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Boris Malagurski
Malagurski at the Raindance Film Festival
Born (1988-08-11) 11 August 1988 (age 36)
Subotica, SR Serbia,
SFR Yugoslavia
Occupation(s)Film director and screenwriter
Years active2005-present
Websitehttp://www.malagurski.com

Boris Malagurski (Serbian Cyrillic: Борис Малагурски) (born 11 August 1988) is a Serbian-Canadian film director, producer, screenwriter and activist. He is the owner of the Malagurski Cinema production company, based in Vancouver, Canada.

Life and work

Born to Prof. Dr. Sc. Branislav Malagurski and Slavica Malagurski, Boris grew up in the Northern Serbian town of Subotica. In an interview for Literární noviny, Prague's cultural and political journal, Malagurski said that his last name originates from the Polish town of Mała Góra, noting that in the 17th century, a soldier from that town fought under the command of John III Sobieski against the Turks in the Battle of Senta and afterwards decided to stay in Subotica, which is now in the Serbian province of Vojvodina.

Since Malagurski emigrated to Canada in 2005, he identifies himself as Serbian Canadian. Malagurski made a documentary film about his move from Serbia called The Canada Project. The film was shown on Serbian National Television, as a part of Mira Adanja-Polak's TV show.

According to the Malagurski Cinema website, since May 2007 Malagurski has been a columnist with Kišobran (lit. Umbrella), a Serbian language monthly newspaper published in Vancouver. He also founded the Serbian Youth League in Vancouver in February 2008, and has been its president since that time.

Kosovo: Can You Imagine?

Malagurski's documentary film Kosovo: Can You Imagine? (2009) dealt with the topic of human rights of Serbs in Kosovo. The Pečat Magazine described the film as "An objective, authentic journalistic approach to the issue, as well as brave work on the field, make this documentary an accomplishment envied by any author". The film features several prominent experts regarding the subject of the Balkans, such as Ret. Maj. Gen. Lewis MacKenzie, Fmr. Amb. James Byron Bissett and Prof. Michel Chossudovsky, who help analyze the state in which the disputed province finds itself since declaring secession from Serbia. In realizing this film project, Malagurski received help from Canadian author and journalist Scott Taylor and Princess Linda, from the House of Karađorđević, as well as UNMIK official John Hawthorne and Irish diplomat Mary Walsh, to which the film is dedicated. In December 2009, the documentary had its broadcast premiere on Russia Today TV network.

The Weight of Chains

His film The Weight of Chains (2010) deals with Western involvement in the breakup of Yugoslavia. The film is supported by the Global Research Institute and tackles the question of why Yugoslavia fell apart, the answer of which, according to the author, is far from how the media present it. Malagurski also examines the current economic situation in the former Yugoslav republics and offers a different perspective on the major political and social issues facing the people living in that part of the world.

The Belgrade-based daily newspaper Blic noted that this film "exploded on the Internet" and became the topic of many blogs and discussions. The Politika newspaper wrote that over a million people saw The Weight of Chains over the Internet. The film also found itself in the official selections of a number of film festivals and was shown in cinemas in the United States, Australia and Canada. In October 2011, the film was broadcasted on RTV BN, and on RTRS in January 2012. The Croatian media portal Javno.hr described "The Weight of Chains" as a "controversial film" and that it describes "the causes and circumstances that lead to the breakup of Yugoslavia and the wars in that region". When the journalist Miroslav Filipović asked Malagurski whether he'd agree that his film is "one-sided" and "too Serbian", Malagurski answered that it can only be both "too Serbian" and "too Croatian" as it's "in the interest of the people of that part of the world". As of 2012, the film is distributed worldwide by Journeyman Pictures.

In April 2012, Malagurski announced the production of a sequel, The Weight of Chains 2, which will, according to the author, continue where the first part ended. The film will include interviews with Noam Chomsky, Michael Ruppert, R. James Woolsey, Vuk Jeremić, Mlađan Dinkić, Michael Parenti, Miroslav Lazanski and many others.

Belgrade

Boris Malagurski interviewing Novak Djokovic for his documentary film about Belgrade

As of 2011 Malagurski is working on a documentary film about Belgrade, in which he aims to capture the spirit of the Serbian capital. When completed, the film will be the first documentary about Belgrade since the 1980s, when the city was hoping to host the 1992 Summer Olympics. The author claims that Belgrade boasts a unique quality and energy, in spite of the fact that it was destroyed and rebuilt over 40 times in its history and that the greatest attraction of the city are the citizens themselves.

