Pavla Banjac

Pavla is an English Language and Literature graduate currently pursuing an MA degree within the same field. She works as a translator at Proverbum and a film critic/film journalist at Filmoskopija. She is a member of an Art Cinema Collective at a Youth Center CK13 in Novi Sad where she curates a film programme and makes film-related podcasts. She is also a part of the Sarajevo Film Festival, Belgrade Auteur Film Festival and Novi Sad Film Festival press team, leading Q&A sessions, writing reports and film reviews, as well as editing festivals’ journals/catalogues.

Latest Film Reviews

Fiume O Morte! (2025)

Review preview for Fiume O Morte!

Fiume O Morte! resists a purely historical reading, instead inviting a present-day sociological perspective in which the authoritarian leader becomes one element within the city’s layered history.

Pavla Banjac · 5 out of 5

In 1919, Italian poet and fascist Gabriele D’Annunzio occupies the Croatian city of Fiume and declares it his personal state.
There Was, There Was Not (2024)

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While the physical violence of the war stays in the background with the constant noise of war sirens and bombs, the psychological one is impossible to hide.

Pavla Banjac · 3.5 out of 5

Four women try to rebuild their lives in Artsakh decades after the war, as another one breaks out.
Where Do We Begin (2024)

Review preview for Where Do We Begin

Continuous experiments with different camera movements and blending the past and the present perfectly capture an intricate mind of someone who had lost their loved one.

Pavla Banjac · 3 out of 5

A mother and her three children attempt to rebuild their lives after the father’s sudden death.