29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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In Praise of Nothing
In Praise of Nothing
In Praise of Nothing
In Praise of Nothing
In Praise of Nothing

In Praise of Nothing

Boris Mitic / Serbia, Croatia, France / 2017 / Central European Premiere / 78 min.


synopsis

“A whistleblowing documentary parody about Nothing.” That is how the filmmakers describe In Praise of Nothing. In fact, Nothing is the only protagonist of this essay-like film. An ironic and unflinchingly critical monologue, delivered in simple rhymes and with the voice of Iggy Pop, accompanied by captivating and succinctly expressive footage shot by several dozen people all over the world with the assignment to “shoot nothing.”

„A cinematic equivalent to Erasmus’s humanistic classic In Praise of Folly, in which Folly goes around the world arguing it is smarter to be mad than smart. 500 years later, it is Nothing who gets the main role.“ B. Mitić

biography

Serbian director Boris Mitić (1977) debuted as a self-taught filmmaker with Pretty Dyana (2003, Ji.hlava IDFF 2004), named after the car used by Belgrade’s Romani who make a living collecting trash. In UNMIK Titanik (2004), he tells the story of a group of people who have spent several years living in a one-building UN ghetto in Kosovo, and Goodbye, How Are You? (2009, Ji.hlava IDFF 2009) explored Serbian satyrical aphorisms.

more about film

director: Boris Mitic
cast: Iggy Pop
producer: Boris Mitic, Fabrizio Polpettini
script: Boris Mitic
photography: 62 cinematographers in 70 countries
editing: Boris Mitic
music: Pascal Comelade, The Tiger Lillies
sound: Bruno Tarrière, Ivan Uzelac, Martin Semenčić

contact

DRIBBLING PICTURES / Boris Mitic / Bitoljska 2 / 11030 / Belgrade / Serbia / +385 91 1255 845 / boris@dribblingpictures.com / www.dribblingpictures.com

Film at festival

premiere type:Central European Premiere
festival edition:2017
section:First Lights
format:DCP
language:English
subtitles:English
colour:Colour

Info

director:Boris Mitic
original title:In Praise of Nothing
country:Serbia, Croatia, France
year:2017
running time:78 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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