Pirika on Film
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Kenedi, Lost and Found
Pirika on Film
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Thursday, Sep 28, 2023
7 PM (108 mins)
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Pirika on Film
(Pirika na filmu)
Introduction
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Želimir Žilnik, currently living and working in Novi Sad, Serbia, has written and directed numerous feature and documentary films and is renowned as an initiator of the docudrama genre.
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Pavle Levi is a professor of film studies at Stanford University and the author of a number of books, including Disintegration in Frames, Cinema by Other Means, and Hypnos in Cineland.
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Djordje Popović is assistant professor of Yugoslav literature in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and affiliate faculty member in the Program in Critical Theory at UC Berkeley.
A biographical video essay on Pirika, a strong-willed woman living in Serbia, made forty-four years after she appeared as a child actor in two films directed by Žilnik. The filmmaker assembles this video essay by freely mixing docudrama with discussion-style interviews between various characters. He paints a picture of Pirika, but also of the post-socialist condition as it affects the lives of both young and old in Serbia and Germany.
FILM DETAILS
Cinematographer
- Miodrag Milošević
Language
- Serbo-Croatian
- German
- English
- with English subtitles
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- B&W/Color
- Digital
- 53 mins
Source
- Želimir Žilnik
Preceded By
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(Inventur - Metzstrasse 11)
Želimir Žilnik, West Germany, 1975
Guest workers living in a tenement in Munich speak about themselves in their native languages.
FILM DETAILS
Cinematographer
- Andrej Popović
Language
- Various
- with English subtitles
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- Color
- Digital
- 9 mins
source
- Želimir Žilnik
House Orders
(Hausordnung)
(House Rules)
Želimir Žilnik, West Germany, 1975
Interviews with guest worker tenants and with the building “orderlies” point out absurd situations and clashes caused by house restrictions.
FILM DETAILS
Cinematographer
- Thomas Mauch
Language
- German
- Romani
- with English subtitles
Print Info
- B&W
- Digital
- 11 mins
source
- Želimir Žilnik
Kenedi, Lost and Found
Želimir Žilnik, Serbia and Montenegro, 2005
Kenedi Hasani recounts his experiences of illegally traveling to European Union countries to reunite with his parents and siblings.
FILM DETAILS
Language
- German
- Turkish
- Serbian
- with English subtitles
Print Info
- Color
- Digital
- 26 mins
source
- Želimir Žilnik
Farewell
(Abschied)
Želimir Žilnik, West Germany, 1975
After five years at a BMW factory, a worker from Serbia gets ready for his journey south and reflects on his time abroad.
FILM DETAILS
Cinematographer
- Andrej Popović
Language
- German
- Serbo-Croatian
- with English subtitles
Print Info
- Color
- Digital
- 9 mins
source
- Želimir Žilnik
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