𝑰𝒍 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆 by Manja Ristić, 2024
A family story
Manja Ristić tells the story of growing up in a sports family, with her famous water polo dad and Croatian freestyle swimming champion mom. In the overlapping narrative between two places – Belgrade and the small town of Korčula in the Southern Adriatic – the story tackles the golden times of Yugoslavian water polo, the community-built island’s club KPK, where her parents first met, and the only small-town club that won a major European championship, producing some of the most important players in the history of Yugoslavian water polo. It is the story of her father, the family, post-WWII Yugoslavia, her early childhood, the culture, and the society that vanished savagely with the outbreak of the ex-Yugoslav conflicts in the 1990s. The story is narrated by Manja, her son Luka, and British sound artist and radio producer Mark Vernon.
Script, composition, recording, and editing by Manja Ristić for SEMI SILENT, in the frame of 𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐂 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐒.
Voices: Manja Ristić, Luka Bilbija, Mark Vernon
Mastering: Goran Simonoski – Studio La Plant
Archive material from TV broadcasts of water polo games: Italy – Yugoslavia, Finals Madrid 1986, World Championship; Olympic Games, Yugoslavia – USA, Los Angeles 1984
Illustration: Eleni Dafini Bacula
