{"id":15752,"date":"2021-03-07T13:04:26","date_gmt":"2021-03-07T12:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.p-portal.net\/?p=15752"},"modified":"2021-07-15T10:35:09","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T08:35:09","slug":"danilo-lola-ilic-you-become-nameless-through-your-own-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/p-portal.net\/en\/danilo-lola-ilic-you-become-nameless-through-your-own-choice","title":{"rendered":"Danilo Lola Ili\u0107: You Become Nameless through Your Own Choice"},"content":{"rendered":"

Film editor and director Danilo Lola Ili\u0107<\/strong> was born in Vranje, grew up in Fa\u017eana, was a gymnasium student in Pula, an academy student in Belgrade and an even greater student in Ohio. Because of all of this, and especially all the people he has met and documented on this path, he considers himself a citizen of the world. He says that he sees the category of nationality solely as the beauty of a society and in no way as a cause for creating divisions and inequalities. With a rich movie career behind him, he refuses to be a cog in the movie industry and has for decades done his projects independently and most often alone, which allows him to form special relationships with his interviewees and the subjects he works with.
\nHist last movie, Erik, is included in the programs of film festivals around the world, on almost all continents, and will soon be part of the Martovski Festival in Belgrade. It resists the stereotypical portrayals of persons with disabilities in the media, which are either full of exaggerated pathos or show them as superheroes. In the interview for P-portal, Danilo emphasizes what was most important to him in telling Erik\u2019s story.<\/p>\n

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Movie poster<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cMy friend Erik is a kind of superhero for me; he is a person I greatly value and respect. I am very glad that the movie Erik<\/em> is traveling the world and that the festivals and audiences are receiving this story very positively. Erik is not a person defined solely by his disability \u2013 as he says himself, it is only a condition. He is a person who is much more than that. Despite difficulties, he composes, sings, performs; he is one of those rare people who delight with their charm and positive energy. A stereotypical portrayal would be an insult to Erik. The movie, of course, includes biographical parts as well as parts important to other persons with disabilities, but Erik<\/em> is above all a movie which should motivate us to take care of each other and be our best selves in everything we do,\u201d Danilo says and adds that there is a lot we can learn from Erik.<\/p>\n

Erik is above all a movie which should motivate us to take care of each other and be our best selves in everything we do<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You mentioned that you still do not know if the movie will be a part of the competition program of the Martovski Festival since \u201cthe only Serbian thing in the movie is you.\u201d Outside of this example, how important are the categories Serbian \u2013 Croatian to you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Martovski Festival in Belgrade shows Serbian productions and co-productions, and since Erik<\/em> is neither, it will probably be a part of the festival\u2019s Panorama program. Nevertheless, the Martovski Festival is an important festival and just being included in it is significant. The categories Serbian \u2013 Croatian are not important to me in my personal life and especially not in my work. I consider myself a citizen of the world and view everything around me the same way. We all need to participate in creating a better society wherever we are and whoever we share the meridians and parallels with. Unfortunately, too often national and other identities are used to divide people instead of realizing that different customs and cultures are the beauty of a society and not its problem.<\/p>\n