Grandmothers of the Revolution (Babice revolucije)

The director explores the role of ideology and political systems in her
personal family history. Her story is based on the destinies of three close
relatives: her paternal grandfather imprisoned by communists after WWII for
twelve years due to his alleged anti-partisan activity; Brand’s, Petra’s
boyfriend mother who lives in Macedonia and tells a story about Brand’s uncle
shot by the police during demonstrations against the regime and the story about
the uncle's mother who is an advocate of nationalism and dictatorship. The
third person, Brand's other grandmother, from Cuba, is equally ardent about Fidel
Castro's one-party system. The film is filled with archive footage and popular
and classical music that illustrates the history of Yugoslavia under Tito's leadership
and the disintegration of the common state through the prism of a family chronicle
from the second half of the 20th century. (Simon Popek)

Direction: Petra Seliškar. Film is in Macedonian, Spanish and English with
Slovene subtitles.

Production: Cankarjev dom; In collaboration with: City of Women.