From "The Meeting of 1988", through "Lessons from My Dad" to "80 Angry Journalists"

On the second day of the UnderhillFest International Documentary Film Festival, three films are scheduled in three competitive selections.

Tonight's program begins with the selection "Sedam kratkih" (Seven Short Films), which will include a screening of the short documentary film "Slet 1988" by director, screenwriter and visual artist, on the basketball court in Njegošev Park in Podgorica at 21 p.m. Mars Popivode.

“The focus is on the last Yugoslav Youth Day rally, held on May 25, 1988, without a relay, just under three years before the bloody disintegration of the state of brotherhood and unity began. Instead of the usual collective spectacle, Youth Day that year was marked by an artistic performance performed by sonje Vukicevic", the leader of the Ballet of the National Theater in Belgrade and the choreographer, which, as noted, was an adaptation of the theater play 'Uros boros', produced by the Novi Sad Cultural Center," the description states.

Afterwards, at 9:25 PM, the film "My Dad's Lessons" by director Is it Dozet, who is a guest of the festival. It is a film essay that deals with the relationship between the director and her late father.

"Dad left behind hundreds of hours of recorded material - from family footage, footage of the city of Osijek from the 1980s until his death, to footage from his travels. Watching all of this footage taken during his lifetime today, director Dalija Dozet tries to understand and re-understand their relationship, to tell dad everything he hasn't said before," reads the description of the film, which is being shown as part of the regional selection.

UnderhillFest reminds everyone who is unable to attend that all conversations with guests can follow live via UnderhillFest's social media and YouTube channel, with the support of One.

The program continues at 10:30 PM with a screening of a film from the international selection, “80 Angry Journalists” directed by Andrasa Földesa i Anne kis.

“In 2020, the largest independent newsroom in Hungary collapses under political pressure. More than eighty journalists resign in protest. War correspondent András Földes turns his camera on his own newsroom and documents the chaotic days that follow. As journalists build a new media outlet from the ground up, solidarity, exhaustion, and internal tensions reshape the community,” the synopsis states.