The documentary will feature Boris Malagurski on-screen, including interviews with Belgraders, such as tennis player Novak Djokovic, and will be in English. In an interview for Večernje novosti, a Belgrade-based daily newspaper, Malagurski said that he made a break from producing the film while working on a documentary called "The Presumption of Justice", but that he still aims to show the capital of Serbia in the best possible way, as well as to inspire foreigners to come and visit it.

Revolution

As of January 2013, Boris Malagurski is the host of "Revolution" (Template:Lang-sr), a weekly TV show on Happy TV, a Serbian television network with national frequency. According to Malagurski, the goal of the show, which features documentary segments and interviews with state officials, political and economic analysts, psychologists, foreign experts and ordinary citizens of Serbia, is to come up with an answer to the question - why do people still have a low standard of living and what can be done to change that. Malagurski doesn't solve issues in the TV show, but aims to provoke initiative so that the citizens can move forward.

Media and lectures

The Serbian newspaper "Politika", the oldest daily in the Balkans, described Malagurski as the "Serbian Michael Moore", followed by the same description by Press and many other media outlets in the region.

Malagurski regularly gives keynote speeches about his film making tactics and current social, political and economic issues in the Balkans. Recently, he spoke several times at the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Belgrade, at the Novi Sad Law School and the University of Novi Sad Medical School and Faculty of Philosophy, as well as the Management Faculty in Sremski Karlovci. He also gave a speech on "guerilla filmmaking" at the Megatrend University in Belgrade

Malagurski took part in many conferences, including the "Should I Stay Or Should I Go?" conference organized by the Belgrade Youth Office of the City Government of Belgrade and the "Trustees of Kosovo Thought" conference at the 57th International Book Fair in Belgrade organized by the Office for Kosovo and Metohija of the Government of the Republic of Serbia. In April 2012, Malagurski delivered a presentation at Google in Silicon Valley that dealt with raising funds for film projects.

Activism

When Kosovo declared independence in 2008, Malagurski spoke at a protest which drew a crowd of hundreds. In 2009 he was named among the "Top 30 Under 30 Serbian Young Entrepreneurs" at the Serbian International Diaspora Youth Leadership Conference, chaired by Tijana Arnautović, while in 2011, Malagurski was a keynote speaker at the annual Conference. Occasionally, Malagurski writes articles for the political magazine New Serbian political thought and produces video reports for the Centre for Research on Globalization.

In October 2011, Malagurski showed his film "The Weight of Chains" at the Jarinje barricades on the Kosovo-Serbia border, which the he claims was a show of support for the Serbs' cause in fighting for their rights in the disputed province. In June 2012, Malagurski took part in a protest in front of the building of Radio Television Serbia that called for an end to "organized media darkness" in Serbia and requested the airing of Malagurski's film "The Weight of Chains" on Serbia's public broadcaster. In front of hundreds of protesters, Malagurski stated that Aleksandar Tijanić, the director of RTS, told Malagurski that the film received a positive review, but couldn't be aired on RTS because it was allegedly already aired on Happy TV, which Malagurski claimed wasn't true. Malagurski provided signed and stamped documentation from Happy TV in which it's written that Happy TV never aired "The Weight of Chains". On October 24, 2012, exactly 100 years after the Battle of Kumanovo, Malagurski, together with other Serbian activists, organized a "Thanksgiving walk of remembrance" that started in front of the Government of Serbia building and continued to the Novo groblje cemetery complex where the organizers laid a wreath on the tomb of Radomir Putnik, the Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian army in the Balkan Wars.

Filmography

  • The Canada Project (2005) - Director, Editor
  • Kosovo: Can You Imagine? (2009) - Director, Producer, Writer, Editor
  • The Weight of Chains (2011) - Director, Writer
  • The Presumption of Justice (2012) - Director, Producer
  • Belgrade (2012, In production) - Director, Producer, Writer
  • The Weight of Chains 2 (2013, Pre-production) - Director, Producer, Writer

Awards and screenings

  • Young Authors of Europe, 2005 - for "The Canada Project" at the International Film Festival in Palić, Serbia
  • Young Authors of Europe, 2005 - for "Vreme Je" at the International Film Festival in Palić, Serbia
  • Winner, Silver Palm Award, 2009 - for "Kosovo: Can You Imagine?" at the Mexico International Film Festival 2009, Rosarito, Mexico
  • Official Selection, 2009 - for "Kosovo: Can You Imagine?" at the BridgeFest International Film Festival, East Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
  • Official Selection, 2011 - for "The Weight of Chains" at the BELDOCS International Feature Documentary Film Festival, Belgrade, Serbia
  • Official Selection, 2011 - for "The Weight of Chains" at the Raindance Film Festival, London, United Kingdom
  • Official Selection, 2011 - for "The Weight of Chains" at the Moving Images Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
  • Official Selection, 2011 - for "The Weight of Chains" at the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema, Havana, Cuba
  • Official Selection, 2011 - for "The Weight of Chains" at the Ann Arbor Docu Fest, Ann Arbor, United States of America

