Cinema of Yugoslavia

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The Cinema of Yugoslavia refers to the film industry and cinematic output of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which existed from 1945 until it disintegrated into several independent nations in the early 1990s. Yugoslavia was a multi-ethnic, socialist state, and its cinema reflected the diversity of its population, as well as the political and cultural shifts that occurred during its existence.

Overview

The

SR Slovenia
and others.

The dominant movement in Yugoslav cinema of the post war era was

Socialist Realism. Which typically dealt with themes such as modernity, and the importance of building the new socialist republic. This was a movement popular in most eastern bloc countries. As the early Yugoslavian state moved away from the Soviet bloc, and received a more open door into western capitalist societies. The cinema started to change to reflect this more liberal approach to socialism. The Yugoslav Black wave
which was started by young filmmakers in 1960’s reflected this change by taking elements of socialist realism, American and Italian cinema. To create films that more openly criticized the problems of liberalization. These films usually turned a lens onto the bigger issues of ethnicity, gender and class in Yugoslav society and were often seen as pessimistic by critics.


Prominent male

Sutjeska. Also, many foreign films were shot on locations in Yugoslavia including domestic crews, such as Force 10 from Navarone starring Harrison Ford, Robert Shaw and Franco Nero, Armour of God starring Jackie Chan, as well as Escape from Sobibor starring Alan Arkin, Joanna Pacuła and Rutger Hauer
. Pula Film Festival was a notable film festival.

partisans as main protagonists, while antagonists are Axis
forces and their collaborators. Outside Yugoslavia, Partisan films were especially popular in China.

The

former Yugoslavia
, founded in 1949 in Belgrade.

Films

Main article:
Lists of Yugoslav films

Co-production
:

Television

See also

Further reading

  • Daniel J. Goulding (2002). Liberated Cinema: The Yugoslav Experience, 1945-2001. Indiana University Press.
    ISBN 0-253-34210-4
    .
  • Anikó Imre (7 August 2012). A Companion to Eastern European Cinemas. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 220–.
    ISBN 978-1-118-29435-2
    .
  • Jugoslovenska kinoteka: 1949-1964. Jugoslovenska kinoteka. 1964.
  • Savez filmskih radnika Jugoslavije (1966). Dvadeset 20 godina jugoslovenskog filma 1945-1965. Festival jugoslovenskog filma.
  • Yugoslav Films. Películas Yugoslavas. Jugoslawische Filme.
  • Janevski, Ana. "'We can't promise to do more than experiment.'" (PDF). Quaderns portàtils. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-05-14. Retrieved 2019-05-14.

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