The documentary “The Last YU Dokumenta”, a story about the largest exhibition of contemporary visual art in the former Yugoslavia, held at Sarajevo’s Skenderija Center, will have its world premiere at the 71st March Festival Belgrade.
Written and directed by Jasmin Duraković, the film will be screened within the REGIONAL PANORAMA programme on March 27 at 9:30 PM, in the Grand Hall of the Dom omladine Beograda.
The film “The Last YU Dokumenta” (Bosnia and Herzegovina / 2024 / 79’) revisits this major cultural event through a contemporary lens, following two artists — Jusuf Hadžifejzović and Aleksandar Saša Bukvić — who initiated the now almost forgotten Sarajevo exhibition “YU Dokumenta”.
Through their story and journeys to Belgrade and Zagreb, the film takes us back to the time of the former Yugoslav state.
The film is produced by DEPO / CKA Charlama. Angelina Albijanić Duraković and Jasmin Duraković
Jasmin Duraković is a director, screenwriter, and producer. His feature films include “Nafaka” (2006), “Sevdah for Karim” (2010), “I’m from Krajina, the Land of Chestnuts” (2013), “The Last Barrier” (2016), and “Glory of Emptiness” (2022).
His films have been screened at numerous international festivals and have received several awards, including the Golden Benjamin, the European Capital of Culture Award (Pécs 2010) for Best Film, the California Film Award, and the Filmart Festival Award.
He has also produced films presented at major global festivals such as Cannes Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival, Rotterdam International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, and Sarajevo Film Festival.
He is the author of numerous documentary films and a creative producer of TV series such as “Positive Geography”, “Crazy, Confused, Normal”, and “Welcome to the Orient Express”. He is also the founder of one of the leading production companies in Bosnia and Herzegovina, DEPO, and the author of award-winning theatre productions.
The March Festival Belgrade – the 71st Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival, a long-standing cultural event of importance for the city of Belgrade, will take place from March 26 to 30, 2024, at the Dom omladine Beograda, which serves as the organiser and executive producer of the event.
