Portrait of my Mother

Synopsis

Created after the NATO bombing of Belgrade, Milica Tomić’s work explores the trauma of Yugoslav Modernism’s collapse and shifting identity politics under Milošević. Focusing on her mother, Marija Milutinović—a retired actress turned tapestry weaver—the film traces personal and national fractures. As Tomić walks through symbolic urban landscapes toward her mother’s home, the piece becomes a layered portrait of generational conflict, memory, and lost utopias, blending personal narrative with political critique.

Directors' Biography

Milica Tomić (1960, Belgrade) is a professor and head of the Institute of Contemporary Art at TU Graz. She earned a Master’s in painting in Belgrade and taught at the Trondheim Academy of Fine Art (2014–2015). In 2003, she represented Serbia/Montenegro at the 50th Venice Biennale.