As someone who has worked with some of the participants of that project—primarily Aleksandar Saša Bukvić and Jusuf Hadžifejzović—I realized at one point that we actually have very little information about that event today, even though it was one of the most significant events that defined the '80s in Sarajevo. It was a cultural and artistic project that put Sarajevo on the map of artistic trends in the former Yugoslavia and was undoubtedly the largest event taking place at the time. It was a time when people in Sarajevo believed they could achieve anything, including a major biennial of contemporary art. There are other such stories in Sarajevo, and this is one of the greatest. Furthermore, I wanted to create a story about the people who built it all—two great artists, Bukvić and Hadžifejzović—so this film is both a tribute to that era and that event, as well as to those artists," stated Duraković
The film was produced by CKA Charlama and DEPO, and it had its world premiere earlier this year at the March Festival of Documentary and Short Film in Belgrade.
"I am glad that Jasmin made this film so that it remains recorded. We were doing this 40 years ago, so far ahead of our time in Bosnia and Herzegovina," Hadžifejzović stated briefly.
It should be noted that Aleksandar Saša Bukvić fell ill and passed away before the filming was completed.
Following the film premiere, an exhibition by fine and visual artists Hamzalija Muhić, Bojan Stojčić, Kasja Jerlagić, and Danilo Kreso was opened at the Collegium Artisticum Club. The exhibition is curated by Jusuf Hadžifejzović, one of the founders of "YU Documenta," while the concept of the exhibition remains the same as it was 40 years ago. In this way, the works of the selected artists will be displayed on the walls of the Collegium Artisticum Club, bridging the current scene with tradition.
