Priča iz Kraja (A Story from The 'Hood)

Status: 2022; remastered in 2023

Roles:

• Writer
• Director
• Editor
• Colorist
• Camera

This originally started as final exercise for a film class I had attended at the Yugoslav cinematheque, organised by Filmkultura.

Gradually, it grew from a simple desire to shoot a western inspired duel, to an almost 10 minute long meditation inside the atmosphere of New Belgrade blocks during winter.

It was an exercise in pure style, and none of it would be possible without my long time best friend, my Morricone, Luka Obradović. We had worked on some smaller projects of mine previously, but this was the first relatively serious endeavour on which we collaborated.

A fruitfull collaboration it was indeed, and his music elevated this short film into something more than it actually is - all thanks to his fantastic music, which inspired me to compose shots and scenes worthy of its magic.