Films by Marta Popivoda

Serbia, France, Germany 2020, 96 min
by Marta Popivoda

Landscapes of Resistance traces a journey through the memories of antifascist fighter Sonja (97), one of the first women Partisans in Yugoslavia, who was also among the leaders of the Resistance movement at Auschwitz. We make her story travel through time towards the bodies of a new generation of antifascists, suggesting that it is always possible to think and practice resistance. [Beldocs 2020]

Germany, France 2013, 60 min
by Marta Popivoda

The film deals with the question of how ideology performed itself in public space through mass performances. The author collected and analyzed film and video footage from the period of Yugoslavia (1945–2000), focusing on state performances as well as counter-manifestations. Here, however, documentary images are not taken only as historical facts, but are instead reflected on by a voiceover which tells a story of Yugoslavia’s recent history, struggling with memory, media images, and personal expe