Self-Portrait with a White Cat from bojancica on Vimeo.

This is a short animated film about life and art of Milena Pavlovic Barilli, Serbian painter and poet who lived and worked in the first half of the 20th century. The film was created to commemorate 100 years since her birth on the 5th of November 1909. During WW II Milena lived in USA and became famous for the illustrations she did for American Vogue. In this film, the white cat is a witness to some of the major events in Milena’s life. In reality Milena was very fond of dogs and kept them by her side all her life, but she often painted a mysterious white cat, placing her in the background or hiding her somewhere within the composition.  This fact inspired Mirjana Bjelogrlic to write a storyline for this film. I created the art and Bogdan Vukovic did the animation. The film was produced by the Radio Television of Serbia in October 2009. © 2009 RTS

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Ovo je kratak animirani film o životu i delu Milene Pavlović Barili, srpske slikarke i pesnikinje koja je živela i radila u prvoj polovini XX veka. Film je napravljen sa idejom obeležavanja stogodišnjice njenog rodđenja, 5. novembra 1909. Tokom II svetskog rata Milena je živela u SAD i postala poznata po ilustracijama koje je radila za američki «Vogue». U ovom filmu, bela mačka je svedok glavnih događaja u Mileninom životu. U stvarnosti Milena je volela pse i držala ih je uz sebe tokom celog života, ali je često slikala tajanstvenu belu mačku, stavljajući je u drugi plan ili skrivajući je u kompoziciju. Ova činjenica je inspirisala Mirjanu Bjelogrlić da napiše scenario za ovaj film. Ja sam radila crtež/ilustraciju, a Bogdan Vuković je uradio animaciju. Producent fima je Radio Televizija Srbije. © 2009 RTS

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