29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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Litany of Happy People

Litany of Happy People

Karpo Godina / Yugoslavia / 1971 / Czech Premiere / 14 min.


synopsis

This originally censored musical film is a satirical depiction of the inhabitants of Vojvodina, a rural region of Serbia characterized by its multi-ethnic population. Although it won two awards in Oberhausen, it was banned in Yugoslavia and Godina was long prevented from making experimental film.

„I have always tried to find a new language or a form to implement into the film.” K. Godina

biography

Slovenian cinematographer and director Karpo Godina (1943) is one of the most important representatives of Yugoslavia’s “Black Wave”. He became interested in film as an amateur at an early age, but he made his best-known works, which were characterized by a light sense of irony and carefully composed static shots, as a professional in the 1970s.

 

more about film

director: Karpo Godina
script: Karpo Godina

contact

SLOVENIAN CINEMATHEQUE / Varja Močnik / Metelkova 2a / 1000 / Ljubljana / Slovenia / + 386 1 43 42 522 / varja.mocnik@kinoteka.si / www.kinoteka.si

Film at festival

premiere type:Czech Premiere
festival edition:2017
section:Masterclass, Conference Fascinations: Baltic states
format:DCP
language:Slovak, Romanian, Serbian
colour:Colour

Info

director:Karpo Godina
original title:Zdravi ljudi za razonodu
country:Yugoslavia
year:1971
running time:14 min.

Festival partners

Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms

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