Sinopsis

"And as centuries roll by,
as children learn their first letters,
and as someone somewhere writes a new poem,
I will be there —
to serve as a reminder that culture is not a luxury,
but a backbone.

I am Matica.

And if you listen closely,
you will hear how beneath my vaults, one simple, persistent,
inextinguishable thing still grows:

the Word."

Director / Author: Dragan Stojmenović
Cast: Tekelija – Slobodan Ninković, Opera Diva – Ljiljana Lisković, The Bee – Saša Latinović, Matica Srpska – Mirjana Gardinovački
Interviewees / Featuring: Prof. Dragan Stanić, Dr. Tijana Palkovljević Bugarski, Dr. Danilo Vuksanović, Dr. Vladimir Sakač, and others
Written by: Dragan Stojmenović, Slavko Matić
Director of Photography: Jovan Milinov Toba
Editing: Dragan Stojmenović
Music by: Bogdan Ranković, Danilo Ninković
Animation: Aleksandar Karišik
Puppet Design and Construction: Milica Grbić Komazec
Camera Operators: Dušan Obrenov, Teodor Čavić, Dragan Stojmenović
Makeup Artist: Miluška Đurikin
Production: Ecology Science Art, Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia
Special Thanks: Matica Srpska, The Gallery of Matica Srpska, Academy of Arts Novi Sad, Serbian National Theatre

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