The nineteenth edition of the notable documentary film festival Doclisboa in Lisbon commenced on October 21st, and the honor of being an integral part of the opening program went to the film Landscapes of Resistance by Marta Popivoda, co-produced by Serbia, Germany and France. The creation of this award-winning achievement was supported by the Film Center Serbia. The festival in Lisbon this year will last until October 31st.
The film Landscapes of Resistance recounts a trip down the memories of the anti-fascist fighter Sonja (97), one of the first partisans in Serbia, who was also among the leaders of the resistance movement in Auschwitz. As Sonja talks, we travel through the landscapes of her revolutionary youth – the forests and mountains of Serbia and the muddy terrain of Auschwitz, recorded as they look today – as well as through her small apartment in downtown Belgrade, where she lives with her husband and cat. As a great narrator, Sonja is able to talk about events from the past without “remembering”, which directly transports us to that specific atmosphere and way of thinking that gave rise to anti-fascist resistance in Yugoslavia. We let her story travel through time, towards the bodies of new generations, suggesting that it is always possible to think and resist.
The protagonists of the film are Sofia Sonja Vujanović (Stanišić), Ivo Vujanović and Ivanka Maksović. Marta Popivoda directed and worked on the script with Ana Vujanović. The director of photography is Ivan Marković, the editor is Jelena Maksimović, the sound designer is Jakov Munižaba, while the sound mix was done by Simon Apostolou.
More about the mentioned film can be read here.