After one Serbian tabloid attacked the production for making the film with a potential queer subject, the two young actors started exploring the topic of representation of LGBTIQ characters through the history of Yugoslav and later Serbian cinema, but also the social circumstances that have resulted in different treatments of these characters. What did the presence of queers in cinema actually mean through the decades?
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Dragan Jovićević finished Film Studies at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. He is the author of many short films, video arts, and installations. His feature documentary, WARM FILM, had a world premiere at the 26th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival. Currently, he is filming the short stop-motion film ROXANDA, which was supported by Film Center Serbia, RE-ACT, and The Film Agency of North Macedonia. Also, he was the producer of a documentary program at National Serbian Broadcast Avala. He is the founder of independent production company Greifer, which gathers many artists of different artistic directions and produces various visual forms.
Filmography
A Boy Opens the Door (2025); Legend of Tsunami (2014)
