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Slobodan Šijan

Slobodan Šijan (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Шијан, pronounced [slɔbɔ̌dan ʃîjaːn]; born November 16, 1946) is a Serbian film director.

Biography

Šijan was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. He graduated from the Fine Arts Academy in Belgrade, and then enrolled in Belgrade's Academy of Theater Faculty of Dramatic Arts in 1970.[1] He directed a number of television films as well as experimental and short films during the 1970s.[1] From 1976 to 1979, he published a series of fanzines which according to him were made "out of frustration" in between his experimentation and attempts to break into professional cinema.[1]

His first full-length feature Ko to tamo peva, directed in collaboration with writer Dušan Kovačević and cinematographer Božidar Nikolić, was released in 1980 and became a box-office hit.[2][3] 1982's Maratonci trče počasni krug, also achieved considerable commercial success.[4]

Over the coming years Šijan directed two more notable films - Kako sam sistematski uništen od idiota and Davitelj protiv davitelja.[3]

In 2021, he was selected the Friend of Slovenian Cinema at the 2021 Festival of Slovenian Film.[5]

Filmography

TV work

References

  1. ^ a b c Bošković, Aleksandar (28 November 2018). "Who Is Shooting Over There: Slobodan Šijan's Fanzine Film Leaflet (1976–79)". post.moma.org. The Museum of Modern Art.
  2. ^ Goulding, Daniel J. (2002). Liberated Cinema: The Yugoslav Experience, 1945-2001. Indiana University Press. p. 167. ISBN 978-0-25321-582-6.
  3. ^ a b Taylor, Richard; Wood, Nancy; Graffy, Julian; Iordanova, Dina, eds. (2019). The BFI Companion to Eastern European and Russian Cinema. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 215. ISBN 978-1-83871-850-3.
  4. ^ Jelaca, Dijana (2016). Dislocated Screen Memory: Narrating Trauma in Post-Yugoslav Cinema. Springer. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-13750-253-7.
  5. ^ "Festival of Slovenian Film opening in Portorož". The Slovenian Times. 2021-10-12. Retrieved 2024-05-10.

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