SPEAK So I Can See You | CENTAR

Tonight's presentation features two films:

CENTAR (2018) | 48 mins | a film by Ivan Markovic
A vast complex of corridors, atriums and halls: a congress center made to host thousands now stands almost abandoned. The architecture still communicates a past idea of the future, while the materials reveal the current state of the building. Through their relentless effort, the maintenance workers shoulder the duty of restoring the space to what it was imagined to be. Their movements are rituals, but also their own.

SPEAK So I Can See You (2019) | 73 mins | a film by Marija Stojnic
Conjuring reality and wonder, SPEAK So I Can See You takes us to a seemingly different era, by exploring the world of Radio Belgrade. One of Europe’s oldest radio stations and a true institution of the city, the station still broadcasts original programming and helps keep history, culture, and critical thought, as well as ever-relevant questions about ourselves and the world, from slipping out of memory and mind. Set at the intersection of an observational documentary and a unique sensory experience, the film conjures everyday scenes at the station and immersing interludes exploring the relationship between sound and the space it inhabits. Through a synesthetic blend of sounds, words, notes, echoes and light, we are taken into a unique cinematic soundscape that doubles as a love letter to radiophonic art and its disarming insight into what makes us remember, understand, think, discover, and feel.

Directed by Ivan Markovic / Marija Stojnic