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BALKAN DOX
Exit Through The Cuckoo's Nest
Director
Nikola Ilić
Producer
Laurin Merz
Cinematographer
Nikola Ilić
Editor
Corrina Schwingruber Ilić
Sound
Aleksander Rančić
Jan Godde
Website
Contact
HOOK Film & Kulturproduktion GmbH
Schöneggstrasse 5
8004 Zurich
Switzerland
+41 44 500 24 68
[email protected]
2024
Estonia, Serbia, Switzerland
20 min
Color
This personal short documentary tells the story of a soldier who never wanted to be one. His decision never to pull a trigger led to resistance and ultimately to military prison. Pretending to be mentally ill, he leaves the war zone and returns to Belgrade via the insane asylum. On the day NATO begins bombing the entire country.
Originally from Belgrade (Serbia), Nikola Ilić is an independent filmmaker, and cinematographer interested in creative and observational documentary film-making. Since 2007 lives, studies and works between Switzerland and Serbia. His short films have been shown and awarded at many international Festivals around the globe. His most recent feature Doc (Co-Directed with Corina Schwingruber Ilić) won a DOK Leipzig Golden Dove among other awards.
