{"id":30768,"date":"2016-11-30T08:53:09","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T13:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=30768"},"modified":"2016-12-01T15:48:08","modified_gmt":"2016-12-01T20:48:08","slug":"mirkovic-documentary-wins-top-award-eugene-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2016\/mirkovic-documentary-wins-top-award-eugene-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Mirkovic documentary wins top award at Eugene Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emu.edu\/personnel\/people\/show\/zzm2423\">Zeljko Mirkovic<\/a> won \u201cBest Cultural Documentary\u201d at the Eugene (Ore.) Film Festival for his 2016 release \u201cThe Promise.\u201d Mirkovic is a professor in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emu.edu\/vaca\/\">Visual and Communication Arts Department<\/a> at Eastern Mennonite University.<\/p>\n<p>The documentary follows a French family of winemakers who moved to a remote village of Rogljevo in Serbia, an area once known worldwide for its wine. \u201cThe French promised to revive the ancient glory of a forgotten region, but clash of cultures and mentalities puts that goal in question,\u201d according to a film synopsis.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"highlight highlight-right\">View a trailer of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8Aa0DjQ7duo\">The Promise<\/a>.&#8221;<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI hope this documentary will inspire people and launch a debate about how to revive this region,\u201d says Mirkovic. \u201cIt is symbolic story about our region in a wider sense: a place where great potentials often fail to be realized.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Approximately 120 wine cellars in Rogljevo and other places in the region have been inscribed in the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites. Despite such recognition, only a few cellars are still in use.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe arrival of the French exposed some existential questions for this region,\u201d says Dusan Gajic, producer and author of the film. \u201cThe whole culture built around ancient winemaking tradition is at the edge of disappearing. Possibly the best wine terroir in the Balkans and one of the best terroirs in Europe lies today in ruins. This is a sad, striking paradox addressed by our documentary.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30778\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30778\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2016\/11\/mirkovic-documentary-wins-top-award-eugene-film-festival\/eugene-film-festival-1000px_0000_mirkovic2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30778\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30778\" src=\"\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/11\/Eugene-Film-Festival-1000px_0000_mirkovic2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Rogljevo was formerly known worldwide for its wine, but in years since, the tradition has become less robust.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/11\/Eugene-Film-Festival-1000px_0000_mirkovic2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/11\/Eugene-Film-Festival-1000px_0000_mirkovic2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/11\/Eugene-Film-Festival-1000px_0000_mirkovic2.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30778\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rogljevo was formerly known worldwide for its wine, but in years since, the tradition has become less robust.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The documentary is supported by Film Center Serbia and Creative Europe fund of the European Union.<\/p>\n<p>This is the 44th international award for Mirkovic. \u201cThe Second Meeting,\u201d about the friendship of an America F-117A pilot and the missile officer who shot him down in 1999, was an Oscar candidate. [Read a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/05\/10\/movies\/the-second-meeting-a-documentary-by-zeljko-mirkovic.html\">New York Times review<\/a> and watch the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bVQLiijbqRw\">trailer<\/a>.]<\/p>\n<p>Mirkovic earned an undergraduate degree in television directing at the Academy of Art in Belgrade in 1999, and an MA at\u00a0ETMA\u00a0(European Television Management Academy), Strasbourg, France, and Bournemouth University, UK.\u00a0He is completing his PhD dissertation at the University of Vienna, Austria, in the Media and Communication Department on the topic of media and war.<\/p>\n<p>His films have been featured at more than 200 international film festivals and broadcasted over TV stations throughout Europe,\u00a0USA\u00a0and Asia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Director Zeljko Mirkovic won \u201cBest Cultural Documentary\u201d at the Eugene (Ore.) 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