I Miss Sonia Henie

One camera in one setting, one attic and eight young directors – the result is a unique Dadaistic collage of seven short sketches. The original task for each filmmaker was to keep each short under three minutes, to set it in one hotel room, and to include the sentence “I miss Sonja Henie." This experimental film was shot over a single night at the international film festival FEST in Beograd in 1971.

Directed by Karpo Aćimović Godina, Mladomir 'Puriša' Đorđević, Miloš Forman, Buck Henry, Dušan Makavejev, Paul Morrissey, Frederick Wiseman, Tinto Brass, I Miss Sonia Henie leans on a strong ensemble — Brooke Hayward, Sonja Henie, Buck Henry — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.

The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about comedy titles of 1971.