FAST FORWARD 2023 / Projections:
10/12/2023 / 20:00 / CIC “Budo Tomović – Grand Hall / Podgorica
12/12/2023 / 18:00 / Cinema “Boka” / Kotor
13/12/2023 / 18:00 / Cultural Centre / Berane
Aleksandar Reljić / Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro / 2023 / 58’
Director: Aleksandar Reljić
Screenplay: Aleksandar Reljić
Editors: Nataša Pantić, Zlatko Zlatković
Music: Mihajlo Obrenov
Production: Greenfield
Co-production: Al Jazeera Balkans, Core Dox, Centre for Civic Education (CCE/CGO)
Producer: Dragan Gmizić
Co-producers: Leila Dedić, Sead Kresevljaković, Daliborka Uljarević, Aleksandar Reljić
SYNOPSIS
The Mamula fortress on the island of Lastavica, positioned at the entrance to the Bay of Kotor, served as a notorious camp where civilians were imprisoned, tortured, and starved during both World wars. Ivo Marković, who endured imprisonment in Mamula as an eight-year-old in 1942, vividly recalls the atrocities committed by Italian fascists against hundreds of civilians. The decision of the Government of Montenegro to grant a concession for transforming the fortress into an exclusive hotel deeply hurts and humiliates him. Although the Government representatives claim that the investor has committed to build a “unique hotel with a special memorial room“, Ivo Marković, along with fellow camp survivors, activists of non-governmental organizations and citizens, opposes this decision and initiates a battle to preserve the memory of the innocent victims.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Aleksandar Reljić was born in 1974 in Belgrade, Serbia. He is a journalist and the author of numerous television documentaries, primarily addressing topics within the realm of the culture of memory, war crimes, human rights protection, xenophobia and interethnic relations in the former Yugoslavia. He is the author of the Documentary-educational programme of Radio Television of Vojvodina and served as the Editor-in-Chief of that department for two years. He has received multiple awards for his professional work. His film Enkel (Grandson) received several domestic and international awards and was nominated for the Best European Documentary Film of the 2018 Prix Europa Festival in Berlin. Since 2019, he has been running the independent film production company Core Dox from Novi Sad.
FESTIVALS AND AWARDS
- Sarajevo Film Festival 2023 (Bosnia and Herzegovina) – Regional premiere
- Free Zone Film Festival 2023 (Serbia) – Audience Award