SPEAK SO I CAN SEE YOU
2019., feature-length documentary, director: Marija Stojnić, 73 min.
Bilboke (RS) in co-production with Set Sail Films (RS) and Restart (HR)
This sometimes observational, sometimes abstract experimental film is all about radiophonic sound—its power and beauty, and its role in today’s world. The title comes from a quote attributed to Socrates. The story follows Radio Belgrade, one of Europe’s oldest and Serbia’s only radio station that still broadcasts cultural, scientific, art and drama programming. Like a time capsule from a different era, the building reveals the glory of its Yugoslav past as we witness its inevitable modernization. We see the announcers and musicians who make the broadcasts, and we follow the radio signal itself as it makes its way through the ether to the listener. And then there are the tangible archives, the endless racks of audio tapes, which make way for new, sometimes invisible media. Music, memories, reflections on the function and impact of language, indefinable but somehow meaningful sounds, and archive footage all come together to form this audiovisual poem. A love letter to old-school radio, and a journey into the intangible world of radiophonic sound and its transformative power.
(synopsis by IDFA)
About author Screenings Financial support
Marija directs films that blur borders between documentary and fiction and treats her narratives as non-linear, complex and fragmented. She is The New School for Media Studies in New York and Academy of Arts in Belgrade alumna. Her recent projects focus on cultural heritage, ancestral music and experimental sound, an interest derived from her background in music as a traditional Serbian music vocalist. In 2016, Marija founded production house Bilboke in Serbia. She is a member of DokSerbia, New York Foundation for the Arts fellow in the category Film/Video for 2015 and Instituto Sacatar in Brazil fellow for 2017 in the same category. Since September 2019, together with producers Andrijana Sofranić and Miloš Ivanović, she's been running SET SAIL FILMS, a film company in Belgrade.
Awards:
UNDERHILLFEST 2020, Podgorica, ME - special mention in regional competition
MAKEDOX 2020, Skopje, MK - special mention in newcomers competition
BELDOCS 2020., Belgrade, RS - best film in Serbian competition programme
Festivals:
INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILMFESTIVAL AMSTERDAM - IDFA 2019, Amsterdam, NL - IDFA First Apearance competition / world premiere
MOMA's DOC FORTNIGHT 2020, New York, US - official selection
THESSALONIKI DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL 2020, Thessaloniki, GR - program 'Open Horizons'
DOK.fest MÜNCHEN 2020, Munchen, DE - program 'Dok.Panorama'
UNDERHILLFEST 2020, Podgorica, ME - regional competition
DOKUFEST 2020, Prizren, XS - Balkan Dox competition
JECHEON INTERNATIONAL MUSIC AND FILM FESTIVAL 2020, Jecheon, KR - internatioanl competition
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2020, Melbourne, AU - official selection
MAKEDOX 2020, Skopje, MK - Newcomers competition (Young Onion)
BELDOCS 2020, Belgrade, RS - Serbian film competition / oprening film
ZAGREBDOX 2020, Zagreb, HR - regional competition
