Proxima Competition 2022 / Još jedno proleće / Serbia, France, Qatar 2022
In 1972 Yugoslavia became the site of Europe’s last smallpox epidemic. This gripping archival documentary, aptly described by its creators as a medical thriller, reconstructs the dramatic events of those spring months, and viewers will find it difficult not to draw comparisons with the worldwide events of the past two years.
The eradication of smallpox represents one of modern medicine’s greatest triumphs, but it wasn’t so long ago that this treacherous, highly contagious disease killed millions of people each year. In 1972 a now little known chapter in the history of smallpox played out in Yugoslavia during what would be Europe’s last smallpox epidemic. This gripping archival documentary, aptly described by its creators as a medical thriller, reconstructs the dramatic events of those spring months, when Yugoslavia expended almost inconceivable efforts in order to contain the rapidly spreading danger. Anyone fascinated by history will find it difficult not to draw comparisons with the worldwide events of the past two years.
Martin Horyna
90 min / Color, Black & White, DCP
World premiere
Director Mladen Kovačević
/ Screenplay Mladen Kovačević
/ Sound Jakov Munizaba
/ Editor Jelena Maksimović
/ Producer Iva Plemic Divjak, Mladen Kovačević
/ Production Horopter Film Production
/ Sales Taskovski Films Ltd.
Mladen Kovačević (1979, Serbia). Filmography: Unplugged (Anplagd, 2013, doc.), Wall of Death and All That (Zid smrti, i tako to, 2016, doc.), 4 Years in 10 Minutes (4 godine u 10 minuta, 2018, doc.), Merry Christmas, Yiwu (2020, doc.), Another Spring (Još jedno proleće, 2022, doc.).
Taskovski Films Ltd.
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Mladen Kovačević
Film Director
Zoran Radovanović
Protagonist
Iva Plemić Divjak
Producer
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