Other Side of Everything'". from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  7. ^ a b c Indiewire (6 April 2011). "Meet the 2011 Tribeca Filmmakers - "Cinema Komunisto" Director Mila Turajlic". from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  8. ^ Indiewire (6 April 2011). "Meet the 2011 Tribeca Filmmakers - "Cinema Komunisto" Director Mila Turajlic". from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  9. ^ Brownell, Ginanne (28 December 2011). "Balkans Reclaim a Place in Cinema". The New York Times. from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018 – via NYTimes.com.
  10. ^ . www.focalint.org. Archived from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  11. ^ "Cineplex.com - Movie". www.cineplex.com. from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  12. ^ Bilefsky, Dan (21 April 2011). "Tribeca Q & A: Mila Turajlic on 'Cinema Komunisto'". from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  13. ^ "Cinema Komunisto". from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  14. ^ García, Narcisa (4 August 2017). "Nuestro amigo común: "Cinema Komunisto"". from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  15. ^ Caucaso, Osservatorio Balcani e. "Mila Turajlić and the Balkan cinema". from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  16. ^ Lodge, Guy (23 November 2017). "'The Other Side of Everything' Leads Winners From a Politically Charged IDFA Lineup". from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  17. ^ "Estonia's 'November' wins top prize at goEast". from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  18. ^ Staff, FNE. "FESTIVALS: November Wins goEast - FilmNewEurope.com". www.filmneweurope.com. from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  19. ^ a b KG, VRM GmbH & Co. (24 April 2018). "goEast 2018: Filme aus Estland, Ungarn und Serbien räumen in Wiesbaden Preise ab". from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  20. ^ "RIVERRUN ANNOUNCES 2018 AWARDS - YES! Weekly". 1 May 2018. from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  21. ^ Journal, LYNN FELDER Winston-Salem (30 April 2018). "RiverRun wraps up 20 years of movie magic". from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  22. ^ Dollar, Steve (May 2018). "Fighting Eventfulness Deficit at the 2018 San Francisco International Film Festival - Filmmaker Magazine". from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  23. ^ "New Reviews From The S.F. International Film Festival 2018 - Beyond Chron". 17 April 2018. from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  24. ^ "RIDM+ : L'ENVERS D'UNE HISTOIRE de Mila Turajlic – présenté le mercredi 25 avril au Cinéma du Parc – L'initiative". Linitiative.ca. 13 April 2018. from the original on 17 July 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  25. ^ "The Other Side Of Everything". www.tiff.net. from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  26. ^ "Icarus Films: The Other Side of Everything". icarusfilms.com. from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  27. ^ a b c d "Intervju – Mila Turajlić o "Dosijeu Labudović": "Stevan Labudović u Alžiru uživa status nacionalnog heroja" « FCS". www.fcs.rs. 4 May 2016. from the original on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  28. ^ "Filmmaker Mila Turajlic with Yugoslav films from the Non-Aligned Movement - Orphan Film Symposium". wp.nyu.edu. 20 February 2018.
  29. ^ "Venčan sa kamerom". 6 December 2017. from the original on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  30. ^ a b . Archived from the original on 7 May 2018.
  31. ^ . www.toutdz.com. Archived from the original on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  32. ^ ""Tito's Cameraman" - Orphan Film Symposium". wp.nyu.edu. 26 March 2018. from the original on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  33. ^ "Preminuo Stevan Labudović". www.novosti.rs. from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  34. ^ . Archived from the original on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.

