MUSEUM OF THE REVOLUTION
Srđan Keča
Editor: Hrvoslava Brkušić
Uzrok (Serbia), Restart (Croatia), Nutprodukce (Czech Republic), 90’
Inside the remnants of an abandoned utopian project, a young life persists in the form of a fierce little girl. As the city erases the spaces she inhabits, so looms an end to childhood dreams.
Half a century ago, socialist Yugoslavia planned to build a museum with a bold vision: to safeguard the truth about us. Hidden next to one of the busiest parts of Belgrade, a vast labyrinthine basement is all that remains of the Museum of the Revolution. It is home to people left behind by society. Living in this dark place, a little girl and an old lady develop an unlikely and enchanting friendship. When a new urban development is announced on the site of the Museum of the Revolution, the community is forced to find a new home. The little girl’s mother appears after being absent for years, and pulls her into the world of street hustling, and away from the old lady. Soon the girl takes on the burdens of adulthood. As the city around her is being transformed, so looms an end to childhood.
Director’s biography: Srđan Keča / IMDb
Srđan Keča's work has centered around sites of memory, often in relation to conflict and displacement. His films A LETTER TO DAD, MIRAGE, and ESCAPE have screened at leading documentary festivals including IDFA, DOK Leipzig, and Full Frame, and his video installations have been exhibited at venues such as the Venice Biennale of Architecture and the Whitechapel Gallery. FLOTEL EUROPA, which he produced and edited, premiered at the 2015 Berlin Film Festival, winning the Tagesspiegel Jury Award.
Director’s statement
On one level this film is a coming-of-age story of the little girl, Milica, as she exits the magical world of childhood and takes on the burdens of a hard adult life in the streets of Belgrade. On another level, it is a story about a city and a society, told through the spaces the protagonists inhabit and are being pushed out of. On both of those levels, it is a film about aborted dreams.
Where are we at?
Production budget: 271.378,82 EUR
Needed for completion: 67.741,94 EUR
Territories available: all territories except ex-Yugoslavia
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Production Company profile
RESTART is an organisation focused on production, education, distribution and exhibition of creative documentary films. Our films were screened as part of the program of film festivals such as: Hot Docs (Toronto, Canada), Toronto Film Festival (Canada), Locarno Film Festival (Switzerland), Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic), Rotterdam Film Festival (Netherlands), Fid Marseille (France), Zurich Film Festival (Switzerland), DOK Leipzig (Germany), Visions du Reel (Switzerland) and many more.
Email: vanja@restarted.hr