The Makavejev Case or Trial in a Movie Theater
Goran Radovanović / Serbia / 2019 / 73 min
In 1971, director Dušan Makavejev became a festival darling after his docu-fiction WR: Mysteries of the Organism screened at the Berlinale and in Cannes. But this wild and explicit film was met with outrage in Tito's Yugoslavia. A „public court trial” was staged in a Novi Sad cinema, where the screening of the film was followed by a debate between film professionals and low-level Communist Party members. Here is the story of this outrageous „trial”.
About the film
In 1971, director Dušan Makavejev became a festival darling after his docu-fiction WR: Mysteries of the Organism screened at the Berlinale and in Cannes. But this wild and explicit film was met with outrage in Tito's Yugoslavia. A „public court trial” was staged in a Novi Sad cinema, where the screening of the film was followed by a debate between film professionals and low-level Communist Party members. Here is the story of this outrageous „trial”.
ProducerJesenka Jasniger, Goran Radovanović, Predrag Jakovljevic
EditorMaja Kokić
SoundOgnjan Milošević, Nikola Usanović
CinematographyDragan Đorđević, Aleksandar Angelovski, Miroslav Jakovljević