The soul of nature is more needed than ever

The film “Soul of Nature” by a Montenegrin author Slavka Klikovec As of yesterday, it is publicly available on the internet, on YouTube, the producer announced. Mladen Ivanovic.

"The soul of nature is out! More needed than ever," he emphasized on that occasion.

Ivanovic reminds that the film dates back to 2021, and that it was screened at several festivals, including the Underhill International Documentary Film Festival in Podgorica. What prompted the team behind the film to publicly release the work less than five years after its premiere, Ivanovic explains to "Vijesti", was the presentation of the album Nikola Vranjković who is with Danilo Nikodinovski He composed the music for the film and has now released it.

"From the deep archives, after almost ten years of waiting for the 'right moment', we are bringing to light the music composed and performed by Nikola Vranjković and Danilo Nikodinovski for the documentary film 'Soul of Nature' (VIDEA production). The album 'Music from the film Soul of Nature' is available on all digital platforms," ​​the statement said on the occasion.

The production company "Video Production" emphasizes that they are proud of the entire process behind them, the journey, and the result - the film.

“We are proud to share our short experimental documentary. Slavko Klikovac takes us on a non-narrative journey through the unexplored beauty and wilderness of Montenegro, following a one-year cycle through different regions across the country. At the same time, he tries to record certain states of existence, carefully preserving his central thread, the leitmotif of the film, love. ️We are proud of this film. We are publishing it to be seen. To exist. To stay,” they announced on social media.

Ivanović, known to the Montenegrin and regional public as a documentary film director and civic activist, this time found himself in the role of producer, and for "Vijesti" he reveals why it is important to return to this film after a certain period of time.

“'Soul of Nature' is a search for love. For nature that is wisdom. This non-narrative, experimental documentary film offers a space of peace, pause and contemplation in the time of artificial intelligence, hyperproduction and billions of images that we are bombarded with every day. In a time of cacophony, noise and reels, the film returns to silence, through the untouched nature of Montenegro. It is important that it is publicly available because this kind of film does not seek exclusivity, but presence. It does not belong to closed spaces or limited circles, but to everyone who feels the need for contemplation, self-reflection and beauty”, emphasized Ivanović.

The film's description states that in this experimental film, Klikovac searches for years "for the heart of our shamelessly beautiful nature, through all the seasons, to eventually find Love"... The production company believes that everyone who watches the film will find love.

In addition to Klikovac, who is the director and cameraman, and Ivanović, who is the producer, the team that worked on "Soul of Nature" is also completed by: a sound designer and a mixer Jovo Kljajic, first assistant director Boris Djurovic, editing assistant Vladimir Toni Pendo, as well as the famous Nikola Vranjković and Danilo Nikodinovski who wrote the music.

The description of their recently released album "Music from the film Soul of Nature" states that at the heart of it all is a short documentary film by Slavko Klikovac.

"The film 'Soul of Nature' is a timeless beauty, and it premiered in 2021. The film is a masterpiece by Slavko Klikovac and the crew, with the unexplored beauty and wilderness of Montenegro in the lead role. While searching for an answer to the question of what happens during a one-year cycle in a world without people, Klikovac at the same time follows various life processes, taking care not to interrupt the common thread or leitmotif of the film, which is love," the statement emphasizes, adding that the sound engineer was Ivan Mihajlovic, the mix was done by the authors themselves, the master is a work of art Miloš Momirov, and the cover design was by Toni Pendo based on photographs by Slavko Klikovac.

Thus, Slavko Klikovac's film and Vranjković and Nikodinovski's album form a whole.

Nikodinovski also recalled how their involvement in the film came about, according to media reports.

"We finished all the guitar recordings for 'Veronautika' and Vranjković said to me: Well, there's this film that we could try to make music for. What's it about? Nature, flora and fauna. Great, so ambient, 'let's try playing something and see what comes out, on the principle of question - answer.' So he and I played on top of each other and built something out of nothing that seemed like a complete relief after who knows how many days of brutal precision recording that 'Veronautika' required. We only saw the film a few years later when it was finished and I was glad that what lived only in our imagination while we were playing, actually took on a fantastic form in the end, through spectacular shots in the film," he said.