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January 01, 1970
mila, turajlić, serbian, cyrillic, Мила, tураjлић, born, 1979, serbian, filmmaker, directed, produced, award, winning, films, other, side, everything, cinema, komunisto, bornbelgrade, serbiaoccupationdocumentary, filmmakerknown, forthe, other, side, everything. Mila Turajlic Serbian Cyrillic Mila Turajliћ born 1979 is a Serbian filmmaker She directed and produced award winning films The Other Side of Everything and Cinema Komunisto Mila TurajlicBornBelgrade SerbiaOccupationDocumentary filmmakerKnown forThe Other Side of EverythingParentSrbijanka TurajlicWebsitehttp www dissimila rs Contents 1 Background 2 Career 2 1 Cinema Komunisto 2 2 The Other Side of Everything 2 3 Tito s Cameraman 3 Filmography 4 References 5 External linksBackground editTurajlic was born in Belgrade Serbia Her mother is Srbijanka Turajlic a pro democracy activist Turajlic studied film production at Belgrade University s Faculty of Dramatic Arts and political science at the London School of Economics 1 She then specialized in documentary film making at the La Femis school in Paris and also obtained a PhD from the University of Westminster She has worked as a researcher and production assistant for the BBC Discovery Channel and Arte France 1 2 Additionally her experience includes working on the features The Brothers Bloom and Fade to Black as an assistant director as well as on Apocalypto as a coordinator 1 Turajlic has shared her experiences in documentary film making by lecturing at schools like Harvard University Yale the Sorbonne and the University of Michigan 2 Her involvement in pedagogy includes teaching workshops at La Femis s Archidoc and the Balkan Documentary Center She is also one of the founders of the Association of Documentary Filmmakers of Serbia Turajlic helps produce Belgrade s Magnificent 7 Festival which showcases European documentaries 3 2 Career editCinema Komunisto edit Produced in 2010 Cinema Komunisto examines how film making was used in Yugoslavia to shape the national identity 4 5 6 For Turajlic the old communist movie studios symbolize both the beginning and the end of Yugoslavia 7 According to the director she was prompted to document what she found at the Avala Film Studios because she felt both amazement and anger at how they ve been forgotten 7 Built in the 1950s the studios were one of the largest in the region welcoming stars like Sophia Loren Orson Welles and Kirk Douglas The president of Yugoslavia Josip Broz Tito was the driving force behind the local film industry Turajlic gained access to Tito s private archives and interviewed his personal projectionist Leka Konstantinovic 8 Cinema Komunisto won for Best Documentary at the Chicago International Film Festival 9 and also received an award at FOCAL International 2 10 It was screened at the IDFA and at the Tribeca Film Festival as well as having theatrical releases in Europe and North America 7 11 12 13 14 15 The Other Side of Everything edit The 2017 documentary The Other Side of Everything is about life in war torn Serbia seen through the eyes of Srbijanka Turajlic the director s peace activist mother The subject is depicted as a voice from yesterday which inspiringly refuses to be silenced 5 The country s recent and distant pasts are explored in the film Permanently locked doors in the family s apartment refer to the absurdities of the old communist regime Mila s great grandfather a wealthy politician owned the apartment which was sub divided into smaller living quarters when the communists took power in the 1940s Spied on by their new neighbors the Turajlic family had to watch what they said and did at home One of the new tenants who lived in the subdivision for seven decades died during filming which resulted in the locked doors finally being opened Described as accessible informative and wryly humorous 5 the film won the Best Feature Length Documentary Award at the 2017 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam IDFA 16 4 5 The documentary also received the prize for cultural diversity at the goEast film festival in Germany 17 18 19 Turajlic won for best director at the RiverRun International Film Festival in North Carolina 20 21 The Other Side of Everything made its American premiere at the 2018 San Francisco International Film Festival 22 23 Additionally it was presented at the Toronto International Film Festival TIFF and had a special screening in Montreal Canada 6 24 19 25 The film also represents the first HBO Europe coproduction with Serbia and was broadcast by the network in 2017 4 It is distributed by Icarus Films 26 Tito s Cameraman edit Turajlic is currently working on her next documentary Tito s Cameraman which is composed of archival footage and interviews with Stevan Labudovic fr whose camera lens recorded the birth of friendships that became the cornerstone of the Non Aligned Movement 27 Labudovic regularly accompanied Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito during his international travels documenting his visits with heads of state 28 27 To capture intimate moments with these world leaders Labudovic developed a technique using a 50mm lens so that the true nature of their personality could be revealed He had the opportunity to film Nehru Queen Elizabeth II Kim Il Sung John F Kennedy Fidel Castro among others Labudovic shot news reels of exotic places that intrigued the Yugoslav public back home He also recorded historical moments around the