Category - F I L M
Tesla’s People and the Peoples
of the World
Films and videos exploring nations, cultures, and Tesla’s global influence.
They examine how different peoples perceive and are inspired by Tesla.
Tesla’s People and the Peoples of the World
This category explores how communities around the world celebrate and draw inspiration from Nikola Tesla. Films and videos may portray local traditions, culture, education, and communities that preserve Tesla’s legacy, offering a unique perspective on his universal influence.
Example topics: cultural events, educational programs, personal stories inspired by Tesla.
“FLAME OF REMEMBRANCE” (Film-1)
Authors of the film: Lara Marinković
i Dragan Gavrilović (Australia)
“FLAME OF REMEMBRANCE” follows Lara Marinković, a twelve-year-old girl from Melbourne, as she discovers an unexpected connection to the land of her ancestors-Serbia. From Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance to the mountains and World War I trenches of Serbia, Lara explores identity, history, and an emotion no textbook can convey. The film reveals how memory is passed through generations and how a quiet personal journey can awaken an understanding of the past more powerful than any lesson. “FLAME OF REMEMBRANCE” is an intimate story of belonging, heritage, and a flame that never fades.
Authors of the film:
Lara Marinković, from Melbourne, is a 12-year-old student. Active member in the Serbian community of Serbs in Melbourne. He feels love for film, with the desire to connect the historical ties of two Nations.
Dragan Gavrilović is a documentarian and cinematographer from Melbourne. He was born in Zenica, where he devoted himself to the film industry early on. He has been living in Melbourne since 1995, where he founded his studio and is one of the founders of Serbian television in Melbourne. His shows “Serbs from the Fifth Continent” are recognizable on RTS.
He is the author of the award-winning thirty-minute documentary about the Australian-Serbian writer Sreten Božić Wongar and the film “Wasteland” about miners in the remote town of Coober Pedy.
“MY ONE DAY” (Film-2)
– at the monastery Studenica (Serbian) – UNESCO
Author of the film: Srećko Stojković
Aleksandra Vukadinović, discovers an unexpected connection with the land of her ancestors and medieval Serbia, through a visit to the Studenica monastery. Alexandra explores identity, history and an emotion she cannot convey until she visits a medieval monastery in Serbia. The film reveals how spiritual feeling is transmitted through emotions and how a quiet personal trip to medieval Serbia can awaken, spiritually, the feeling and experience of the past.
Authors of the film:
Srećko Stojković, television and film, documentarian and cinematographer from Serbia.
He devoted himself to film music early on, while still studying in Belgrade. He is the author of the TV show “SERBIA and WORLD” – SERBIA AND THE WORLD, which focuses on: cultural and historical heritage, current events, travelogues, reportages, documentaries about Serbia and the countries in the world where Serbian emigrants live, as well as the presentation of other peoples and their cultures. Filmmaker, whose documentaries have been presented at prestigious international documentary film festivals in the world. He is a long-time collaborator of the Serbian magazine ILUSTROVANA POLITIKA and one of the founders of the video portal:
www.serbiaworld.info
“HUNGER” (Film-3)
Author of the film: Jelica Kovacevic
“Hunger (Glad)” is a film created under constant pressure, uncertainty, and personal risk. While the fiction explores emotional hunger and trauma, the filmmaking process itself reveals how making an independent, auteur-driven film today is a struggle for survival. The accompanying documentary captures fractures, doubts, and moments when giving up felt more realistic than finishing. Within this struggle, the act of creation draws a parallel with Nikola Tesla – an attempt to preserve and transmit the energy of light despite forces that relentlessly push it toward darkness. “Hunger (Glad)” testifies that a film is sometimes made not because it is possible, but because it is impossible to give up.
Author of the film – Jelica Kovacevic
Producers – Jelica Kovacevic, Vladimir Djukelic, Vladimir Kulasevic
The documentary Hungry takes us behind the scenes of the making of the film Glad, following a creative journey that bridges art and history, personal transformation, and universal energy. Through the lens of synchronicity, it explores unexpected connections between Nikola Tesla’s time and the contemporary creation of the film, revealing how ideas, energy, and inspiration can transcend centuries.
Hungry portrays the emotional and creative struggles of the filmmakers and actors – their moments of doubt, enthusiasm, and introspective exploration. The documentary is an intimate reflection on light and darkness, on hunger – not only physical, but emotional and spiritual – that drives artists toward truth and expression.
Through interviews, on-set footage, and visual metaphors, Hungry highlights how historical and personal synchronicities shape artistic work, inviting viewers to recognize their own connections to time, inspiration, and inner light.
Author of the film – Jelica Kovacevic is an actress and author with a strong and distinctive artistic voice, recognized for emotionally complex and courageous performances. As the lead actress and producer of the film “Hunger (Glad)”, she explores themes of emotional hunger, trauma, and female healing through a contemporary psychological lens. Her work merges intimate acting truth with visual luxury and precise dramaturgy. The film “Hunger (Glad)” marks her major authorial breakthrough and international positioning. Jelica Kovačević builds her career at the intersection of artistic bravery, discipline, and a deep belief in cinema as both a personal and universal act.