Re-aligning Yugoslavia: The construction of Alterity in the Yugoslav Newsreels (2018, in English)
Article in academic online journal On_Culture Issue 4 (Winter 2017): "Screened Alterities. Alterities in the Newsreels of 1968. 50 Years Later," guest-edited by Danae Gallo González and Lyubomir Pozharliev.
Venčan sa kamerom (2017, in Serbian)
In memoriam article about Stevan Labudović, published in weekly magazine Vreme
Un studio de cinema comme lieu de memoire : la Yougoslavie à l’ecran (2017, in French)
Chapter in academic journal Histo.art 9: Par le fil de l’image. Cinema, guerre, politique (ed. Sylvie Lindeperg), Publications de la Sorbonne.
Stevan Labudović (2017, in Serbian).
An article I wrote for the book "Alžir-Beograd Jubilej prijateljstva 1962-2017", published by Društvo prijatelja Alžira
Imagine you're 25 in Serbia today (2016, in Serbian).
An interview I gave to Deutsche Welle about the state of the film industry and the prospects for young people in Serbia today.
Nedostatak rasprave / The missing discussion (2016, in Serbian).
A text I wrote for the second issue of the Ne davimo Beograd / Don't drown Belgrade movement.
How much will two minutes of Prekobrojna cost? (2015, in Serbian).
An article published in the oldest Serbian newspaper 'Politika', as part of a campaign I launched in spring 2015 to petition the government to stop the privatisation of the state-run Avala Film Studios, the former central film studio of socialist Yugoslavia. If you want to know what happened to Avala Film, here's a link to the The City of Lost Films campaign page.
Memorial use of the image of Josip Broz Tito in post-Yugoslav documentary series (2015, in Serbian).
Text I wrote as part of my doctoral research published in academic journal Kultura.
Screening Socialism project conducted by Prof. Sabina Mihelj @ University of Loughborough, UK (2014).
I was part of the research team coding television content for a history of Yugoslav television during socialism
Presidential musical chairs (2012, in Serbian).
I kept a one-week diary for Radio Free Europe.
Reconstructing Yugoslav Identity on Film (2012, in English).
A lecture I gave at the University of Michigan, USA.
Article in academic online journal On_Culture Issue 4 (Winter 2017): "Screened Alterities. Alterities in the Newsreels of 1968. 50 Years Later," guest-edited by Danae Gallo González and Lyubomir Pozharliev.
Venčan sa kamerom (2017, in Serbian)
In memoriam article about Stevan Labudović, published in weekly magazine Vreme
Un studio de cinema comme lieu de memoire : la Yougoslavie à l’ecran (2017, in French)
Chapter in academic journal Histo.art 9: Par le fil de l’image. Cinema, guerre, politique (ed. Sylvie Lindeperg), Publications de la Sorbonne.
Stevan Labudović (2017, in Serbian).
An article I wrote for the book "Alžir-Beograd Jubilej prijateljstva 1962-2017", published by Društvo prijatelja Alžira
Imagine you're 25 in Serbia today (2016, in Serbian).
An interview I gave to Deutsche Welle about the state of the film industry and the prospects for young people in Serbia today.
Nedostatak rasprave / The missing discussion (2016, in Serbian).
A text I wrote for the second issue of the Ne davimo Beograd / Don't drown Belgrade movement.
How much will two minutes of Prekobrojna cost? (2015, in Serbian).
An article published in the oldest Serbian newspaper 'Politika', as part of a campaign I launched in spring 2015 to petition the government to stop the privatisation of the state-run Avala Film Studios, the former central film studio of socialist Yugoslavia. If you want to know what happened to Avala Film, here's a link to the The City of Lost Films campaign page.
Memorial use of the image of Josip Broz Tito in post-Yugoslav documentary series (2015, in Serbian).
Text I wrote as part of my doctoral research published in academic journal Kultura.
Screening Socialism project conducted by Prof. Sabina Mihelj @ University of Loughborough, UK (2014).
I was part of the research team coding television content for a history of Yugoslav television during socialism
Presidential musical chairs (2012, in Serbian).
I kept a one-week diary for Radio Free Europe.
Reconstructing Yugoslav Identity on Film (2012, in English).
A lecture I gave at the University of Michigan, USA.
DEBATE
In 1997 I was part of the first generation that finished the high school debate program in Serbia and wanted to continue debating as we became students. At the time a restrictive University Law passed by the regime of Slobodan Milosević made it illegal to criticise the government within the university, so instead of starting a university debate club we created an NGO, called Open Communication. After the revolution in 2000 we were honored to hold the finals of our national tournament in the National Parliament, the first civilian event to take place there.
During my debating career I had the honor to be on the first team to ever represent Yugoslavia at the European Universities Debating Championships in Aberdeen in 2000, where I won the award for Best ESL speaker. The following year I won the award for Best overall Speaker at the 2001 EUDC and the Audience Award at the English-Speaking Union's Public Speaking Competition. I became a certified trainer by the International Debate Education Association and taught at the World Debate Institute, at the University of Burlington in Vermont. I served as President of the Board of Open Communication from 2002-2002 and conducted a report on the quality of parliamentary debate procedures in the Serbian parliament for the OSCE Mission to Yugoslavia. In 2003 I retired from debating and coaching and turned to filmmaking.
In the the decades since its creation Open Communication has developed into a widespread active network of debate clubs at the University of Belgrade whose members routinely participate in and win European and world debating competitions. I am thrilled by the robust and energetic role this NGO continues to play in raising the level of critical thinking and political engagement of young people in Serbia, and I was proud to write and direct the video for the opening ceremony of the 2012 European University Debating Championships Open Communication hosted in Belgrade.
In 1997 I was part of the first generation that finished the high school debate program in Serbia and wanted to continue debating as we became students. At the time a restrictive University Law passed by the regime of Slobodan Milosević made it illegal to criticise the government within the university, so instead of starting a university debate club we created an NGO, called Open Communication. After the revolution in 2000 we were honored to hold the finals of our national tournament in the National Parliament, the first civilian event to take place there.
During my debating career I had the honor to be on the first team to ever represent Yugoslavia at the European Universities Debating Championships in Aberdeen in 2000, where I won the award for Best ESL speaker. The following year I won the award for Best overall Speaker at the 2001 EUDC and the Audience Award at the English-Speaking Union's Public Speaking Competition. I became a certified trainer by the International Debate Education Association and taught at the World Debate Institute, at the University of Burlington in Vermont. I served as President of the Board of Open Communication from 2002-2002 and conducted a report on the quality of parliamentary debate procedures in the Serbian parliament for the OSCE Mission to Yugoslavia. In 2003 I retired from debating and coaching and turned to filmmaking.
In the the decades since its creation Open Communication has developed into a widespread active network of debate clubs at the University of Belgrade whose members routinely participate in and win European and world debating competitions. I am thrilled by the robust and energetic role this NGO continues to play in raising the level of critical thinking and political engagement of young people in Serbia, and I was proud to write and direct the video for the opening ceremony of the 2012 European University Debating Championships Open Communication hosted in Belgrade.