Patron Saint’s Feast in Šumadija

Serbia

30' 6'', 1996
 

DIRECTED BY

Nikola Stanković

PRODUCED BY

РТС ТВ Београд, Образовна редакција/ RTS TV Belgrade, Education Department

ETHNOLOGIST, ANTHROPOLOGIST, ETHNOMUSICOLOGIST

Radomir Rakić, MA

SCRIPTWRITER

Velibor Lazarević

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Đurđe Đačić

The film shows authentic traditional rituals preformed during the celebration of krsna slava (patron saint's feast) in the village of Bela Voda, between the monastery of Ljubostinja and Kruševac (Central Serbia). Toasts, prayers and songs are a part of the celebration of this greatest holiday in every Serbian home.

Cristmas in Polimlje

Serbia

35', 1997
 

DIRECTED BY

Milan Knežević

PRODUCED BY

RTS TV Belgrade

SCRIPTWRITER

Svetlana Đurić, Ljubomir Reljić

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Branislav Kuzmanović

Christmas is celebrated in Polimlje in a very traditional way. Bringing badnjak (Christmas oak tree) into the home imitates ploughing. During Christmas, people visit cemeteries and give holiday greetings to the dead. Other customs are related to the položajnik and breaking the ritual Christmas bread, known as česnica.

I’m alive, i’m not dead yet

Serbia

38', 2000
 

DIRECTED BY

Kamenko Katić

PRODUCED BY

RTS TV Belgrade
ETHNOLOGIST, ANTHROPOLOGIST, ETHNOMUSICOLOGIST

Kamenko Katić

SCRIPTWRITER

Kamenko Katić

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Miodrag Cale Pavlović

On a farm in eastern Serbia two old people live alone. The farm was turned into a small ethnographic museum. Their stories, from bygone years, traditions and beliers are an impressive example of the living tradition in the Kučevo region.