The Country of Vajaja

Serbia

15', 2004

DIRECTED BY

Petar Jovanović

PRODUCED BY

Promena Film, Art Academy in Novi Sad

ETHNOLOGIST, ANTHROPOLOGIST, ETHNOMUSICOLOGIST

Marija Banski

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Jovan Milinov

On farms near Kanjiža, (Northern Serbia) a special vajaja cream is made of sheep's milk in a traditional way.

St’ Paraskeve’s Day

Serbia

20' 14'', 1998

DIRECTED BY

Tatjana Babović

PRODUCED BY

RTS TV Novi Sad, Educational Programme

ETHNOLOGIST, ANTHROPOLOGIST, ETHNOMUSICOLOGIST

Vesna Marjanović

SCRIPTWRITER

Svetlana Paroški

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Dušan Čekić

Since the Middle Ages, the Serbs have been worshiping St Paraskeve, as the patron saint of fertility. Many miraculous springs,vodice,chapels and churches are dedicated to her. On the days dedicated to this saint, August 8 and October 27, in the monastery of Fenek, the villages Voganj and Beška, as well as the spring on Kalemegdan in Belgrade, the film crew recorded the stories of the people who said that they had been healed by these springs.

Under this layer, one can recognize the cult of the ancient Slavic goddess Mokoš, whose roles have been transferred to this Christian martyress of Serbian descent.

Nothing is sweeter than honey

Serbia

30'

DIRECTED BY

Mirko Pot

PRODUCED BY

RTS Novi Sad

SCRIPTWRITER

Edit Lečar, Marija Banski

Reconstruction of the traditional procedure for preparation and baking honey cookies in Vojvodina.