Projection: Saturday 6th December – 3.00 pm – Sala Colonne
Company: Intermedia Network
Country: SERBIA
Section: DOCUMENTARY – GREAT CHAMPION
Discipline: Basketball
Year: 2013
Director: Ivica Vidanovic
Editing: Marko Tisovec, Milan Jaksic
Photo: N. Petkovic, D. Jokovic, I. Grujic, V. Lukic, T. Ivanovic, D. Druzetic
Soundtrack: M. Radisic, B. Vesovski, R. Vuckovic, B. Lung, G. Belovic, D. Popadic, V. Brankovic, M. Djurasinovic
Producer: Dejan Petrovic, Zvonko Simunec
CoProducer: Cinnamon Production
Time: 90 min
Synopsis
A testimonial of the birth of the famous Yugoslav school of basketball was formed through the stories of four of its forefathers. From a boy’s first hoops during the World War II in Belgrade and the foundation of the first clubs, to the golden heights reached by the Yugoslav national team. In a country constantly divided between East and West, basketball rose above all existing ideas, even the American and Soviet ones. A game was born, which could not be seen in textbooks. In the decisive game, the United States were defeated and the crazed audiences chanted at the Americans – who had, just one year prior to that, sent a man to the Moon – “The moon is yours, the gold is ours”.