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Novkabel ERA

The ERA Novkabel building was designed and built in 1983 as a production and administrative building of a special program within the Novi Sad Cable Factory, which dealt with the development of electronics, computers and automation. The decision to launch such an ambitious program, from which the first computers ERA20 and ERA60 came out after a few years, as well as the home computer ET-188, was a logical development step of this successful working organization, which in the late 70's and early 80's, it experienced its business peak, confirmed by the AVNOJ award in 1982, for the most successful working organization in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Following the contemporaries of this project and the "ghosts" at the Novkabel location, the film reconstructs the urban and social history of Novi Sad, the context and space in which the IT industry of Novi Sad was born.

  • Aleksandar Dadic
    Director
  • Dragana Konstantinovic
    Director
  • Slobodan Jovic
    Director
  • Sonja Kesic
    Director
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    33 minutes 48 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 21, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    0 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Serbia
  • Country of Filming:
    Serbia
  • Language:
    English, Italian, Serbian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Milano Design Film Festival
    Milano
    Italy
    November 24, 2022
    Italian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Budapest Movie Awards
    Budapest
    Hungary
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Aleksandar Dadic, Dragana Konstantinovic, Slobodan Jovic, Sonja Kesic

Aleksandar Dadic

Aleksandar Dadic is an architect from Novi Sad, working remotely in the USA virtual staging company for over 5 years. After finishing Undergraduate Academic Studies, he enrols in Master's Academic Studies in 2021, on Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad. During studies he made multiple short movies, with one that represented Serbia in the European Parliament at WAVE campaign. Later he made his first documentary film “Novkabel ERA”, with his colleagues. He continues working on the documentary films, promoting the architectural heritage of the socialist modernism. Today he is working on a new film about Novi Sad’s famous business and sports centre, from the period of modernism.

Dragana Konstantinovic

Dragana Konstantinović, PhD, works as an associate professor at the Department of Architecture and Urbanism, Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad (Serbia). She is a practising architect and active researcher in the field of architecture and urbanism, within national and international research programmes. Her works include identification, promotion and research on programmatic re-utilisation of the architectural heritage of the socialist modernism. She teaches architectural design and courses related to the history and theory of contemporary architecture.

She is co-founder and board member of the non-profit organisation BAZA - Spatial Praxis Platform (https://mismobaza.org), active in the field of architecture, art and culture.

Slobodan Jovic

Slobodan is an architect currently based in Novi Sad, Serbia. Several years he practiced architecture in Enforma studio in Boka-Kotorska Bay, Montenegro. Until October 2022 he is working as a teaching assistant at the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning at Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad. At the same University he is writing his PhD thesis. After being elected president of the Association of Architects of Novi Sad in 2016, the only professional non-governmental organization still existing in Novi Sad since 1960. He is the author and curator of several multimedia projects aimed at the evaluation and promotion of the local modernist heritage. These works recommended him as a member of the Scientific Committee of the Pavilion of the Republic of Serbia at the 16th Venice Architecture Biennale in 2018 and commissioner of the Pavilion of the Republic of Serbia at the 17th and 18th Venice Architecture Biennale in 2021 and 2023.

Sonja Kesic

Sonja Kesic is currently studying Architecture and Urbanism on Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad, Serbia. The documentary “Novkabel ERA” is her first movie project that she worked on with her colleagues from the university. She continues working on documentary films regarding architectural heritage located in Serbia.

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