Slobodan Šijan
Slobodan Šijan | |
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.jpg) Slobodan Šijan in April 2014 | |
| Born | 16 November 1946 |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| Occupation | Director |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Known for | Ko to tamo peva, Maratonci trče počasni krug, Davitelj protiv davitelja |
Slobodan Šijan (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Шијан, pronounced [slɔbɔ̌dan ʃîjaːn]; born 16 November 1946) is a Serbian film director.
Biography
[edit]Šijan was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. He graduated from the Fine Arts Academy in Belgrade, and then enrolled in Belgrade's Academy of Theater Faculty of Dramatic Arts in 1970.[1] He directed a number of television films as well as experimental and short films during the 1970s.[1] From 1976 to 1979, he published a series of fanzines which according to him were made "out of frustration" in between his experimentation and attempts to break into professional cinema.[1]
His first full-length feature Ko to tamo peva, directed in collaboration with writer Dušan Kovačević and cinematographer Božidar Nikolić, was released in 1980 and became a box-office hit.[2][3] 1982's Maratonci trče počasni krug, also achieved considerable commercial success.[4]
Over the coming years Šijan directed two more notable films, How I Was Systematically Destroyed by an Idiot (Kako sam sistematski uništen od idiota) and Strangler vs. Strangler (Davitelj protiv davitelja).[3]
In 2021, he was selected the Friend of Slovenian Cinema at the 2021 Festival of Slovenian Film.[5]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Film | Director | Writer | Producer | Awards / Notes |
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| 1980 | Who's Singin' Over There? (Ko to tamo peva) | Yes | No | No | Bronze Arena at Pula Film Festival |
| 1982 | The Marathon Family (Maratonci trče počasni krug) | Yes | No | No | Jury prize at Montréal World Film Festival |
| 1983 | How I Was Systematically Destroyed by an Idiot (Kako sam sistematski uništen od idiota) | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 1984 | Strangler vs. Strangler (Davitelj protiv davitelja) | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 1988 | Cognac (Tajna manastirske rakije) | Yes | No | No | |
| 2003 | Poor Little Hamsters (Siroti mali hrčki 2010) | Yes | No | No | |
| 2007 | Save Our Souls (S. O. S. - Spasite naše duše) | Yes | No | No | |
| 2024 | God Be with Us (Budi Bog s nama) | Yes | Yes | No | Filming |
- TV work
- Gradilište (1979) (TV)
- Ing. ugostiteljstva (1979) (short)
- Kost od mamuta (1979) (TV)
- Najlepša soba (1978) (TV)
- Šta se dogodilo sa Filipom Preradovićem (1977) (TV movie)
- Pohvala svetu (1976) (TV short)
- Sve što je bilo lepo (1976) (TV movie)
- Sunce te čuva (1975) (TV short)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Bošković, Aleksandar (28 November 2018). "Who Is Shooting Over There: Slobodan Šijan's Fanzine Film Leaflet (1976–79)". post.moma.org. The Museum of Modern Art.
- ^ Goulding, Daniel J. (2002). Liberated Cinema: The Yugoslav Experience, 1945-2001. Indiana University Press. p. 167. ISBN 978-0-25321-582-6.
- ^ a b Taylor, Richard; Wood, Nancy; Graffy, Julian; Iordanova, Dina, eds. (2019). The BFI Companion to Eastern European and Russian Cinema. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 215. ISBN 978-1-83871-850-3.
- ^ Jelaca, Dijana (2016). Dislocated Screen Memory: Narrating Trauma in Post-Yugoslav Cinema. Springer. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-13750-253-7.
- ^ "Festival of Slovenian Film opening in Portorož". The Slovenian Times. 2021-10-12. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
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