Documentary Formalism: Fragment, Memory, and Border in the Films of Anja Medved and Nadja Velušček

The article examines films by Anja Medved and Nadja Velušček through the lens of formalist approaches in documentary film. The analysis focuses on the ways in which the filmmakers use archival, home-video, and newly shot footage to establish a relationship to history, space, and collective memory, particularly in the context of the Slovenian-Italian border, while producing memory at the level of cinematic form. Particular attention is paid to editing and sound as the key elements through which fragmentary materials are woven into an open, multi-layered structure. Meaning arises from the interrelationships between individual images and sound, which engage the viewer in a process of active interpretation.

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