Mila Turajlić (Serbian Cyrillic: Мила Tураjлић; born 1979)
is a Serbian filmmaker. She directed and produced award-winning films
The Other Side of Everything and Cinema Komunisto.Turajlić was born
in Belgrade, Serbia. Her mother is Srbijanka Turajlić, a
pro-democracy activist. Turajlić studied film production at Belgrade
University's Faculty of Dramatic Arts and political science at the
London School of Economics. She then specialized in documentary
film-making at the La Femis school in Paris and also obtained a PhD
from the University of Westminster. She has worked as a researcher and
production assistant for the BBC, Discovery Channel and Arte France.
Additionally her experience includes working on the features The
Brothers Bloom and Fade to Black as an assistant director, as well as
on Apocalypto as a coordinator.Turajlić has shared her experiences in
documentary film making by lecturing at schools like Harvard
University, Yale, the Sorbonne, and the University of Michigan. Her
involvement in pedagogy includes teaching workshops at La Femis's
Archidoc and the Balkan Documentary Center. She is also one of the
founders of the Association of Documentary Filmmakers of Serbia.
Turajlić helps produce Belgrade's "Magnificent 7 Festival", which
showcases European documentaries.Produced in 2010, Cinema Komunisto
examines how film making was used in Yugoslavia to shape the national
identity. For Turajlić, the old communist movie studios symbolize
both the beginning and the end of Yugoslavia. According to the
director, she was prompted to document what she found at the Avala
Film Studios because she "...felt both amazement and anger at how
they’ve been forgotten". Built in the 1950s, the studios were one of
the largest in the region, welcoming stars like Sophia Loren, Orson
Welles, and Kirk Douglas. The president of Yugoslavia Josef Broz Tito
was the driving force behind the local film industry. Turajlić gained
access to Tito's private archives and interviewed his personal
projectionist Leka Konstantinovic.
is a Serbian filmmaker. She directed and produced award-winning films
The Other Side of Everything and Cinema Komunisto.Turajlić was born
in Belgrade, Serbia. Her mother is Srbijanka Turajlić, a
pro-democracy activist. Turajlić studied film production at Belgrade
University's Faculty of Dramatic Arts and political science at the
London School of Economics. She then specialized in documentary
film-making at the La Femis school in Paris and also obtained a PhD
from the University of Westminster. She has worked as a researcher and
production assistant for the BBC, Discovery Channel and Arte France.
Additionally her experience includes working on the features The
Brothers Bloom and Fade to Black as an assistant director, as well as
on Apocalypto as a coordinator.Turajlić has shared her experiences in
documentary film making by lecturing at schools like Harvard
University, Yale, the Sorbonne, and the University of Michigan. Her
involvement in pedagogy includes teaching workshops at La Femis's
Archidoc and the Balkan Documentary Center. She is also one of the
founders of the Association of Documentary Filmmakers of Serbia.
Turajlić helps produce Belgrade's "Magnificent 7 Festival", which
showcases European documentaries.Produced in 2010, Cinema Komunisto
examines how film making was used in Yugoslavia to shape the national
identity. For Turajlić, the old communist movie studios symbolize
both the beginning and the end of Yugoslavia. According to the
director, she was prompted to document what she found at the Avala
Film Studios because she "...felt both amazement and anger at how
they’ve been forgotten". Built in the 1950s, the studios were one of
the largest in the region, welcoming stars like Sophia Loren, Orson
Welles, and Kirk Douglas. The president of Yugoslavia Josef Broz Tito
was the driving force behind the local film industry. Turajlić gained
access to Tito's private archives and interviewed his personal
projectionist Leka Konstantinovic.
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