SOFA INTERVIEWS AT THE KROKODIL FESTIVAL 2024

28 May SOFA INTERVIEWS AT THE KROKODIL FESTIVAL 2024

During the three evenings of the KROKODIL Festival, from June 21 to 23, at the amphitheater in front of the Museum of Yugoslavia, you can expect three exciting sofa interviews. On the first evening, photographer Brian Rašić will join us, on the second evening historian Dubravka Stojanović, and on the third evening actor and writer Feđa Štukan. Festival’s program download HERE

Branislav Brian Rašić is a British-Serbian photographer. He began his career at a young age. He has photographed over 8,000 concerts and worked with many of the world’s music stars, with his photographs appearing in numerous newspapers. He has been the official photographer for the Rolling Stones, David Bowie, David Gilmour, Amy Winehouse, and other renowned musicians.

Dubravka Stojanović earned her master’s degree in 1992 from the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Belgrade with a thesis titled “The Serbian Social Democratic Party and Serbia’s War Program 1912-1918.” She received her doctorate in 2001 with a dissertation on “European Democratic Models among the Serbian Political and Intellectual Elite 1903-1914.” From 1988 to 1996, she worked at the Institute for Recent History of Serbia, and since 1996, she has been teaching in the Department of General Contemporary History at the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade. She became an associate professor in 2008 and was promoted to full professor in 2015. Her research focuses on democracy in Serbia and the Balkans at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, interpretations of history in Serbian textbooks, social history, modernization processes, and the history of women in Serbia.

Feđa Štukan is a prominent Bosnian-Herzegovinian actor, pilot, and writer. During the Bosnian War, he joined the special units of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina but left the military after a few years for moral reasons, refusing to participate in the religious conflict. This experience later shaped his artistic work and life philosophy. After the war, he enrolled in the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo, using his acting skills to rebuild his life. Through his work on stage and in film, he has become a recognizable figure not only in Bosnia and Herzegovina but throughout the region. His novel “Blank” became popular, exploring his personal experiences during the war, his struggle with trauma, and his transformation through art.