Boris Malagurski
Encyclopedia
Boris Malagurski (born August 11, 1988 in Subotica
, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
) is a Serbian
-Canadian
film director
, producer
and screenwriter
. He is the owner of the Malagurski Cinema production company, based in Vancouver
, Canada
.
town of Subotica
. In 2005 he emigrated to Canada and made a documentary film about his move from Serbia called The Canada Project. The film was shown on Serbian National Television
, as a part of Mira Adanja-Polak's TV show.
Malagurski's film Kosovo: Can You Imagine?
(2009) dealt with the topic of human rights
of Serbs
in Kosovo
. The film has been described as:
In December 2009, the film had its broadcast premiere on Russia Today
, the first all-digital Russian TV network.
Malagurski's latest film, The Weight of Chains
(2010), deals with Western involvement in the breakup of Yugoslavia The film is supported by the Global Research Institute
and tackles the question of why Yugoslavia really fell apart, the answer of which, according to the author, is far from how the media
present it. Malagurski also examines the current economic
situation in the former Yugoslav republics
and offers a unique perspective on the major political and social issues facing the people living in that part of the world. In October 2011, the film was broadcasted on RTV BN
.
The Serbia
n newspaper
"Politika
", the oldest daily in the Balkans, described Malagurski as the "Serbian
Michael Moore
", followed by the same description by Press
. Malagurski is currently finishing a documentary film about Belgrade
, in which he aims to capture the spirit of the Serbian capital.
and President of the Vancouver
chapter. When Kosovo
's government declared secession in 2008, Malagurski initiated protests against this act in Vancouver and drew a crowd of over 1,000 people. In 2009 he was named among the Top 30 Under 30 Serbian Young Entrepreneurs at the International Diaspora Youth Leadership Conference, chaired by Tijana Arnautović
. Occasionally, Malagurski writes articles for the political magazine New Serbian political thought.
In October 2011, Malagurski showed his film "The Weight of Chains" at the Jarinje
barricades on the Kosovo-Central Serbia provincial boundary, which constituted, as the author claims, a show of support for the Serbs' cause in fighting for their rights in the disputed province.
Subotica
Subotica is a city and municipality in northern Serbia, in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina...
, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
) is a Serbian
Serbs
The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
-Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
and screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
. He is the owner of the Malagurski Cinema production company, based in Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
.
Life and work
Born to Prof. Dr. Sc. Branislav Malagurski and Slavica Malagurski, Boris grew up in the Northern SerbianSerbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
town of Subotica
Subotica
Subotica is a city and municipality in northern Serbia, in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina...
. In 2005 he emigrated to Canada and made a documentary film about his move from Serbia called The Canada Project. The film was shown on Serbian National Television
Radio Television of Serbia
Radio Television of Serbia or Serbian Broadcasting Corporation is the public broadcaster in Serbia. It broadcasts and produces a variety of news, drama, and sports programming through radio, television and the Internet. RTS is, since July 2001, a member of the European Broadcasting Union. RTS is...
, as a part of Mira Adanja-Polak's TV show.
Malagurski's film Kosovo: Can You Imagine?
Kosovo: Can You Imagine?
Canadian journalist and military expert Scott Taylor said the following about the film:Former Canadian diplomat and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Yugoslavia, James Byron Bissett stated this about the film:...
(2009) dealt with the topic of human rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
of Serbs
Serbs
The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
in Kosovo
Kosovo
Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
. The film has been described as:
In December 2009, the film had its broadcast premiere on Russia Today
Russia Today
Russia Today may refer to:* Russia Today, an English language 24-hour television news channel from Russia. It was launched in 2005 and is not related to an online news service of the similar name operated by EIN News...
, the first all-digital Russian TV network.
Malagurski's latest film, The Weight of Chains
The Weight of Chains
The Weight of Chains is a 2010 Canadian documentary film directed by Boris Malagurski which analyzes the role that the United States, NATO and the EU played in the breakup of Yugoslavia. It was released on December 17, 2010.-Production:...
(2010), deals with Western involvement in the breakup of Yugoslavia The film is supported by the Global Research Institute
Michel Chossudovsky
Michel Chossudovsky is a Canadian-based economist.He graduated from the University of Manchester, England, and obtained a PhD at the University of North Carolina, U. S...
and tackles the question of why Yugoslavia really fell apart, the answer of which, according to the author, is far from how the media
Mass media
Mass media refers collectively to all media technologies which are intended to reach a large audience via mass communication. Broadcast media transmit their information electronically and comprise of television, film and radio, movies, CDs, DVDs and some other gadgets like cameras or video consoles...
present it. Malagurski also examines the current economic
Economy
An economy consists of the economic system of a country or other area; the labor, capital and land resources; and the manufacturing, trade, distribution, and consumption of goods and services of that area...
situation in the former Yugoslav republics
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...
and offers a unique perspective on the major political and social issues facing the people living in that part of the world. In October 2011, the film was broadcasted on RTV BN
RTV BN
Radio Televizija Bijeljina, is a radio-television company based in Bijeljina, Bosnia & Herzegovina. RTV Bijeljina has been said to be aligned with hardline Serbian nationalists. RTV Bijeljina is more commonly known as RTV BN. The company was founded in 1998...
.
The Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
n newspaper
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
"Politika
Politika
Politika is a Serbian newspaper. It is considered the newspaper of record and is the oldest daily in the Balkans, having been founded on January 25, 1904 by Vladislav Ribnikar. It is currently being published by Politika Newspapers and Magazines , a joint venture between Politika AD and...
", the oldest daily in the Balkans, described Malagurski as the "Serbian
Serbs
The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
Michael Moore
Michael Moore
Michael Francis Moore is an American filmmaker, author, social critic and activist. He is the director and producer of Fahrenheit 9/11, which is the highest-grossing documentary of all time. His films Bowling for Columbine and Sicko also place in the top ten highest-grossing documentaries...
", followed by the same description by Press
Press (newspaper)
Press is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Belgrade.Press Publishing Group also owns a daily aimed at businesspeople called Biznis, as well as a lifestyle weekly magazine Lola and a glossy monthly magazine called FAME...
. Malagurski is currently finishing a documentary film about Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
, in which he aims to capture the spirit of the Serbian capital.
Activism
Malagurski is also the Co-Founder of the Serbian Youth LeagueSerbian Youth League
Serbian Youth League is a registered non-profit organization, with the purpose of bringing Serbian youth together and promoting Serbian culture in the world, cultivating interest in Serbian heritage, and organizing events that relate to Serbian culture in Serbia and the Serbian Diaspora. It was...
and President of the Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
chapter. When Kosovo
Kosovo
Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
's government declared secession in 2008, Malagurski initiated protests against this act in Vancouver and drew a crowd of over 1,000 people. In 2009 he was named among the Top 30 Under 30 Serbian Young Entrepreneurs at the International Diaspora Youth Leadership Conference, chaired by Tijana Arnautović
Tijana Arnautovic
Tijana Arnautović is a Bosnian Serb-Canadian beauty pageant titleholder. Arnautović was born in the small town of Konjic in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where the family lived until the Bosnian War...
. Occasionally, Malagurski writes articles for the political magazine New Serbian political thought.
In October 2011, Malagurski showed his film "The Weight of Chains" at the Jarinje
Jarinje
Jarinje is a village in northern Kosovo, on Kosovo's northern boundary with Central Serbia, forming a disputed border between the Republic of Kosovo and Serbia. Jarinje is the location of one of the NATO-staffed border checkpoints between Serbia and Kosovo...
barricades on the Kosovo-Central Serbia provincial boundary, which constituted, as the author claims, a show of support for the Serbs' cause in fighting for their rights in the disputed province.
Filmography
- The Canada Project (2005) - Director, Editor
- Kosovo: Can You Imagine?Kosovo: Can You Imagine?Canadian journalist and military expert Scott Taylor said the following about the film:Former Canadian diplomat and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Yugoslavia, James Byron Bissett stated this about the film:...
(2009) - Director, Producer, Writer, Editor - The Weight of ChainsThe Weight of ChainsThe Weight of Chains is a 2010 Canadian documentary film directed by Boris Malagurski which analyzes the role that the United States, NATO and the EU played in the breakup of Yugoslavia. It was released on December 17, 2010.-Production:...
(2011) - Director, Writer - Belgrade (2012, In production) - Director, Producer, Writer
Awards and screenings
- Young Authors of Europe, 2005 - for "The Canada Project" at the International Film Festival in PalićPalicPalić is a town in Serbia, from Subotica, and from the border between Serbia and Hungary. It is a part of the Subotica Municipality, North Bačka District, autonomous province of Vojvodina. The town has a Hungarian ethnic majority and its population numbering 7,745 people...
, SerbiaSerbiaSerbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans... - Young Authors of Europe, 2005 - for "Vreme Je" at the International Film Festival in Palić, Serbia
- Best Film, 2009 - for "Kosovo: Can You Imagine?" at the BC Days Serbian Documentary Film Festival in Burnaby, Canada
- Winner, Silver Palm Award, 2009 - for "Kosovo: Can You Imagine?" at the Mexico International Film Festival 2009, Rosarito, Mexico
- Official Selection, 2009 - for "Kosovo: Can You Imagine?" at the BridgeFest International Film Festival, East SarajevoIstocno SarajevoIstočno Sarajevo is a city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and de jure capital of the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina adjacent to Bosnia and Herzegovinas capital Sarajevo to its northeast. East Sarajevo consists of a few pre-war suburbal parts of Sarajevo which are now in the Republika...
, Bosnia-HerzegovinaBosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the... - Official Selection, 2011 - for "The Weight of Chains" at the BELDOCS International Feature Documentary Film Festival, BelgradeBelgradeBelgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
, SerbiaSerbiaSerbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans... - Official Selection, 2011 - for "The Weight of Chains" at the Raindance Film FestivalRaindance Film FestivalRaindance is an independent film festival and film school that operates from various cities including: London, New York, Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Budapest, Berlin and Brussels...
, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, United KingdomUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... - Official Selection, 2011 - for "The Weight of Chains" at the Moving Images Film Festival, TorontoTorontoToronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... - Official Selection, 2011 - for "The Weight of Chains" at the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema, HavanaHavanaHavana is the capital city, province, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city proper has a population of 2.1 million inhabitants, and it spans a total of — making it the largest city in the Caribbean region, and the most populous...
, CubaCubaThe Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city... - Official Selection, 2011 - for "The Weight of Chains" at the Ann Arbor Docu Fest, Ann Arbor, United States of America