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BIOGRAPHY OF DIRECTOR ZORAN MASLIC
Zoran Maslic, formerly citizen of Sarajevo, started as a film
critic, writing for Bosnian newspapers and magazines. He
abandoned that career for directing of short video art
pieces, music videos, children programs and dramas.
"Zozonski omotac" was maybe only tv-show series about
alternative culture in former Yugoslavia. It launched many
artists and rock bands who did not fit into main stream
vision of arts.
When the Bosnian war started he was finishing his feature
film script "Stoned Age" and was about to start editing of a
comedy special. Very soon, he finds himself directing
documentaries about ordinary people in war. Two of them
he co-directed with late Miodrag Tarana.
"How I Spent My Summer Holidays" was the best video-film
at 1993 Belgrade Film Festival of Documentaries and
Shorts, while "Peace in the Village of Janja" received
Silver Knight at Golden Knight Film Festival of Orthodox
Cultures.
After the war, in 1996, he immigrates to Canada where he
gets "lost in translation".
Zoran Maslic, formerly citizen of Sarajevo, started as a film
critic, writing for Bosnian newspapers and magazines. He
abandoned that career for directing of short video art
pieces, music videos, children programs and dramas.
"Zozonski omotac" was maybe only tv-show series about
alternative culture in former Yugoslavia. It launched many
artists and rock bands who did not fit into main stream
vision of arts.
When the Bosnian war started he was finishing his feature
film script "Stoned Age" and was about to start editing of a
comedy special. Very soon, he finds himself directing
documentaries about ordinary people in war. Two of them
he co-directed with late Miodrag Tarana.
"How I Spent My Summer Holidays" was the best video-film
at 1993 Belgrade Film Festival of Documentaries and
Shorts, while "Peace in the Village of Janja" received
Silver Knight at Golden Knight Film Festival of Orthodox
Cultures.
After the war, in 1996, he immigrates to Canada where he
gets "lost in translation".
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
Making of documentary WHEN YOU DIE AS A CAT I can only compare with the passing of a kidney
stone. I am not saying that because it had no budget and it took years to be completed, that was
actually the easy part.
War, Immigration and the prolonged post-war Infection by Death and Destruction were “places” I
never wanted to go to, but I had to.
Making of documentary WHEN YOU DIE AS A CAT I can only compare with the passing of a kidney
stone. I am not saying that because it had no budget and it took years to be completed, that was
actually the easy part.
War, Immigration and the prolonged post-war Infection by Death and Destruction were “places” I
never wanted to go to, but I had to.
FILMOGRAPHY
"Rockovnik"-documentary TV series, 1987, director
"Fantastic History of Bosnian Cinema"- video mono-
drama, 1988, director
"How was Shot Time of Gypsies by Emir Kusturica"-
documentary, 1989, producer
"Zozonski omotac" - arts and culture TV series, 1989-92
"How I Spent my Summer Holidays" - documentary, co-
directed with Miodrag Tarana, 1992
"Peace in the Village of Janja" - documentary,
co-directed with Miodrag Tarana, 1993
"Eurovision" - short film diversion, 1993, director
"Hometown" – documentary, 1994, director
"Metamorphosis of Upper Apple Village" – documentary,
1993, director
"Rockovnik"-documentary TV series, 1987, director
"Fantastic History of Bosnian Cinema"- video mono-
drama, 1988, director
"How was Shot Time of Gypsies by Emir Kusturica"-
documentary, 1989, producer
"Zozonski omotac" - arts and culture TV series, 1989-92
"How I Spent my Summer Holidays" - documentary, co-
directed with Miodrag Tarana, 1992
"Peace in the Village of Janja" - documentary,
co-directed with Miodrag Tarana, 1993
"Eurovision" - short film diversion, 1993, director
"Hometown" – documentary, 1994, director
"Metamorphosis of Upper Apple Village" – documentary,
1993, director