The late Sixties and early Seventies were years of prosperity and unexpected freedom in Yugoslavia, with exploration, growth, fabulous art, and incredible films (later dubbed The Black Wave) that opposed official socialist-realist production. In this brief period, Karpo Godina stood up as an exceptional director of photography, collaborating with Želimir Žilnik (whose Early Works Godina shot and edited) and Dušan Makavejev on their first features. At the same time, he explored the possibilities and limitations of cinema in his own films. The still, almost rigid camera, each frame a perfectly composed photograph that suddenly comes alive; the beauty of editing; and the use of music—each element creates an unabashed sense of overpowering joy. A hidden, titillating joy one feels when discovering any truly beautiful, exceptionally simple and profoundly deep work of art—and an irresistible urge to laugh a liberating laugh. These films, subversive and optimistic, slightly ironic and never cynical, celebrate life in socialist Yugoslavia while mocking the ideological rigidity of the ruling party. Shot all across Yugoslavia, they represent the best of Yugoslav cinema of the time. Karpo Godina is a film director, cinematographer and retired professor at the University of Ljubljana. Born into an artistic family (his father was a prominent photographer, his mother a renowned actor), Godina started his career in early ’60s amateur film circles. After graduating from the University of Ljubljana film school, he became one of the most sought cinematographers of the Yugoslav new wave, and a prominent film director himself. His subversive films soon got Godina banned from public funds—and almost got him locked up. While still working as a director of photography, he was not allowed to direct feature films for almost ten years. After the hiatus he directed The Raft of Medusa, Red Boogie, Artificial Paradise (screened out of competition at Cannes in 1990), and a number of documentaries. Marin Lukanovic´ graduated in Film Studies at the University of Bologna and has worked in film and theater since 2000. Lukanovic is a producer of documentaries and animated films at Filmaktiv production company and the author of documentaries Rikard Bencic, For Example (co-directed with Nadija Mustapic), Theatre, Our Way, Drunken Alley, A Standard Story (awarded at 2005 Pula Film Festival), and Delta - An Affluence of Art (awarded in the off-program at 2015 Venice International Film Festival). He frequently collaborates with theatres in Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, and Macedonia and with film directors in Croatia and Italy. He teaches film studies and cultural management at the University of Rijeka, Croatia.