The congress building “Sava Centar” embodied a vision of the future for the international, Non-Aligned, socialist Yugoslavia. After the country broke apart, this modernist landmark of New Belgrade was neglected by the state and, over decades, grew increasingly run down. The furniture that has resided in the building since the 1970s is stacked and gradually removed. Like many of the younger workers on the reconstruction, Nenad is in “Sava Centar” for the first time.

Ivan Marković (1989, Belgrade, Yugoslavia) is a filmmaker and visual artist currently living in Berlin. His experimental documentary Centar (2018) premiered at Doclisboa. With Linfeng Wu he co-directed White Bird (2016) screened at Berlinale Shorts, and the feature film From Tomorrow On, I Will (2019) premiered at Berlinale and received the Grand Prize at Jeonju IFF. His work was exhibited in ICA London, Museum of Contemporary Arts Belgrade, Bethanien Berlin and screened at numerous film festivals. Since 2020, he has been a member of the European Film Academy (EFA).