The jury’s main prize of the Doc’n’Rhythm music documentary festival went to the film In Hell with Ivo by director Kristina Nikolova Dalio, described as the most impressive and unique work in the selection. The audience award went to Arsen Oremović’s Third World, whose Serbian premiere was on September 25th in front of a full MTS Hall in Belgrade.
The jury awarded special awards to music documentaries from the post-Yugoslav region — the Serbian Behind the Smile by Marko Đorđević, the Croatian Third World and the Montenegrin Avalanche Man by Slobodanka Radun. The expert jury consisted of film critic and columnist Zoran Janković, composer Ana Krstajić and film director and critic Marko Kostić. The award ceremony officially wrapped up the 10th Doc’n’Rhythm, which was organized under the slogan “1:0 for music documentaries”.
The founder of Doc’n’Rhythm, Sandra Rančić, said at the closing ceremony that music documentaries really did win and that the next, long-term goal is to move from a subgenre to an independent genre. At the same time, she thanked the whole team.
“It was not easy to present this edition, in these strange times, but we hope for better years and that it will be 2:0, 3:0, 4:0, and even 5:0 for documentaries,” said Rančić.
Over the course of four diverse days, 16 productions from seven countries were shown in the Mts Hall, the Yugoslav Cinematheque and the Czech Center in Belgrade. The music books “Ugly, Smart and Young” by Bogomir Mijatović and “Conversations at the Golden Parrot” by Olga Kepcija, as well as the upcoming documentaries To the Last Atom and Suba/Gringo Paulista were the theme at Dorćol Platz, while Ana Krstajić’s album “Mountain Eyes” was presented at Soka Club and a concert by the band Paks was held in cooperation with the Bunt Rock Festival.
The audience had a chance to see the discussion with Bisera Veletanlić and Nikola Nešković about personalities who left an indelible mark on music, like the Yugoslav singer Gabi Novak. The Serbian premiere of the movie Avalanche Man was particularly emotional, after which the heirs of Dragoljub Đuričić played and brought the full hall of the Yugoslav Cinematheque in Uzun Mirkova to its feet. The festival closed with the screening of the film Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg, a portrait of the famous rock and roll muse from many Rolling Stones songs.
The slogan of the 10th edition “1:0 for music documentaries” symbolizes the leap made by music documentaries in the last decade. Today, they are among the audience’s favorite creations, as demonstrated by this edition of Doc’n’Rhythm
Photo: Marina Pešić