Landscapes of Resistance (Pejzaži otpora)

"Crickets chirping, a playful kitten, an old lady on the sofa: images full of peace and harmony, which open the space for a life story of resistance. Sonja was one of the first female partisans in Yugoslavia. Calm and clear, the 97-year-old recalls her journey from student reading progressive literature to resistance fighter surviving Auschwitz. Archival footage is absent, even Sonja is rarely in the picture. Instead, we see contemporary landscape images as resonant spaces that leave room for the viewer's own thoughts and reflections." Women Film Fest 2021 "Over ten years, filmmaker Marta Popivoda and Sonja's granddaughter, Ana Vujanović, who also co-wrote, recorded their conversations with Sonja. Sonja's voice as a contemporary witness shapes the film, but instead of illustration via historical photos or film footage, the camera shows shots from today: meadows and forests, streams and rivers, fabrics and textiles, and again and again Sonja with her husband in their small apartment in Belgrade. Gradually, Ana's handwritten diary entries find their way into the picture, reflecting the process of the film project as well as the newly burgeoning fascism in Europe. A cinematic memorial that finds traces of yesterday in today and doesn't just want to despair about it." Women Film Fest 2021 Contributors and additional information: Serbia, France, Germany 2021 95 min. color. DCP. OV/d Director: Marta Popivoda Screenplay: Marta Popivoda, Ana Vujanovic Cinematography: Ivan Markovic Editing: Jelena Maksimovic Music: Simon Apostolou, Nikola Medic, Jakov Munizaba With: Sonja Vujanovic, Ivo Vujanovic, Marta Popivoda Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.