An original project by Marija Bergam, based on the play The Spanish Cardinal by Henri de Montherlant. The Spanish Madwoman explores topics of mental health, with a focus on schizophrenia, stigmatization, and the female position in a patriarchal society. By examining the boundaries between reality and virtuality, the project encourages understanding, empathy, and opens space for public dialogue on mental disorders in women. Hemofarm Foundation supported the realization of this play as part of its long-term commitment to improving mental health through art and culture.

We have supported Dragana Bjelogrlić’s film “Guardians of the Formula” because it is about a medical breakthrough, the first bone marrow replacement intervention on irradiated patients, but it is also a story about humanity and empathy, necessary for building a better society. The true story, based on the bestseller by Goran Milašinović, reveals the details of the accident in Vinča in 1958, when a group of scientists, working on a secret project, were exposed to a lethal dose of radiation. At the height of the cold-war crisis, the secret police took them to the Curie Clinic in Paris, where a team of French doctors suggested a risky surgery. Is it an experiment on living people, or does Professor Georges Mate really want to help them? The film had its world premiere at the Locarno festival, where it won two awards: Variety, for the best film in the Piazza Grande selection, and the Green Leopard award, for the most impressive message.

We have supported the Belgrade Dance Festival, a prestigious stop in the biography of artists who create trends and create dance history, nine times. We are especially pleased that, in the spring of 2022, by supporting the 19th edition of the Festival, we helped the audience return to the halls, at a time when many world festivals and renowned theater companies feared a decrease in visits due to changes in audience habits during Covid. For 23 evenings, with the participation of artists from three continents, in front of almost 10,000 spectators, 27 pieces were performed, including two world premieres.

We have supported the play “When Nietzsche Wept”, based on the novel by Irvin D. Yalom, one of the most read world writers to point out the importance of prevention and preservation of mental health. The story about the birth of psychoanalysis, about separating an individual from the crowd, about the meeting of three brilliant minds, Josef Breuer, Sigmund Freud and Friedrich Nietzsche, was directed by Goran Jevtić. The Vuk Stefanović Karadžić Culture Institute opened its doors for the play presented by Ljubomir Bandović, Goran Jevtić, Katarina Marković, Vanja Milačić, Sara Pejčić and Dimitrije Stajić.