world that left an imprint even years later 27 He became a national hero in Algeria for filming the country s liberation from France 29 27 30 31 Born in 1926 in Berane Stevan Labudovic died in 2017 in Belgrade 32 30 33 34 Filmography editYear Film Director Writer Producer Awards Notes 2010 Cinema Komunisto Yes Yes Yes Gold Hugo at Chicago International Film Festival 2017 Druga strana svega Yes Yes Yes Best Feature Length Documentary Award at IDFA 202 Dosije Labudovic Yes Yes Yes TBRReferences edit a b c Mila Turajlic Velicanstvena 24 November 2017 Archived from the original on 4 May 2018 Retrieved 3 May 2018 a b c d About the filmmakers Cinema Komunisto Archived from the original on 5 May 2018 Retrieved 4 May 2018 7 Magnificent Festival team www magnificent7festival org Archived from the original on 5 May 2018 Retrieved 4 May 2018 a b c Jankovic Zoran Premiere of First Serbian HBO Europe Coproduction FilmNewEurope com www filmneweurope com Archived from the original on 4 May 2018 Retrieved 3 May 2018 a b c d The Other Side of Everything Druga strana svega Film Review IDFA 2017 The Hollywood Reporter 26 November 2017 Archived from the original on 4 May 2018 Retrieved 3 May 2018 a b Simon Alissa 22 September 2017 Film Review The Other Side of Everything Archived from the original on 4 May 2018 Retrieved 3 May 2018 a b c Indiewire 6 April 2011 Meet the 2011 Tribeca Filmmakers Cinema Komunisto Director Mila Turajlic Archived from the original on 4 May 2018 Retrieved 3 May 2018 Indiewire 6 April 2011 Meet the 2011 Tribeca Filmmakers Cinema Komunisto Director Mila Turajlic Archived from the original on 18 October 2021 Retrieved 11 February 2024 Brownell Ginanne 28 December 2011 Balkans Reclaim a Place in Cinema The New York Times Archived from the original on 4 May 2018 Retrieved 3 May 2018 via NYTimes com The FOCAL International Awards 2011 FOCAL International Awards FOCAL International www focalint org Archived from the original on 19 July 2018 Retrieved 4 May 2018 Cineplex com Movie www cineplex com Archived from the original on 4 May 2018 Retrieved 4 May 2018 Bilefsky Dan 21 April 2011 Tribeca Q amp A Mila Turajlic on Cinema Komunisto Archived from the original on 4 May 2018 Retrieved 3 May 2018 Cinema Komunisto Archived from the original on 4 May 2018 Retrieved 3 May 2018 Garcia Narcisa 4 August 2017 Nuestro amigo comun Cinema Komunisto Archived from the original on 4 May 2018 Retrieved 3 May 2018 Caucaso Osservatorio Balcani e Mila Turajlic and the Balkan cinema Archived from the original on 4 May 2018 Retrieved 3 May 2018 Lodge Guy 23 November 2017 The Other Side of Everything Leads Winners From a Politically Charged IDFA Lineup Archived from the original on 4 May 2018 Retrieved 3 May 2018 Estonia s November wins top prize at goEast Archived from the original on 4 May 2018 Retrieved 4 May 2018 Staff FNE FESTIVALS November Wins goEast FilmNewEurope com www filmneweurope com Archived from the original on 4 May 2018 Retrieved 4 May 2018 a b KG VRM GmbH amp Co 24 April 2018 goEast 2018 Filme aus Estland Ungarn und Serbien raumen in Wiesbaden Preise ab Archived from the original on 4 May 2018 Retrieved 3 May 2018 RIVERRUN ANNOUNCES 2018 AWARDS YES Weekly 1 May 2018 Archived from the original on 4 May 2018 Retrieved 4 May 2018 Journal LYNN FELDER Winston Salem 30 April 2018 RiverRun wraps up 20 years of movie magic Archived from the original on 4 May 2018 Retrieved 4 May 2018 Dollar Steve May 2018 Fighting Eventfulness Deficit at the 2018 San Francisco International Film Festival Filmmaker Magazine Archived from the original on 4 May 2018 Retrieved 3 May 2018 New Reviews From The S F International Film Festival 2018 Beyond Chron 17 April 2018 Archived from the original on 4 May 2018 Retrieved 3 May 2018 RIDM L ENVERS D UNE HISTOIRE de Mila Turajlic presente le mercredi 25 avril au Cinema du Parc L initiative Linitiative ca 13 April 2018 Archived from the original on 17 July 2018 Retrieved 6 June 2018 The Other Side Of Everything www tiff net Archived from the original on 4 May 2018 Retrieved 4 May 2018 Icarus Films The Other Side of Everything icarusfilms com Archived from the original on 18 July 2018 Retrieved 18 July 2018 a b c d Intervju Mila Turajlic o Dosijeu Labudovic Stevan Labudovic u Alziru uziva status nacionalnog heroja FCS www fcs rs 4 May 2016 Archived from the original on 7 May 2018 Retrieved 7 May 2018 Filmmaker Mila Turajlic with Yugoslav films from the Non Aligned Movement Orphan Film Symposium wp nyu edu 20 February 2018 Vencan sa kamerom 6 December 2017 Archived from the original on 7 May 2018 Retrieved 7 May 2018 a b Deces de Stevan Labudovic le President Bouteflika souligne l engagement du defunt en faveur de la Revolution algerienne Archived from the original on 7 May 2018 Algerie Montenegro hommage au cameraman de la Revolution Stevan Labudovic ToutDZ www toutdz com Archived from the original on 7 May 2018 Retrieved 7 May 2018 Tito s Cameraman Orphan Film Symposium wp nyu edu 26 March 2018 Archived from the original on 7 May 2018 Retrieved 7 May 2018 Preminuo Stevan Labudovic www novosti rs Archived from the original on 9 May 2018 Retrieved 7 May 2018 Scepo Archived from the original on 7 May 2018 Retrieved 7 May 2018 External links editMILA TURAJLIC Welcome to Cinema Komunisto THE OTHER SIDE OF EVERYTHING Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mila Turajlic amp oldid 1217009313, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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