Mila Turajlić was born in Belgrade, Serbia, in 1979, and has a PhD in Film Studies from the University of Westminster. She also studied Political Science and International Relations in London, Film Production in Belgrade, and Documentary Directing at La Fémis in Paris. Her first feature documentary, Cinema Komunisto (2011), received sixteen awards from all over the world. As well as helping to found Belgrade film festival Magnificent 7, she is one of the founders of DOKSerbia, a documentary makers’ association. She teaches Documentary Directing and Creative Use of Archives at SciencesPo and the INASup in Paris.
A locked door inside a Belgrade apartment has kept one family separated from their past for over 70 years. As the filmmaker begins an intimate conversation with her mother, the political fault line running through their home reveals a house and a country haunted by history. The chronicle of a family in Serbia turns into a searing portrait of an activist in times of great turmoil, questioning th...
A locked door inside a Belgrade apartment has kept one family separated from their past for over 70 years. As the filmmaker begins an intimate conversation with her mother, the political fault line running through their home reveals a house and a country haunted by history. The chronicle of a family in Serbia turns into a searing portrait of an activist in times of great turmoil, questioning th...