Mladen Kovacevic :: Szczecin Film Festival 2020

Mladen Kovacevic

About the artist

After years of studying fiction film directing in Belgrade, London, and Cape Town, Mladen Kovacevic has wholeheartedly dedicated himself to documentaries. In just few years, he made two commissioned documentaries, a thematic documentaryDumbfounded Hog, and his début documentary feature, the unpretentious and highly acclaimed Unplugged (Visions du Réel, Hot Docs, CPH:DOX, FIDMarseille, RAINDANCE, Best Film Award at BELDOCS - Best Serbian Documentary in 2013, etc.) [kropka] The Wall of Death, and All That, his latest project, is currently in production.

Complete Filmography incl. student and commissioned works:

At the End of Dream, student short film
Healthy Life, student short film
Zombies Never Retake, student short film
Shuffle, student short film
Shroud, student feature film
One More Kiss, Dear, student short film - unfinished
Dumbfounded Hog, thematic documentary
Living Out of Sight, commissioned documentary
Penny Is Not Petty!, commissioned documentary
Unplugged, debut documentary feature
The Wall of Death, and All That, documentary feature – in production

Gallery

Films

Anplagd, 53'

Anplagd / Unplugged
Production: Serbia/Finland 2013

Vera, a private detective retired to the village where she grew up as shepherdess, and Pera, the know-it-all peasant of many esoteric skills, are the last remaining leaf-players - both in the autumns of their lives, still strongly blowing into leaves. Josip is an amateur inventor set out to decode the obscure artistry of leaf-playing. “Unplugged” is an existential allegory about music played on tree leaves, humorously rattling between the most primitive of instruments and the most universal escapism of music. Music has rarely been so offbeat.