Montenegro / 2019. / 52’ / Docudrama

Written and directed by: Radoslav T. Stanišić 

Producer: Predrag Vukčević

Radomir Bajo Šaranović, Montenegrin, Serbian and Yugoslav theater, television and film director, screenwriter, professor at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade.

Born on December 4, 1937, in the village of Kosic, the hamlet of Kosovi Lug, near Danilovgrad, Montenegro. He died in Belgrade on September 9, 2001, at the age of 63.

The last Yugoslav film romantic.

Besides feature films The Wedding and July 13, Šaranović also made short films and wrote more than 20 screenplays for them. He has directed significant and memorable TV dramas, theater plays.

He was a guest lecturer in a number of film schools worldwide. During his fruitful teaching career, through top lectures where he directly linked theory and practice, he nurtured many generations of film directors, choosing them among the greatest names in Yugoslav film.

He improved the quality of films made at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts – as a mentor on the artistic and professional side, but also as a professional director, who used his business acquaintances to help students make their first professional steps. He established guidelines and creative direction for many generations of filmmakers.

As Vice-Chancellor of the University of the Arts since 1989, then as Minister of Culture of Serbia since 1990, Professor Šaranović ensured the first fund for cinema.

He was the creator and director of the European Film Summer School SILEKT, the Association of College Film Schools.

 

Radoslav T. Stanišić 

Film and TV director, born in Podgorica. He studied film directing in Prague, obtained his BA in 2000 from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts. Holds a doctorate degree in dramatic arts, department of filmology since 2009.

Works as a lecturer at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Cetinje. Writes film reviews for the Montenegrin newspaper Dan and the Niš-based film magazine Filaž. Employed at RT Montenegro, where he directed over a thousand TV shows.

Author of the book Hrastovi koje ne obaraju: Ratko Đurović – Velimir Stojanović.

Received about thirty awards and recognitions at home and abroad for his work so far.

 

Selected filmography

Auteur projects: documentary TV story Charles Bridge, tourism promotional film My Podgorica.

Documentaries (written, directed and produced): At the End of the Road, Destiny, Jaroslav Čermak and Montenegro, The Spiritual Poetics of Father Lazar, High Oaks, The Last YU Film Romantic. 

Short films (written and directed): Simple Action, Thieves, Girl in a Blue Dress, The Professional, The Chosen One. 

 

*Belgrade premiere