A SHORT DOCUMENTARY BY NIKOLA ILIĆ
KANTON JUGOSLAWIEN (Little Yugoslavia) I Doc I 2013/16min.
SYNOPSIS
This is the multi-faceted portrait of a motley group of people from ex-Yugoslavia who emigrated to Switzerland over the last 40 years. But have they truly arrived? Much as they might praise and appreciate the advantages of living in Switzerland, they have kept their traditions of old and live a life of yearning and nostalgia in their own separate canton, the ‘Canton of Yugoslavia’.
S. (Short)
An emotional portrait of former Yugoslavs who since the 60’s came to Switzerland. But did they really arrived? Beside all of the benefits they praise in Switzerland, they live in ‘Canton of Yugoslavia’ holding on to their traditions and nostalgia.
Director/ Screenwriter: Nikola Ilic
Camera: Tom Gibbons
Editing: Jovica Radisavljevic
Sound: Carlos Isabel
Music: Heidi Happy
Awards:
Nominated for the Basel Film Award 2014
Special Mention – SEE Fest Los Angeles 2014
REMI SILVER Award – 47th Worldfest-Houston 2014
Festivals:
Solothurner Filmtage 2014 I Vorfilm, (Solothurn, CH)
17. Short Film Festival Winterthur 2013 I (Winterthur, CH)
61th Belgrade Documentary & Short Film Festival, (Belgrade, SRB)
South East European Film Fest 2014 (Los Angeles, USA)
Museum of Communication Bern 2014 (Bern, CH),
Festival of Migrant Film 2014 (Ljubljana, SLO),
Monte Negro Film Fest HN 2014 (Herceg Novi, MNG)
CineMigrante IFF 2014 (Buenos Aries, ARG)
Shnit Int. Shortfilm fest 2014 (Bern, CH)