Cinema Komunisto
SERBIA | 2011 | 100 minutes

WORLD PREMIERE IDFA 2010 (First Appearance Competition)
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE TRIBECA 2011 (World Documentary Competition)
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SELECTED REVIEWS & PRESS
​[critic’s pick] ‘...a documentary collage of 60 years of Yugoslavian film under Communist rule.‘ - Wall Street Journal
‘...a challenge that could have stumped even the most seasoned filmmaker: create a movie about a country that no longer exists.’ - New York Times
“The fascinating and absorbing documentary Cinema Komunisto is a must for film fans.. quite wonderfully tracks the history of former Yugoslavia through its cinema.” - Screen International
“Cinema Komunisto” is still one of the most riveting, well-researched, elegantly-rendered chronicles of a fallen era to ever be captured on film—and a must-see for film aficionados..” - Screen Comment
‘Yugoslavia no longer exists, but its story still does. Who will tell it? Turajlic begins the conversation with this beautiful film.’ - Capital New York
Assembling through skilful editing, film clips, exclusive archives and interviews with onetime protagonists of the Balkan ‘cinema’, the documentarian unpacks a political myth constructed in 35mm.”  - Telerama (France)
“Behind the title “Cinema Komunisto: once upon a time in Yugoslavia” hides an extraordinary documentary, a mad adventure of the seventh art, as written by Marshal Tito, at the head of a Yugoslavia that was transformed into a gigantic European Hollywood. Cinephiles seeking curious stories will be astounded, but also history lovers, and more generally, all those interested in plunging into the heart of a disappeared country, seen through the eyes of a camera.” - La Croix (France)