References

  1. ^ Добри људи у злим временима | Good people in evil times Politika Newspaper, August 28, 2010
  2. „Vítejte v Kosovu, vaše auto je už tady!“ Literární noviny
  3. Srpsko-kanadski režiser Boris Malagurski Alo novine
  4. Mira Adanja-Polak and You June 5, 2005
  5. "Malagurski Cinema - About". Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  6. Kosovo: Can You Imagine on IMDb
  7. Nepodnošljiva lakoća istine - Pečat Magazine May 26, 2011
  8. Kosovo: Can you imagine? XL Reports | Russia Today, December 11, 2009
  9. New Documentary Film by Boris Malagurski | Global Research, January 7, 2010
  10. Srbi se konačno probudili i udružili Novine Toronto, March 26, 2010
  11. “Težina lanaca”: Šta se stvarno desilo? Global Research, October 26, 2009
  12. ^ Kapitalizam pljačka Srbiju Blic
  13. ^ Nema povlačenja, nema predaje Politika
  14. BN - SREDA 19.10.2011 21:00 - Težina lanaca, dokumentarni film
  15. TEŽINA LANACA - dokumentarni film, RTRS
  16. Yugoslavia was the predecessor of the EU | Boris Malagurski Interview for Javno.hr
  17. Journeyman Pictures : Documentaries Serbia - The Weight Of Chains - 124 min 30 sec
  18. The Weight of Chains 2 About
  19. Kultura : Zagolicajmo maštu turista Politika, 5 October 2011
  20. Belgrade with Boris Malagurski Official Website
  21. Boris Malagurski: Želim da radim u Srbiji Večernje novosti
  22. Revolucija Happy TV
  23. The Revolution of Boris Malagurski on Happy TV Story.rs
  24. Malagurski: It's time to sober up Večernje novosti
  25. New documentary by the Serbian Michael Moore Press newspaper
  26. "Kosovo and Metohija in the light of international law" conference at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law, featuring Boris Malagurski
  27. Video of Boris Malagurski at the Faculty of Law at the University of Belgrade
  28. "Kosovo - Where is the solution?" conference at the Faculty of Political Sciences, featuring Boris Malagurski
  29. The Weight of Chains at the Faculty of Philosophy
  30. "How to get over stereotypes of bad boys" at F@M Sremski Karlovci
  31. Reditelj Boris Malagurski posetio Megatrend Megatrent
  32. Tribina Should I Stay Or Should I Go Kancelarija za mlade
  33. Kancelarija za Kosovo i Metohiju na 57. Međunarodnom sajmu knjiga u Beogradu od 21. do 28. oktobra 2012. Program
  34. Protesters rally against Kosovo independence, Global TV, February 24, 2008
  35. 30 under 30
  36. Top 30 Under 30 Serbian Young Entrepreneurs Tanjug
  37. Битка је у нама Борис Малагурски, НСПМ | 1 November 2010
  38. Дневник 2010 Борис Малагурски, НСПМ | 19 October 2010
  39. Моја држава, моја револуција Борис Малагурски, НСПМ | 14 October 2010
  40. Fracturing Serbia: Vojvodina The Next Powder Keg Boris Malagurski for GRTV
  41. Using alternative paths to get to North Kosovo Politika, October 31, 2011
  42. We're afraid of Belgrade, not KFOR Pravda newspaper, October 30, 2011
  43. Protest ispred RTS-a RTS
  44. RTS odbio da prikaže film Težina lanaca Kurir
  45. Protest ispred zgrade RTS Pravda
  46. Thanksgiving walk United Journalists of Serbia Press Centre
  47. ^ Young European Filmmakers Palić International Film Festival, 2005
  48. RTV - Film Borisa Malagurskog nagrađen na festivalu u Meksiku, Radio Television Vojvodina, May 11, 2009
  49. Film Borisa Malagurskog nagrađen na festivalu u Meksiku, Glas Srbije, May 11, 2009
  50. Težina lanaca: Kritika uloge NATO, EU i SAD i raspadu SFRJ BELDOCS 2011
  51. Raindance Film Festival 2011
  52. Radio Television Serbia | The Weight of Chains in London
  53. MIFF Schedule End of World Showcase
  54. "El peso de las cadenas" Festival Internacional Del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano
  55. Ann Arbor Docu Fest: The Weight of Chains AnnArbor.com

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Print media interviews

Films

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