JU Center for Culture and Sports “Mihailo Lalić” and the Film Center of Montenegro are pleased to invite the audience to a screening, which will be free of charge for all visitors.
F I L M “Vude, You Have Won”
Large Hall of JU Center for Culture and Sports “Mihailo Lalić” March 25, 2026, starting at 8:00 PM
Note: The film screening is not connected to any specific age restriction and is recommended for audiences of all ages interested in documentary film and film history.
Synopsis The story of the rise and fall of the only Yugoslav Oscar winner, Dušan Vukotić. When his Surogat became the first non-American animated film to win an Oscar, Vukotić remained in Zagreb, unaware that he was writing the history of world animation. The Oscar made him a giant in cultural circles, but also a target of envy from less talented colleagues. Vukotić was known as a workaholic, dedicated to his craft, supported by his wife Lile Andres Vukotić, who gave up her acting career to stand by him. In the 1990s, with the creation of a new state, he suffered humiliation when he was banned from entering Zagreb Film, the studio where he had spent his life. That moment symbolically marked the change in his status. Through this personal and social portrait, the film takes us through key socio-political events of the time, as well as the significance on the global cinematic scene of such a small country as Yugoslavia, and the fading of it all when its dissolution began.
About the Director Senad Šahmanović (Berane, 1982) completed undergraduate and specialist studies in film and TV directing at FDU in Cetinje, and later enrolled in master’s studies at ASU in Sarajevo. His short films (Umir krvi, Put) were screened at more than 70 festivals and won numerous awards, including the Grand Prix at the Short Film Festival in Drama (Greece). Since 2015, he has worked as a director in the documentary program of RTCG, where he directed several documentary and hybrid formats (Živko Nikolić – The Unfulfilled Dream). His first feature film Sirin (screened at Free Zone 2024) was Montenegro’s candidate for the 2024 Oscars. His film and series Pontonovo srce were shown at festivals, in cinemas, and on TV, and won the Grand Golden Mimosa for Best Male Role at the Montenegro Film Festival in Herceg Novi. He is currently the editor of the Cultural and Artistic Program at TVCG.
