Fanny sad doc fairy tale story an ordinary man who wants to change the system.

I WILL MARRY THE WHOLE VILLAGE

 Directed by

Zeljko Mirkovic

 Duration 57 min

Festivals and awards

1. IDFA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands- world premiere, November 2010
2. Zagreb Dox- Croatia, February 2011
3. Vera Film Festival, Finland, March 2011
4. Full Frame Documentary Festival, Durham, USA, March 2011
5. JURY AWARD Al Jazeera Documentary Festival, Doha, Qatar- April 2011
6. Beldocs, Begrade, Serbia- May 2011
7. Docuwest Colorado USA, September 2011
8. MiradasDOC Spain, October 2011
9. Tranzyt Festival, Poznan, Poland, October 2011
10. “The Fist Frame”, East Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, October 2011
11. TV Fest Bar, Montenegro, October 2011
12. East Sliver Market, Jihlava, Czech Republic, October 2011
13. “Cinema Verite” Iran International Documentary Film Festival, November 2011- withdrawn as support to Iranian arrested filmmakers
14. Listopad, Minsk International film festival , Belarus, November 2011

AWARDS

 1.    Jury Award “ Children and Family Award”-  Al Jazeera Documentary Festival, Doha, Qatar- April 2011

2.      Special Jury Mention- Tranzyt Festival, Poznan, Poland, October 2011

2010

dokumentarni film

Scenario i režija: Željko Mirković

Produkcija: Optimistic film

Trajanje: 25 min.

Format: HD, 16:9

 Virtuoz na violini kroz film traga za kompozicijom 

koja bi odslikala njega samog.

Lajko Felix u filmu traži sebe,

pokušavajući da dođe do sopstvene životne kompozicije.

Lajko Felix je vitruoz na violini koji svoja dela stvara nepredvidljivo, gotovo u jednom dahu.

Njegova muzika je sastavljena iz pokidanih harmonija I ona kao da nastaje iz sukoba njegovog svesnog I nesvesnog.

Film zajedno sa Felixom pokušava da otkrije odakle dolazi njegova muzika.

KOSOVSKI DNEVNIK

KOSOVO DIARY

Director Željko Mirković

Producr Dušan Gajić

Production SEETV, Belgium

Duration 99 min. i 2x55min.

Troje obicnih ljudi iz Srbije krenulo je na put na Kosovo : Novinarka Tamara Skrozza, student i fotograf Ivan Aleksic i glumac Aleksandar Gligoric. Kamera ih prati i kroz njihove oci otkriva stvarnost Kosova. Svako od njih ima svoj motiv i zadatak: novinarka da napise tekst, student fotografije da po povratku napravi izlozbu, a glumac da vodi svoj video- dnevnik.

Putovanje na Kosovo pre i posle proglasenja nezavisnosti.

Pogled na Kosovo i pogled u sebe.

Kosovski dnevnik – pogled iza ekrana.

Three ordinary people from Serbia go on journey to Kosovo. A student, an actor and a journalist decided to explore this troubled place for themselves.

The camera follows them during their journey and discovers the reality of Kosovo through their eyes.                                                          Each of them has different motivations: the journalist writes an article,                                                          the photographer takes pictures for an exhibition and the actor records his video diary.

It’s an introspective journey
In search of the real story – the real people – the real problems
Kosovo Diary – Looking beyond the screen

učestvovali

Tamara Skrozza, Aleksandar Gligorić, Ivan Aleksić, Novinari : Sladjana Zarić, Fatos Bytyci, Tanja Vujisić, Shkumbin Ahmetxhekaj

Asistent produkcije: Marko Maljkovic, Asistent snimatelja: Zoran Colić, Transkript: Suzana Sekulić, Irina Bulatovic

Muzički saradnik: Boris Bunjac, Saradnici na scenariju:  Tim Judah i Jean Arnault Derens

Snimanje i obrada zvuka: Goran Štifanić, Montažer : Darko Ković, Kompozitor: Vlada Divljan

Direktor fotografije: Miodrag Trajković, Scenario: Dušan Gajić, Željko Mirković

Producent: Dušan Gajić

Reditelj: Željko Mirković

Proizvodnja SEETV 2008

THE LONG ROAD

Through Balkan History

Two writers, Miljenko Jergovic from Croatia and Marko Vidojkovic from Serbia, share the driving in a Yugo, the ultimate symbol of their common past, and drive it from one end to the other of the road once known as the “Highway of Brotherhood and Unity”.

It is a journey through the past, present and future…from Slovenia to Macedonia, via Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia. Our two drivers aim to look at their common past, find out how history has set them apart, and above all stop to take to task those who can tell them how they got there… and where the highway of history is taking them next.

Scriptwritters: Dušan Gajić, Željko Mirković ,

Producer: Dušan Gajić,

Film Director: Željko Mirković,P

roduction: SEETV 2010

duration 58 min., year 2010, country, Serbia & Belgium

“Our vision of history has been changed several times over last 50 years, following the changes in the current politics” says Zeljko Mirkovic, Film Director. “We have had many “historical truths” in that period and somehow lost the interest for the truths of others around us. This long journey of 3000 km in a small, red Yugo was our attempt to better understand the Other, but at the same time it helped us to see ourselves better” says Mirkovic.

