Representations of Social Resistance by the 'Prague School' Authors in (Post)Yugoslav Cinema

• In Event: (Post)Yugoslav Cinema: “Prague School” and Its Legacy

Abstract

The paper explores the cinematic works of a group of prominent Yugoslav film directors, informally known as the “Prague School.” The group of well-known filmmakers, including Goran Marković, Rajko Grlić, Goran Paskaljević, Lordan Zafranović, and Srđan Karanović, attended their studies during the turbulent period of the “Prague Spring” and social resistance to authoritarianism in Czechoslovakia. Upon their return to Yugoslavia, these authors have produced numerous films deconstructing the symbols of social oppression. The paper deals with ways these authors have communicated subversive elements to their audiences, and the influence this poetics has had on the cinema of the post-Yugoslav period.

Author

• Marija Grujic, Inst for Literature and Art (Serbia)