2018 (48’)

Serbia, Germany

Director: Ivan Marković

The architecture of the building still communicates a past idea of the future, while the materials reveal its current state. The vast complex of corridors, atriums and halls now feel almost abandoned. Through their relentless effort, the maintenance workers shoulder the duty of restoring what the space was imagined to be. Their movements are unison, ritual but also their own. Sava Centar is a congress space completed in 1978. in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. It hosted hundreds of international meetings, including World Bank summits and a conference of the Non Aligned Movement. After the breakup of Yugoslavia, its capacities gradually became obsolete. It is now awaiting a privatization and commercial reconstruction.

FESTIVALS

• Dokufest, Kosovo – Best Balkan Newcomer Award
• Arkipel Jakarta International Documentary & Experimental FF, Indonesia - Special
• Mention
• Beldocs, Serbia - Best Film - National Competition
• VAFT, Finland
• West Lake IDF, China
• Cottbus FF, Germany
• Doclisboa, Portugal

Ivan Marković is a filmmaker born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. He graduated from the Faculty of Drama Arts in Belgrade in 2012 and received a master’s degree in film from the University of Arts Berlin in 2019. Recently, he worked as a cinematographer on several feature films including “All the cities of the north”, “You have the night” and “I was at home, but...” by Angela Schanelec, which won the Silver Bear at Berlinale 2019. Lives and works between Belgrade and Berlin.

Original language:
No dialogue

Editors:
Ivan Marković, Jelena Maksimović

Cinematographer:
Ivan Marković

Producer:
Jelena Radenković / Big time production

Contact:
Ivan Marković
E: ivancuns@gmail.com