Jovan Jovanović
Also Known As: Joca Jovanović
Biography: Jovan Jovanović was born in Belgrade on May 31, 1940. He graduated directing from the Academy for Theater, Film, Radio and Television with the medium-length feature film Distinctly Me (1967), which was declared the best film in all categories at the Young Authors Festival in New York (the jury included, among others, Steven Spielberg, Andy Warhol, Mike Nichols, Peter Bogdanovich). His documentary feature film Kolt 15 GAP (1971) was awarded at the festivals in Oberhausen, Utrecht, Belgrade, was included in the Anthology of Films of the Oberhausen Festival, and the American film historian Barnau included it in his book "History of the World documentary".
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia
Birthday: May 31, 1940
Deathday: August 03, 2022
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Known For:
The Decameron
Overview: A young Sicilian is swindled twice, but ends up rich; a man poses as a deaf-mute in a convent of curious nuns; a woman must hide her lover when her husband comes home early; a scoundrel fools a priest on his deathbed; three brothers take revenge on their sister's lover; a young girl sleeps on the roof to meet her boyfriend at night; a group of painters wait for inspiration; a crafty priest attempts to seduce his friend's wife; and two friends make a pact to find out what happens after death.
Genres: History Drama Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-08-25
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Self-Portrait
Overview: The film uses an alternative shooting method, the so-called staring camera, two years before the same method used by Andy Warhol and two years before the use of similar methods at the GEFF in Zagreb. The tape is connected in a circle, like an endless tape.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1961-05-22
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The Hidden Face of Yugoslav Cinema
Overview: Documentary film about maverick movie director Jovan Jovanović and his views on cinema, before, during and after the "second" premiere of his movie "Young and healthy as a rose", on FEST 2006, after decades of being banned.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sr
Release Date: 2023-03-25
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Sonja
Overview: This documentary was inspired by the artistic life of Serbian actress Sonja Savić. Being a wonder child, a star of Yugoslavian cinematography, a sex symbol, and urban legend of the eighties generation, a fighter against establishment, Sonja Savić had always attracted attention. Simply put, she always looked, spoke and thought differently from others, she was entirely autonomous, an authentic phenomenon of Serbian culture. In the documentary SONJA, friends and colleagues of Sonja Savić testify on many aspects of her life and work, and a special emphasis is put on Sonja’s libertarian, rebellious, Don Quixote type of nature.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sr
Release Date: 2012-03-30
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Martinac
Overview: Documentary about the life and work of Ivan Martinac (1938-2005), avant-garde & experimentalist filmmaker from Split, Croatia.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: hr
Release Date: 2015-11-09
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