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MAGA 1909

Experimental dance documentary with professional and non-professional dancers inspired by life and work of a serbian dancer, choreographer, journalist and feminist Maga Magazinović (1882-1968)

  • Branka Pavlović
    Director
    Sound of Memory
  • Nikola Polić
    Producer
    On my own, Jedini
  • Milica Tančić
    Key Cast
  • Mariana Hilgert
    Key Cast
  • Branka Pavlović
    Writer
    Sound of Memory
  • Tanja Drobnjak
    Camera
  • Max von Matthiessen
    Camera
  • Branka Pavlović
    Camera
  • Janja Lončar
    Original score
  • Antonio Toni Andrić
    Sound design
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    MAGA 1909
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental, Feature, Other
  • Genres:
    dance, experimental, documentary, feature
  • Runtime:
    1 hour
  • Completion Date:
    January 1, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    20,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Serbia
  • Country of Filming:
    Serbia
  • Language:
    Serbian
  • Shooting Format:
    4K
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • FREE ZONE BELGRADE HUMAN RIGHTS FF
    Beograd
    Serbia
    11.10. 2024
    serbian premiere
  • EXPERIMENTAL SUPERSTARS 10
    Novi Sad
    Serbia
    November 15, 2024
  • EXPERIMENTAL BRASIL
    Rio de Janeiro
    Brazil
    November 24, 2024
    Honorable mention
  • Greece International Film Festival Athens
    Athens
    Greece
    March 31, 2025
    Honorable Mention
  • Montelupo Fiorentino International Independent FF
    Florence
    Italy
    June 10, 2025
    Italian premiere
    BEST EXPERIMENTAL | FEATURE FILM
  • Fiction Film Festival
    Barcelona
    Spain
    June 30, 2025
    spanish premiere
    Best Feature Documentary
  • FORUM Film Festival
    Barcelona
    Spain
    August 29, 2025
    Best Editing
Distribution Information
  • Kino radionica
    Sales Agent
    Country: Serbia
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Branka Pavlović

Branka Pavlović

Editor and video artist. She graduated Film and TV Editing at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade and MA Kunst im Kontext at the University of Arts in Berlin (UdK Berlin). She works as an editor, video artist and art outreach educator for documentary film, theatre and projects dealing with the culture of memory and (video) performance. She currently works as an educator for the use of film and digital media at the Center for Digital Systems (CeDiS) / FUBIT at the Freie Universtät in Berlin, Germany. She has been the co-selector and artistic director of the Free Zone Belgrade Human Rights Film Festival since 2009. She lives and works in Berlin and Belgrade.

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Director Statement

MAGA 1909 is an experimental documentary developed and filmed with professional and non-professional dancers in Belgrade, Serbia and Berlin, Germany at the original locations where Marija Maga Magazinović worked, studied and performed with her students in the early 20th century. First woman journalist in Serbia, feminist, activist and modern dance pioneer Maga Magazinović (1882-1968) visited Berlin in 1909 - and this visit changed her life and the history of modern dance in Serbia forever. Maga introduced and taught modern dance in Belgrade, Serbia since 1910, thirteen years before classical ballet ensemble was founded at Serbian National Theatre in Belgrade. She paved the way of emancipation for generations of women in Serbia. We have followed in her footsteps in Belgrade and Berlin and danced her biography as a series of participatory dance improvisations at original locations with dancers and choreographers Milica Tančić, Mariana Hilgert and professionals and non-professionals from Berlin and Belgrade.