Branka Bešević Gajić, PhD in Art, film and TV director; Danilo Lola Ilić, film and TV screenwriter, director and editor; Gorjana Mičić Čaluković, Deputy Public Prosecutor; Jovana Zečević, lawyer; Tanja Ignjatović, PhD, psychologist; Vedrana Lacmanović, MSc, member of the Autonomous Women’s Center and peace and (women’s) human rights activist.

Moderated by

Dejan Dabić, Martovski Festival Art Director

This year, the Martovski Festival will hold the international premiere of the feature-length documentary Love Hurts? about domestic violence, by Danilo Lola Ilić, its auteur. Branka Bešević Gajić PhD in Art will hold a lecture about her directing experiences in creating the interactive feature film The Decision, about the intergenerational transmission of domestic violence, when abused become abusers later in life. Along with the auteurs sharing their experiences and clips from their films, representatives of the non-governmental sector and official institutions of various professions will try to explore this socially important topic from different angles.

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2.4.2022. / 16h // Dom omladine Beograda

The Decision is the first interactive film in the Balkans addressing the partner violence issue. In this artistic work, the auteur deals with the problem of partner violence against women in the Balkans, aiming to analyse the current situation, problems, and the response of the relevant state institutions. The results of her three-year research during her doctoral art studies at the University of Arts in Belgrade, Department of Digital Art, will be presented, focusing on film directing in digital media, which must meet specific requirements and achieve certain goals.

Branka Bešević Gajić (1982)

Award-winning film and television director, theater and audio-visual artist, PhD of Arts, creative producer and screenwriter. She completed her master’s degree at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade, under the mentorship of Professor Goran Peković, with her master’s degree in film The House of Angels, written and directed by her, becoming a pioneer of the forensics thriller. She made her debut with the film Lauš, exploring the darkest secrets of our recent past and the tragedy of evil times through the prism of a tragic moment. She has won awards for screenwriting and directing at international film festivals. She dedicated her doctoral dissertation to film directing in digital media. Under the mentorship of Prof. Ivan Pravdić, PhD of Arts and Sonja Marinković, PhD, she made an interactive feature film on partner violence, defending it at the University of Arts in Belgrade. As a film director, she holds the status of an independent artist and is a member of the Association of Film Artists of Serbia.

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Participants: Srđan Gojković Gile, Električni orgazam; Slobodan Simojlović, director; Biljana Maksić, screenwriter; Zorica Kojić,  journalist and screenplay collaborator, Dragan Ambrozić, project manager.

The documentary And Now You Can See It Is Possible, produced by the Music Division of Television Belgrade, is dedicated to the great jubilee – the fortieth anniversary of the band  Elekrtični orgazam. The film follows the band’s attempts to organize a gig on that occasion but fails due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Besides former and current band members, many other people also talk about forming the band its development in a turbulent era, covering the period from the late seventies until today. We’ll see Dubravka Marković, Momčilo Rajin, Aleksandar Žikić, Petar Janjatović, Dragan Kremer, Dušan Vesić, Dragan Ambrozić, Vladimir Arsenijević, Siniša Škarica, Ivan Stančić Piko, Brajan Rašić, Goranka Matić, Petar Ilić Ćirilo, Branko Rosić, Aleksandar Šandorov, Boris Vlastelica, Bojan Slačala, and many others.

Električni orgazam is one of the most influential and long-lived rock’n’roll bands formed in Yugoslavia and Serbia. Appearing at the time of the new wave, they played a critical role in creating an authentic local urban rock sound with a specific poetic critical social edge. They turned to more glam aesthetics during the eighties, making big hits, many still popular today, and Igra rokenrol cela Jugoslavija became a classic. In the times of disintegration of the former country, they stand out with anti-war activism (project Rimtutituki). After 2000, ageing with more than grace, Električni orgazam continues to develop, passing on to the young generations their unique insight about rock and roll as their life experience. The history of this band is, in effect, the history of rock culture in our region.

The film uses rare documentary footage and music tracks mostly recorded and preserved in the RTS Program Archive.

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