Photo: PromoAfter the banning of the film "Next to Us" in Jagodina, the regime media turned their backs on the director Stevan Filipović. Maybe because the film ends ingloriously in Belgrade on the water
"I can confirm that it is Next to me banned only in Jagodina, and that in the other places that were mentioned on social networks and in the media on Saturday, there were only problems during the showing," says Stevan Filipović, the director of this film, for the "Vremena" portal.
He says he still doesn't know why Jagodina won't Next to us, as well as that "some woman contacted him who said she didn't want a gay movie".
"All this is happening a few days after we showed a free screening of the film for students at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts, and after my video supporting the students. That clip had 7,5 million views, it even reached New Zealand," says Filipović.
It is possible that the film Next to us undesirable also because of the end of the film, which should not suit SNS: we will only say that it is not favorable for Belgrade on the water.
"That's why we had the premiere in Belgrade on the water," says Filipović.
On Sunday, and only six days after the premiere, the regime media broadcast the same text against Stevan Filipović.
They say that he belongs to Dragan Bjelogrlić's group, that he is paid by the Croatian intelligence service, they quote the statement of "an actress who survived Filipović's torture" who says that Filipović is "aggressive, with an identity problem" who makes lists of actors who do not support the protests, they state that " known to the public for open insults to everyone who thinks differently", as well as for "bizarre photos on his social networks", and also for "disgusting comments against the president of the state, calls to revolution, change of power in the streets, civil war".
"It seems that they are very angry and want to destroy the film." And the previous one, the movie Next to me, have destroyed, but in a more subtle way. Let's say, they removed it from the repertoire already after the first day of screening with the explanation that there was no audience, and they told the audience that we had decided that way. I know that was not true, because kids from those places called and protested why we pulled the film," says Filipović.
In several cities, there were problems during the screening of the film, he says, but they have been corrected and the film is being shown.
"For example, the fire extinguisher was activated in Novi Sad, but I was told that this happens often. In Gornji Milanovac, the screening was interrupted twice, they returned the money to the viewers".
Stevan Filipović says that he will sue the media for the publications against him.
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