Micic’s Suitcase

After a tragic demise of Dragan Ve. Ignjatovic, his friends believe he left them with a task of realizing one of his ideas. Ignjatovic was obsessing with the life and works of one Ljubomir Micic, Serbian poet, founder behind the idea of Zenitism and one of the most significant members of the 1920s avant-garde. Notes, writings, video recordings found in the room of the deceased become sequences in the film about Ljubomir Micic.

Director: Director, screenwriter and producer, Simojlovic graduated from Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. He makes documentaries, ethnological films and children’s films. He is also director and screenwriter for the national television network RTS. He is the author of several short films for children which premiered at national TV stations in Germany and Japan with great success. Simojlovic is the founder of EXT and Central Television Direction. His videos and film art were screened at various festivals, film retrospectives and art biennales in Moscow, Belgrade, Kosice, Ljubljana, Helsinki, Beijing, Mexico and Washington. He received a special recognition by the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts for his contribution in the field of Serbian ethnology. His previous films include “Made in Serbia” (1994, coauthor with A. Davic), “Windows 99” (1999), “Circle” (2001), “Santorini or Living in a Postcard” (2002), “Driving the Plague Away” (2003), “Magical Circle of Flowers” (2005), “Live Fire” (2006), “Masa on the Border” (2007), “Genealogy of a Flute” (2010).