Controversial Dox

Comrade Jovanka

Slađana Zarić, Filip Čolović
The film is based on the testimony of people who were contemporaries of the participants and events in Uzice 15 where Jovanka Broz spent 35 years living together with Tito.

‘Comrade Jovanka’ is trying to answer to many questions and dilemmas that accompany Jovanka Broz: is she more than just a president’s wife, how much she knew and what has affected her, whether she is a victim or a culprit? Referring to passages from various books, various confessions, as well as certain documents, the film is an attempt to elucidate the relationships at the top of the former system, which are unclear even to people who were part of the system. On the other hand, it is the view of a country and time on which the younger generations do not know much.

Slađana Zarić

Slađana Zarić, born 1971 in Serbia, completed her university education at the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade, Department of Philosophy. She worked as a journalist at public broadcasting company Studio B, daily newspaper Danas and production group Mreža. In 2002 she started working at Radio Belgrade as a news editor and later on as a documentary programme editor. She has won a number of awards on radio festivals in Serbia, in 2003 she was given a prestigious international award Premios Ondas in Barcelona for a radio documentary titled ’24 Hours upon the Assassination of Zoran Đinđić’. Since 2005 she has been working as an editor and author of documentary films in RTS News and Current Affairs Department.

Filip Čolović

Filip Čolović was born in Serbia in 1978. He took a degree in TV Directing. Besides documentary films, he has directed numerous programs for the Serbian National Television (RTS), including various dramas and series. He has received national and international awards for his documentary work.

General sponsor

Drugarica Jovanka

Serbia
2010, 60', color, video

Directed by:
Slađana Zarić, Filip Čolović

Screenplay by:
Slađana Zarić

Cinematography:
Života Neimarević

Edited by:
Marija Bogičević

Producer:
Nenad LJ. Stefanović

Produced by:
Serbian Broadcasting Corporation