Wongar

Showings

TIFF Lightbox 3 Fri, May 3, 2019 9:15 PM
TIFF Lightbox 4 Sat, May 4, 2019 3:15 PM
Film Info
Runtime:60
Copyright:2018
Country Listing:Serbia
Premiere Status:North American Premiere
Rating:G
Festival Info
Festival Year:2019
Language:English
Accessibility:Full Subtitles
Program Category:World Showcase
Film Subjects:Animals & Animal Rights
Indigenous Cultures & Issues
Writers & Books
Australasia
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Andrijana Stojkovic
Producer(s):Jelena Stankovic
Miroslav Mogorovic
Andrijana Stojkovic
Executive Producer(s):Jelena Stankovic
Editor(s):Andrijana Stojkovic
M. Cem Öztüfekçi
Writer(s):Andrijana Stojkovic
Cinematography:João Ribeiro
Composer:Vladimir Kolaric
Sound:Aleksandar Protic
Ben Travers

Description

Barred from journalism in his native Yugoslavia, Serbian writer Sreten Božic fled to France in the 1950s, contributed to Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre's publication Les Temps Modernes, and moved to Australia a couple of years later. Today, the 87-year-old still lives on his secluded bush property south of Melbourne, under the pseudonym B. Wongar. Serbian filmmaker Andrijana Stojkovic observes him devotedly caring for his six dingoes while waiting for the publication of his latest novel. When one of his cherished dogs falls sick and the vet suggests putting him down, Wongar looks for help in a different universe. Alluding to his intimate relationship with Aboriginal culture in a dreamy treatment of time and space that blurs conventional boundaries, Stojkovic slowly reveals a personal tragedy that speaks to Australia's shameful colonial past. Charlotte Selb

World Showcase program sponsored by Delta Air Lines.

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