What's Up(2021)
Synopsis
What's up is a Croatian documentary television series written and hosted by Goran Milić, which has been airing since January 18, 2021 on Croatian Radio and Television (HRT).[1][2] In each season of the series, Milić explores the political, social, and cultural peculiarities of different countries and cities through a travelogue format, talking to local residents, intellectuals, artists, and politicians.
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Seasons
America
5 episodes · 2021
The first season, titled What's up America, aired from January 18 to February 15, 2021.[2][3] Milić takes viewers on a virtual journey through the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, civil unrest, and presidential election, interviewing celebrities such as Woody Allen, Steve Forbes, Dan Price, Luka Mišetić, and others.
Paris, London, Berlin
8 episodes
The second season of the series aired from February 7 to March 28, 2022 on Prva programa.[4][5] As part of a journey of approximately 6,000 km, Milić visited three European megacities, Paris, London, and Berlin, through the perspective of contemporary challenges such as the pandemic, migration, social insecurity, and Brexit. The season explores political structures, cultural differences, and everyday life, examining how the citizens of these three cities live the present, shape their values, and build their future.
Israel
6 episodes
The series presents the state of Israel, a long history of suffering, pogroms, forced or voluntary displacement of the Jewish people, but also resistance, retaliation in many wars with its neighbors. For four millennia, Israeli culture has been built, which has given rise to a recognizable national and religious identity. The ancient Jewish faith is practiced by 15 million people in the world, half of whom live in Israel, who are leaders in Nobel Prizes, science, economics, films, television series, and acting. Today, Israel's development is based on innovation and today they are the country with the most start-ups per capita. Goran Milić spoke with experts, politicians, but also with ordinary people, Israelis, Palestinians, as well as Christians living in that territory. We found religious coexistence in synagogues, Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant churches, mosques.
Sjever-Jug
8 episodes
The fourth season of the series, entitled What's up North–South, was shown from February 12 to April 1, 2024, on the First Program.[8][9] In eight episodes, Milić investigates the cultural, climatic, economic and mental differences between the countries of northern (Scandinavia, Finland and Norway) and southern Europe (Italy and Greece). The series thematizes stereotypes, globalization, migration and the influence of the Internet on the convergence of lifestyles, as well as the philosophy of "fjaka" and siesta in relation to the work ethic of northerners. The show also brings concrete examples, from parental attitudes and education to infrastructure and social issues, and shows conversations with different interlocutors, from politicians and millionaires to the homeless.[10]
Japan
6 episodes
The fifth season of the series, titled What's up Japan, aired from September 30 to November 4, 2024 on Prva programa.[11][12][13] In six episodes, Milić takes viewers through everyday life in Tokyo, but also visits Yokohama, Osaka, Kyoto, Hiroshima, and smaller tourist destinations along the Pacific coast. The series explores topics such as religion (Shintoism, Buddhism), traditional rituals (ikebana, cherry blossom culture), the life of geishas, the life of sumo wrestlers, extreme kindness and politeness, gastronomy (top-notch sushi and street food), social structures (the relationship between politics and inheritance in parliament, the situation of the homeless, the decline in the value of the yen), and the everyday life of the elderly population. The show features a variety of interlocutors, from intellectuals, ministers, artists, doctors, human rights activists, homeless people, to atomic bomb survivors.
Kina
8 episodes
The sixth season of the series, titled What's up China, is scheduled to air on 22 December 2025 on Prva programa. In eight episodes, Milić will guide viewers through eight cities that address the social, cultural and economic specificities of contemporary China, and the number eight is also a lucky number in Chinese culture.[14]
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