“It is enough just to take a look on the way some important dates from the recent wars are being commemorated in Serbia and Croatia, or to see conflicted perceptions of the Bosnian war, revived by the Karadzic’s trial in the Hague, or heated debates about the role of “chetniks” and “partisans” in Serbia – to understand that this film is not about the past, but about the present. Conflicted visions of history are not a speciality of the Balkans, but here too we should find a way to leave them behind, without creating conditions for new conflicts” says Dusan Gajic, producer of the documentary.

Festivals

-             Zagreb Dox Croatia, march 2010

-             Festivalul Balkan Trafik 8-11 April 2010, Bruxelles, Belgium

-             Beldocs, Belgrade, Serbia, april 2010

-             Sarajevo film festival july 2010

-             Prizren Doku fest – Kosovo- august 2010

-             Herceg Novi, Montengero- august 2010

-             Jahorina Film Festival, Bosnia- GRAND PRIX 2010

-             Tv Fest Bar, Montenegro 2010

-             East Silver, Jihlava- Czech Republic, 2010

-             IDFA, Docs for Sale, 2010

-             7th Verzio International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Budapest, Hungary, 2010

-             Screening at the Serbian City Club, London (September 2010).

-            “4th SouthEast Europe Film Days”- Münster, Germany, 2011

The 21st Second

Zoltan Dani commanded the Serbian army unit that did ‘the impossible’ – shooting down the pride of the USAF, the F-117 Stealth fighter.

This is his untold account – a war story,

a spy story

and the human drama of a man returning to his family.

Awards

• Documentary “The 21st Second”

- Award for best directing- International  Festival “Zlatna Buklija “ Velika Plana , Serbia, april 2009

- Award for best directing- International  Festival of Aviation Motion Picture Budapest, Hungary, march 2009

- Special mention- Internacional film festival Dialektus, Budapest, Hungary, 2009

- Special mention- Internacional film festival ZagrebDox, Croatia, February 2009

- Special mention- Internacional film festival “Prvi Kadar”, Sarajevo, Bosna and Hercegovina, October 2008

Trajanje/ duration  56 min.

Sound: stereo

Format 16 :9

Original format HDV

Screen BETA SP

Language Serbian

Subtitles English

Script and director

Željko Mirković

Production

Optimistic film

Producer

Željko Mirković

Previous festivals:

Paris- France, Serbian Film Festival,

Chicago- USA, Serbian Film Festival,

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Jihlava-Czech Republic

Ghuangzou- Chiina

Bar- Montenegro

Internacional film festival ZagrebDox, Croatia, February 2009

Internacional film festival Dialektus, Budapest, Hungary, 2009

International  Festival of Aviation Motion Picture Budapest, Hungary, march 2009

International Film Festival Beldocs, Begrade, april 2009

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The Second Meeting

Documentary about meeting of two protagonists American pilot Dale Zelko and Yugoslav missile officer Zoltan Dani.

In March 1999, a piece of news went around the world in a matter of seconds: the invisible aircraft F-117A was shot down.

There were two main protagonists of the event: a pilot and a missile officer who commanded the unit that shot down the former. American pilot Dale Zelko and Serbian missile officer Zoltan Dani

Format: HD, 16:9
Duration: 90, 52 and 4 x 45 min

Director/ Producer: Željko Mirković
Production: Optimistic film

The Long Road through Balkan History

“The Long Road” explores different visions of  the common past in the Balkans and how those differing visions impact the  present and the future of the region.

Almost 20 years since the collapse of the  old Yugoslavia,  the time has finally come for the ultimate Balkan road movie…

Production team:

Production: SEETV

Producer: Dusan  Gajic

Director: Zeljko  Mirkovic

Script: Zeljko  Mirkovic, Dusan Gajic

Journalists: Sladjana  Zaric, Borjan Jovanovski

Consultant: Tim Judah

Camera: Miodrag Trajkovic, Nenad Spasojevic

Sound: Goran Stifanic

Video  Editor: Pavle Nikic

Production partners: Optimistic Film (Serbia), New  moment Video House (Macedonia).

Duration: 58  min, 80 min Format: HDV

I’ll Marry the Whole Village

Peca, an accordion player, have decided to marry all the unmarried men in  his village. His motto is „I’m going to marry the whole village, even if I  regret it“
He is naive, he is a  modern Don Quixote.
Doccomedy – a music documentary about a Serbian village
and an ordinary man who wants to change the system.

Supported by:
Jan Vrijman Fund, IDFA
City Municipality Pantelej, Niš
City of Niš- culture department
Ministry of Culture Republic of Serbia
Thanks for support: City Municipality Medijana, Niš

Songs: Dejan Petković
Composer:  Dejan Ilijić
Music played by  Band „Rana Zora“
Choir SKC Niš
Conducter Zoran  Stanisavljević
Sound recordists:  Goran Štifanić, Srdjan Bajski,  Vladimir  Stanojević
Camera:  Dejan Petrović,  Željko Mirković, Darko Ković
DoP: Darko Ković
Editor: Pavle Nikić
Script writter,  director:  Željko Mirković
Project manager: Tamara Dinić  Mirković
Producer:  Željko Mirković
Production: Optimistic film