Sceneggiatura / Screenplay: Jelena Maksimović, Olga Dimitrijević, Vlado Škafar Fotografia / Photography: Dušan Grubin. Montaggio / Editing: Jelena Maksimović Musica / Music: Momčilo Bajagić- Bajaga, Psarantonis, Mikis Theodorakis, Tomaž Pengov Suono / Sound: Jakov Munižaba Interpreti / Cast: Jelena Angelovski, Trifonas Siapalinis, Marios Siapalinis, Kostas Siapalinis Produzione / Produced by: ENFM (Edukativno- Naučna Filmska Mreža), 3/8, Meander Film, Taurunum Film Con il sostegno di / Supported by: Film Center Serbia, Filmske Novosti Distribuzione internazionale / World Sales: ENFM
A young woman discovers the mountain village – on the border between North Macedonia and Greece – from which her grandmother fled during the Greek Civil War. There, she faces ruins and oblivion. The summer brings her back to the village, along with a feeling of imminent change. Domovine premiered at FID Marseille and then was screened in many international film festivals, including the Trieste FF in 2021.
“Since I believe in a strong connection between my personal life and the films I participate in, I decided to let this film be as free as possible, to allow it to discover its own form through the spaces and stories found in the Kaimakchalan mountain and in the village of Agios Athanasios in Greece, one of the locations where the Greek Civil War (1946-1949) took place. Lenka, our main character, belongs to a context very similar to mine and many of her characteristics were inspired by my own life. ” (J. Maksimović)
Jelena Maksimović
She was born in Belgrade in 1984. She graduated from the Department of Editing at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. She has been teaching at the Faculty of Media and Communication in Belgrade since 2015. As an editor, she has worked on films that have been presented in major international festivals such as Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Locarno, Rotterdam and Toronto. In addition to film, she has collaborated on numerous video art projects, installations and theatrical performances. filmography (as director) / filmography (as director)
2012 Milling the Lights cm / sf 2014 Daljine (Heavens) cm / sf 2018 Taurunum boy doc. 2020 Domovine (Homelands)
