Masters of Dox

Pirika on Film

Želimir Žilnik
Screening time  
02.03. / Saturday, 18:00 - 20:00 Theatre 5  
A biographical video essay on Pirika, a strong-willed woman reconstructing the missed opportunities in her life through the regenerative power of cinema.

When the author of the film, 43 years after the making of his film Early Works, met Pirika Capko, who played the protagonist’s younger sister, they arranged to make a tribute to the times gone by and Pirika’s life. The film focuses on the search for Pirika’s daughter who now lives in Berlin and has not contacted her mother for about ten years. They meet in Berlin’s Arsenal theatre, which screened Early Works on 25 October 2012, celebrating Berlinale’s 60th birthday.

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Želimir Žilnik

Želimir Žilnik was born in 1942 in Niš, and he is living and working in Novi Sad, Serbia. He has written and directed numerous fiction and documentary films which have garnered many awards at national and international film festivals. He is one of the pioneers of the docu-drama genre. From the very beginning his films have focussed on contemporary issues, featuring social, political and economic assessments of everyday life: Newsreel on Village Youth, in Winter (1967), Little Pioneers (1968), The Unemployed (1968), June Turmoil (1969), Black Film (1971), Uprising in Jazak (1973). Žilnik’s fiction debut Early Works (1969) won the Golden Bear at Berlinale and four awards at Pula Film Festival. In 1995 his film Marble Ass won the prestigious Teddy Award at Berlinale. ZagrebDox has screened Žilnik’s films Logbook Serbistan (2015), Pirika on Film (2013) and Europe Next Door (2005), which won the Big Stamp. He was an International Jury member at ZagrebDox 2019. Žilnik’s latest films are The Most Beautiful Country in the World (2018) and Among the People: Life & Acting (2018).

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Pirika na filmu

Serbia
2013, 50', video

Directed by:
Želimir Žilnik

Screenplay by:
Želimir Žilnik

Cinematography:
Miodrag Milošević

Edited by:
Vuk Vukmirović

Music:
Gabriella Benak

Producer:
Sarita Matijević

Produced by:
Playground produkcija