Punk Under Communist Regime
by Andrej Košak
Punk pod komunističnim režimom, 2025, documentary, 2D animation, cutout, rotoscoping, digital DCP, 1,77:1 (16:9), 25, c + bw, 100 min
SI, BG, RS
Finished
A documentary about the Slovenian punk scene between 1977 and 1985. The bands that were formed were all made up of high school students who, despite their youth, quickly began to perform and triggered a wave of repression by commmunist party. While marshall Tito was dying in Ljubljana, an outburst of incredible creativity of young people took place in Slovenia, who no longer agreed to the party's one-mindedness. This was the first serious countercultural blow in the former Yugoslavia followed by a “Nazi punk affair” that put the three protagonists of the punk scene in custody. While
English punks gathered in pubs, Slovenian punks gathered in the city center on Johnny Rotten Square or being…
Andrej Košak was born 16.6.1965 in Ljubljana, Slovenija. He has finished Film Academy in Ljubljana and then had a successful TV career where he has directed more than 500 TV emissions in all kinds of fields.
In 1996 he directed his debut feature film “Outsider” which broke all domestic box office records pulling almost 5% of population in the cinema. “Outsider” brought Slovenian audience back to cinema and was distributed in all countries of former Yugoslavia, won several international awards …
This is a global phenomenon, as I do not know that anywhere in the world, such young individuals aged 13 to 18 would make such quality and authentic music that is still listened to today between all generations and already has a cult status among today's youth. The documentary will outline this interesting time in a dynamic way, with montage of attractions like Dusan Makavejev's films, using a large amount of archival footage from that time, music videos, photographs, fanzines, and interviews w…
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