Among the People: Life & Acting

Technical data
HD video, kolor, 83 min
Synopsis

The newly commissioned video for the occasion of the exhibition Shadow Citizens assemblage features memories and commentaries of non-professional actors combined with excerpts from films in which they participated as “protagonists,” mixed with footage made of crews working on the sets of Žilnik’s films.

It acts as a reminder for Žilnik of the talents and real-life experiences of his participants, which inspired the filmmaker to articulate their narrative threads and also define his fictional characters. At the same time, the video documents how the film participants experienced new encounters and solidarity in the “film collective.”

Credits

Participants:

Piroška Čapko | participated as child actor in two of Žilnik’s films made in the late 1960s (Little Pioneers and Early Works) and fifty years later, starred in Pirika on Film
Gabriella Benak | musician and singer; participated in Pirika on Film
Svetislav Jovanov | dramaturg and commissioning editor in the drama department of TV Novi Sad from the mid-1970s to mid-'80s
Dragoljub Mićunović | Serbian politician and philosopher and one of the founders of the modern Democratic Party (DS) in 1989, and its first president (1990–94); as a member of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia, he was speaker of the Parliament of Serbia and Montenegro between 2000 and 2004; participated in June Turmoil as one of the main speakers at the student protests
Németh Árpád | director of photography for Seven Hungarian Ballads
Végel László | writer and commissioning editor in the drama department of TV Novi Sad from the mid-1970s to mid-'80s
Nenad Racković | writer, actor, and visual artist; starred in Marble Ass
Likana Brujić | transgender sex worker; participated in Marble Ass
Boris Čegar | philosophy professor; as a student, attended Žilnik’s masterclass in filmmaking, and later participated in Wanderlust
Stipan Milodanović | filmmaker; as a student, attended Žilnik’s masterclass in filmmaking, and later assisted him in several projects as a location manager and fixer
Hatija Hasani | mother of Kenedi Hasani; participated in Kenedi Is Getting Married
Banu Cennetoğlu | visual artist based in Istanbul; assisted Žilnik as a fixer and translator during the filming of Kenedi Is Getting Married in Turkey
Zoran Paroški | worker and amateur actor in community theater in Turija; participated in The Old School of Capitalism
Slobodan Nenadov | worker and amateur actor in community theater in Turija; participated in The Old School of Capitalism
Živojin Popgligorin | lawyer and amateur actor in community theater in Turija; participated in The Old School of Capitalism
Ivica Schmidt | director of Radio Srbobran; assisted in location and set management for The Old School of Capitalism
Ratibor Trivunac | antiquarian bookseller, publisher, and Belgrade anarchist; participated in The Old School of Capitalism
Miloš Milić | English language instructor and general secretary of the Anarcho-Syndicalist Initiative in Serbia; participated in The Old School of Capitalism
Andrija Čolaković | student and active member of the Anarcho-Syndicalist Initiative in Serbia; participated in The Old School of Capitalism
Miodrag Milošević | director of photography for fourteen of Žilnik’s films
Brian Schwarz | translator and English language instructor; participated in Logbook Serbistan
Guy Maestracci | cartoonist, illustrator, and painter; participated in Logbook Serbistan

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