The Other Side of Everything

The Other Side of Everything (Serbian: Druga strana svega) is a 2017 Serbian biographical documentary film produced, written and directed by Mila Turajlić. The film premiered at the 2017 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam where it became Best Feature-Length Documentary winner[3] in it's Camera in Focus section.[4] The same year, it was also screened at the Seattle International Film Festival,[5] the RiverRun International Film Festival,[6] the South East European Film Festival[7] and in Fight the Power section of Doc NYC.[8]

The Other Side of Everything
SerbianDruga strana svega
Directed byMila Turajlić
Written byMila Turajlić
Produced byMila Turajlić
Carine Chichkowsky
CinematographyMila Turajlić
Edited bySylvie Gadmer
Aleksandra Milovanovic
Music byJonathan Morali
Production
company
Dribbling Pictures[1]
Distributed byIcarus Films[2]
Release date
  • 3 November 2017 (2017-11-03) (IDFA)
Running time
104 minutes
CountriesSerbia
France
Qatar
LanguageSerbian

The Other Side of Everything was also screened at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival[9] the ACT Human Rights Film Festival[10] and various other international film festivals such as Thessaloniki International Film Festival[11] and Eastern Neighbours Film Festival.[12]

On the national level, the film was a recipient of the HT Audience Award at ZagrebDox.[13]

Plot

The story revolves around a 70-year-old apartment and it's door in which the director's mother, Srbijanka Turajlić, is residing.[14]

For 30 years of her life, Mila and her mother Srbijanka were living behind a door that separated one room from another. Her mother Srbijanka lived there since she was two years of age. The apartment complex had seen the history as no other building had. It have seen from the divisions put in place by the Communists of Yugoslavia to the civil war in 1992 (in which the director's mother played a vital role as a political activist), as well the country's breakup, Kosovo War and another revolt. Despite the change of time, the door remained closed.

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 92% based on 12 critics, with an average rating of 7/10.[15] On Metacritic, The Other Side of Everything holds a rank of 83 out of a 100 based on four critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[16]

Neil Young of The Hollywood Reporter wrote "Accessible, informative and wryly humorous, the film uses Srbijanka's tastefully-decorated residence as a prism through which to view the woman, her turbulent times and the complicated history of the former Yugoslavia".[17]

Writing for Variety, Alissa Simon commented "Director Mila Turajlić examines Serbia's political history through the eyes of her activist mother in this engrossing doc"[umentary]".[18]

J. R. Jones of Chicago Reader said "This milestone turns out to be mainly a framing device, but inside that frame lies a family portrait rich in political history".[19]

According to Andrew Pulver of The Guardian, "Mila Turajlić trains her lens on her activist mother for a timely look at what it takes to fight against oppression".[20]

The Other Side of Everything was also ranked as one of "The Best Films of 2018" by Richard Brody of The New Yorker magazine[21] and was chosen as The New York Times's Critics Pick.[22]

References
  1. Halligan, Fionnuala (22 November 2017). "'The Other Side of Everything': IDFA Review". Screen Daily. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  2. "The Other Side of Everything". Icarus Films. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  3. Hutchins, Alex (23 November 2017). "IDFA winners include 'The Other Side Of Everything'". Screen Daily. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  4. "The Other Side of Everything". International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  5. "The Other Side of Everything". Seattle International Film Festival. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  6. "The Other Side of Everything". RiverRun International Film Festival. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  7. "The Other Side of Everything". South East European Film Festival. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  8. "The Other Side of Everything". Doc NYC. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  9. "The Other Side of Everything". Human Rights Watch Film Festival. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  10. Wright, Maddie (11 April 2018). "ACT Human Rights Film Festival: 'The Other Side of Everything' shows a different side of advocacy". ACT Human Rights Film Festival. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  11. "The Other Side of Everything". Thessaloniki International Film Festival. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  12. "The Other Side of Everything". Eastern Neighbours Film Festival. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  13. "The Other Side of Everything Wins HT Audience Award". ZagrebDox. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  14. Wissot, Lauren (1 December 2017). "The Year of the Woman: The 30th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam". Filmmaker.
  15. "The Other Side of Everything". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  16. "The Other Side of Everything (2018)". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  17. Young, Neil (26 November 2017). "'The Other Side of Everything' ('Druga strana svega'): Film Review - IDFA 2017". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  18. Simon, Alissa (22 September 2017). "Film Review: 'The Other Side of Everything'". Variety.
  19. Jones, J. R. (29 March 2018). "Mr. Rogers meets Mexican drug cartels at the Doc10 documentary festival". Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  20. "The Other Side of Everything review – Serbia's struggle for democracy hits home". The Guardian. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  21. Brody, Richard (5 December 2018). "The Best Movies of 2018". The New Yorker.
  22. Catsoulis, Jeannette (12 July 2018). "Review: In 'The Other Side of Everything', a Belgrade Apartment Symbolizes Upheaval". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved 3 November 2021.

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