Kameleoni – Beatlesi nekdanje Jugoslavije – Mednarodni festival dokumentarnega filma DOKUDOC

Kameleoni – Beatlesi nekdanje Jugoslavije

dokumentarni film, 58min, 2019, Slovenija
Astral film
Režija: Miha Čelar
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Sodni stolp, sreda, 4.9.2019, ob 22.00 uri

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Sinopsis

KAMELEONI – BEATLESI NEKDANJE JUGOSLAVIJE, je glasbeno dokumentarni film, o petih gimnazijcih iz Kopra, ki je v poznih 60-ih letih obnorela Jugoslavijo. Kljub peščico lastnih avtorskih skladb, so polnili dvorane in nogometne stadione z več 10.000 obiskovalci. V Ljubljani so otvorili Gospodarsko razstavišče in Halo Tivoli. Postavili so temelje jugoslovanski glasbeni industriji. Imeli so celostno podobo, čevljarje, krojače, klube oboževalk, na koncertih pa jih je spremljala menedžerka in koncertna ekipa. Leta 1968 so nastopili v največji evropski diskoteki Piper Club v Milanu, kjer so igrali ob Jimi-ju Hendrix-u in Joan Baez. Njihovi posnetki so takrat prišli celo do Beatlsov. Konec leta 1969 so dopolnili 18 let, z Boštjanom Hladnikom so posneli kultni film Sončni krik, nato pa so ji vpoklicali k vojakom in skupina je razpadla. Kameleoni so priprli Jugoslovansko železno zaveso in se celotni generaciji pomagal osvoboditi spon idejnega in kulturnega povojnega monumentalizma.

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Režija

Miha Čelar

MIHA ČELAR, scriptwriter, director and head-producer
Documentary filmography:

1. SLOVENIAN SCHOOL FOR HIMALAYAN GUIDES IN NEPAL, 2000
2. FILM JURNEY OF BOŽIDAR JAKAC– Documentary, made from restored old 8 and 9 mm short films from beginning of 19-th century, 2001
4. WHO’S AFRAID OF DR. RUGELJ 2010 – Documentary of a controversial Slovene psychiatrist, 2009.
5. HITLER’S BIBLE The documentary about Nazi’s plans to establish a neo-pagan cult temple in Bled, during the WW II, 2011.
6. Creative documentary portrait A BEAUTIFUL MIND A documentary of a Slovenian bodiless psychiatrist Dr. Jože Felc, 2014.
7. TATJANA IN MOTHERLAND – Animated documentary essay about Slovenian man who are by majority mama’s boys, 2014. – Selected for 18 Int. Documentary film festivals; DOK Seeds 2015, East Silver 2015, Noida IFFF 2015 (New Delhi) -Best Editing Award, Doc and Short INFF 2015 (Jakarta) – Golden Award, Nancy Lorain IFF 2015 – Grand Prix du Festival, El Ojo Cojo IDF 2016 –Best Documental..
8. REINVENTING THE WHEEL – Crossmeda historical documentary about 5200-years-old wheel, found in Ljubljana marsh in 2004. (Short animated film, Feature documentary, comic book and APP), 2015.
9. BARON CODELLI AND THE LEGEND OF TARZAN – Party animated documentary portrait about Slovenian inventor who in 1911 produced the first feature film ever, filmed in Africa, 2017.
10. GOODNIGHT, IRENE / Scriptwriter & producer; A controversial love story of Avguštin and Irene who is being unconscious for last 22 years, 2017.
11. KAMEELEONI – The Beatles of former Yugoslavia; A musical documentary about five Slovenian teenagers which made Tito’s Yugoslavia go rock ‘ roll.

English

Synopsis

“KAMELEONI – THE BEATLES OF FORMER YUGOSLAVIA” is a musical documentary about five Slovenian teenagers from 1966, that made Tito’s Yugoslavia go “rock n roll”. Although they had only a few songs of their own, they’ve sold more than 100.000 records. As first Yugoslavian beat band, they were so popular, that they had a privilege to play in the most prominent Socialistic halls and stadiums. They had worn expensive western clothes and driven American cars. They had employed band managers, concert crews and a fan club. In 1967 they were invited in famous Milan’s Piper Club, where they’ve performed beside Jimmy Hendrix and Joan Baez. In 1968, their recordings arrived even to Apple publishing house, where they have been played to Paul McCartney. In the end of 1968, they’ve acted in cultish Yugoslavian film – Sunny Cry, by Boštjan Hladnik. For the film they have also created a sound track.
In the autumn 1969, the boys were conscripted into the army and the band had fallen apart after barely 3 years of its existence.
Kameleoni helped to liberate the whole generation of Yugoslavian youth. They were the true representatives of western music and culture, which had started to penetrate trough the Iron Curtain and chased away the post-war Yugoslavian socialistic monumentalism.