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Mila Turajlić (
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: Мила Tураjлић; born 1979) is a Serbian filmmaker. She directed and produced award-winning films ''The Other Side of Everything'' and ''Cinema Komunisto''.


Background

Turajlić was born in Belgrade, Serbia. Her mother is
Srbijanka Turajlić Srbijanka Turajlić ( sr-cyr, Србијанка Турајлић; 25 April 1946 – 25 September 2022) was a Serbian academic and political activist. She was a professor at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Electrical Engineering. Turajli ...
, a pro-democracy activist. Turajlić studied film production at
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's Faculty of Dramatic Arts and political science at the
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. She then specialized in documentary film-making at the
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school in Paris and also obtained a PhD from the
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. She has worked as a researcher and production assistant for the
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, Discovery Channel and
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. Additionally her experience includes working on the features
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and Fade to Black as an assistant director, as well as on ''
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'' as a coordinator. Turajlić has shared her experiences in documentary film making by lecturing at schools like
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, the
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, and the
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. Her involvement in pedagogy includes teaching workshops at
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's Archidoc and the Balkan Documentary Center. She is also one of the founders of the Association of Documentary Filmmakers of
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. Turajlić helps produce Belgrade's "Magnificent 7 Festival", which showcases European documentaries.


Career


''Cinema Komunisto''

Produced in 2010, ''Cinema Komunisto'' examines how film making was used in
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to shape the national identity. For Turajlić, the old communist movie studios symbolize both the beginning and the end of Yugoslavia. According to the director, she was prompted to document what she found at the Avala Film Studios because she "...felt both amazement and anger at how they’ve been forgotten". Built in the 1950s, the studios were one of the largest in the region, welcoming stars like Sophia Loren,
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, and Kirk Douglas. The president of Yugoslavia Josip Broz Tito was the driving force behind the local film industry. Turajlić gained access to Tito's private archives and interviewed his personal projectionist Leka Konstantinovic. ''Cinema Komunisto'' won for Best Documentary at the
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and also received an award at
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. It was screened at the IDFA and at the
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, as well as having theatrical releases in Europe and North America.


''The Other Side of Everything''

The 2017 documentary, ''
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'', is about life in war torn
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seen through the eyes of
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, the director's peace activist mother. The subject is depicted as "...a voice from yesterday which inspiringly refuses to be silenced. The country's recent and distant pasts are explored in the film. Permanently locked doors in the family's apartment refer to the absurdities of the old communist regime. Mila's great-grandfather, a wealthy politician, owned the apartment, which was sub-divided into smaller living quarters when the communists took power in the 1940s. Spied on by their new neighbors, the Turajlić family had to watch what they said and did at home. One of the "new" tenants, who lived in the subdivision for seven decades, died during filming, which resulted in the locked doors finally being opened. Described as "accessible, informative and wryly humorous...", the film won the "Best Feature-Length Documentary Award" at the 2017
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(IDFA). The documentary also received the prize for cultural diversity at the goEast film festival in
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. Turajlić won for best director at the RiverRun International Film Festival in
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. ''The Other Side of Everything'' made its American premiere at the 2018
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. Additionally it was presented at the
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(TIFF) and had a special screening in
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, Canada. The film also represents the first
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coproduction with Serbia and was broadcast by the network in 2017. It is distributed by
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''Tito’s Cameraman''

Turajlić is currently working on her next documentary ''Tito’s Cameraman'', which is composed of archival footage and interviews with Stevan Labudović, whose camera lens "...recorded the birth of friendships that became the cornerstone of the Non-Aligned Movement." Labudović regularly accompanied Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito during his international travels, documenting his visits with heads of state. To capture intimate moments with these world leaders, Labudović developed a technique using a 50mm lens, so that "... the true nature of their personality could be revealed." He had the opportunity to film
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, Queen Elizabeth II, Kim Il Sung,
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, Fidel Castro, among others. Labudović shot news reels of exotic places that intrigued the Yugoslav public back home. He also recorded historical moments around the world that left an imprint, even years later. He became a national hero in
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, Stevan Labudović died in 2017 in Belgrade.


Filmography


References


External links

* http://www.dissimila.rs * https://web.archive.org/web/20110207115726/http://www.cinemakomunisto.com/ * https://www.othersideofeverything.com/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Turajlic, Mila 1979 births Living people Film people from Belgrade Serbian film directors Documentary film directors