23.LFF
Opatija
26.-30.08.2025.

Film

In Praise of Nothing

LFF16, In competition

ABOUT THE MOVIE

A satirical documentary parable about Nothing, in which Nothing, tired of being misunderstood, runs away from home and comes to address us for the first and the last time. Researched through 20.000 pages of the most eclectic bibliography ever used in a documentary film, shot over 8 years by 62 cinematographers in 70 countries; scored by cabaret grandmasters Pascal Comelade and the Tiger Lillies; narrated – in simple childlike verse – by Iggy Pop.

Boris Mitić

Boris Mitić was born in 1977 in Leskovac, Serbia and currently lives in Zagreb. He worked for some of the most prominent media for several years before deciding to pursue documentary filmmaking. His four documentaries (In Praise of Nothing, Goodbye, How are you?, Unmik Titanik, and Pretty Dyana) have screened at over 200 festivals, received 25 awards and aired at 20 international TV stations. He teaches ‘real-politics’ of documentary film in Europe, America, Asia and online, and writes satirical columns for magazines Playboy and DOX.

Title: In Praise of Nothing
Year of production: 2017
Duration: 78
Director: Boris Mitić
Screenplay: Boris Mitić
Editing: Boris Mitić
Production company: Dribbling Pictures, Anti-Apsurd, La Bête