Zemlja / Country: Srbija, Švajcarska / Serbia, Switzerland
Godina / Year: 2024.
Trajanje / Runtime: 19ʾ
Produkcija / Production: Laurin Merz HOOK Film & Kulturproduktion GmbH
Reditelj / Director: Nikola Ilić
Direktor fotografije / Cinematography: Nikola Ilić, Corina Schwingruber Ilić
Montaža / Editing: Corina Schwingruber Ilić
Muzika / Music: Jan Godde, Aleksandar Saša Rančić
Kao tinejdžer u Beogradu devedesetih, živio sam u zemlji kojom vladaju nesposobne budale, osakaćenoj sankcijama i ratovima. Kada je stigao poziv za rat na Kosovu, znao sam da nikada neću pucati, ali sam ipak završio u vojnom vozu. Mnogi moji saborci su poginuli, neki su kasnije sebi oduzeli život. Odbijanje da pucam odvelo me je u vojni zatvor. Kada sam postao prevodilac, doživio sam slom i namjerno se ponašao kao da sam psihički bolestan kako bi me poslali u psihijatrijsku bolnicu. Nakon mjeseci pretvaranja, konačno sam pušten i mogao da se vratim kući, tačno na dan kada je NATO počeo da bombarduje moju zemlju.
As a teenager in 1990s Belgrade, I lived in a country ruled by incompetent fools, crippled by sanctions and wars. When I was called to fight in Kosovo, I knew I would never shoot, yet I still ended up on the military train. Many of my comrades died, some of them taking their own lives afterwards. My refusal to fire led to military prison. After becoming a translator, I had a breakdown and purposely acted mentally ill to be sent to a psychiatric hospital. After months of pretending, I was finally released and able to return home on the exact day when NATO began bombing my entire country.
Porijeklom iz Beograda, Nikola Ilić je nezavisni filmski reditelj i direktor fotografije. Od 2007. godine, Nikola živi na relaciji Švajcarska–Srbija, gdje je završio studije na Univerzitetu primijenjenih nauka i umjetnosti u Lucernu. Njegovi kratki filmovi su nagrađivani i prikazivani na brojnim festivalima širom svijeta. Njegov prvi dugometražni dokumentarni film Dok (koji je režirao sa Korinom Švingruber Ilić) osvojio je Zlatnu golubicu na festivalu DOK Leipzig, među mnogim drugim nagradama. Nikola je direktor fotografije u zapaženim kratkim filmovima All Inclusive (2018) i Been There (2023), oba u režiji Korine Švingruber Ilić. Tri puta je nominovan za Švajcarsku filmsku nagradu i dvostruki je dobitnik Nagrade za film grada Ciriha i Filmske nagrade Centralne Švajcarske. Suosnivač je udruženja Pro Short i član Švajcarske i Evropske filmske akademije.
Originally from Belgrade (Serbia), Nikola Ilic is an independent filmmaker and cinematographer. Since 2007, he resides between Switzerland and Serbia, completing his studies at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. His short films have been awarded and shown at many festivals around the globe. His first feature Doc (co-directed with Corina Schwingruber Ilic) won a DOK Leipzig Golden Dove among other awards. He‘s the DOP of the well-received shorts All Inclusive (2018) and Been There (2023) both directed by Corina Schwingruber Ilic. He was three times nominated for the Swiss Film Award and two times winner of Zürich Film Award and Film Award of Central Switzerland. Hi is a co-founder of Pro Short Association and a member of the Swiss and European Film Academy.
