Goran Paskaljević ( sr-cyr, Горан Паскаљевић; ; 22 April 1947 – 25 September 2020) was a Serbian and former Yugoslav
film director
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.
Biography
Born in
Belgrade
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, he was raised by his grandparents in
Niš
Niš (; sr-Cyrl, Ниш, ; names in other languages) is the third largest city in Serbia and the administrative center of the Nišava District. It is located in southern part of Serbia. , the city proper has a population of 183,164, whi ...
in southern
Serbia
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, following the divorce of his parents. Fourteen years later he returned to Belgrade where he worked with his stepfather at the
Yugoslav Film Archive
The Yugoslav Film Archive ( sr, Југословенска кинотека / Jugoslovenska kinoteka) is a film archive located in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. Founded in 1949, it is a founding member of the International Federation of Film Ar ...
.
Paskaljević belonged to a group of
several Yugoslav filmmakers who studied abroad and graduated from the prestigious
(FAMU). After returning to Yugoslavia, he made some 30 documentaries and 16 feature films which were screened at many international film festivals (such as Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Toronto and San Sebastian) and met with critical acclaim. The rise of nationalism during the
breakup of Yugoslavia
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forced him to leave his country in 1992.
In 1998 he returned to Yugoslavia to make ''
Cabaret Balkan
''Cabaret Balkan'' is a 1998 Serbian film directed by Goran Paskaljević starring Miki Manojlović and Nebojša Glogovac. Its original Serbian language title is ''Буре барута'' (''Bure baruta'') which means ''Powder Keg''. It was releas ...
'', which won the
FIPRESCI
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prize at the Venice Film Festival and at the European Film Awards. In 2001, Variety International Film Guide marked him as one of the world's top five directors of the year. The Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA) presented a full retrospective of his work in January 2008.
It was BFI Southbank's (London) turn to organize in July 2010 a full retrospective of his 16 feature films, along with the publication of a monograph (in
English
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) about his work.
Paskaljević lived between Belgrade and
Paris
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,
France
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and he held both Serbian and French citizenship. As of 2008 he was named
Officer
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of the French
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
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.
He died on 25 September 2020 in Paris.
Filmography
See also
* ''
The Prague film school''
References
External links
*
New York Times Profile, Jan. 9, 2008
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1947 births
2020 deaths
Film people from Belgrade
People from Niš
Serbian film directors
Yugoslav film directors
European Film Awards winners (people)
Golden Arena for Best Director winners
Academy of Performing Arts in Prague alumni