SEE FF 2021 DOCUMENTARIES SELECTION
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Džemo - Davorin Sekulić
Davorin Sekulić -Director Lejla Kajić - Director Davorin Sekulić - Writer Lejla Kajić - Writer Sead Kresevljaković - Producer Project Type:Documentary Runtime:42 minutes 16 seconds Completion Date:September 1, 2020 Production Budget:9,000 USD Country of Origin:Bosnia and Herzegovina Country of Filming:Bosnia and Herzegovina Language:Bosnian Shooting Format:digital A story about a farmer in love with running. |
People That Planted Trees - Zdenko Jurilj
Zdenko Jurilj - Director Josip Mlakić - Writer Tomislav Bubalo - Producer Project Title (Original Language):Ljudi koji su sadili drveće Project Type:Documentary Runtime:45 minutes 49 seconds Completion Date:April 1, 2019 Production Budget:15,000 USD Country of Origin:Bosnia and Herzegovina Country of Filming:Bosnia and Herzegovina Language:Bosnian, Croatian Shooting Format:DIgital One was a member of Croatian Defence Council (HVO), and the other a member of the Army of BH (ARBiH). Marko is Croatian – catholic, and Arif is Bosniak – Muslim. When the war started in BiH, in the town of Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje in the early 90's of the last century, the two fought against one another. Quarter-century after the war ended, Marko and Arif are fighting a common enemy, days and nights. It is called Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), psychological illness as a result of violent scenes from the war period. Abandoned by the state and without adequate medical care, besides the PTSD, Marko and Arif have also been befriended by an unusual therapy, which more or less makes their daily life easier. They are: People That Planted Trees. |
Testament to a time - Zoran Ćatić, Mirza Ajnadžić
Project Type:Documentary Runtime:51 minutes 7 seconds Completion Date:January 1, 2021 Production Budget:10,000 EUR Country of Origin:Bosnia and Herzegovina Country of Filming:Bosnia and Herzegovina Language:Bosnian Zoran Ćatić - Director, Writer, Producer Mirza Ajnadžić - Director, Writer, Producer Testament to a time is a storytelling documentary told by war veterans from three armies involved in the Bosnian War. This is their perspective of the role of the soldier – 25 years later. |
CROATIA
Do You Go Out - Ines Jokoš
Ines Jokoš - Director Ines Jokoš - Writer Hrvoje Osvadić - Producer Project Title (Original Language):Izlazite li vanka? Project Type:Documentary Runtime:29 minutes 38 seconds Completion Date:June 10, 2019 Production Budget:25,000 USD Country of Origin:Croatia Country of Filming:Croatia Language:Croatian Amidst the hustle and bustle of the crowded Dubrovnik city walls, Mile and Jela are alone. They share good days as well as the bad ones. Had they only met earlier, they could have shared their youth, but old age can also be sweet when there is someone to share it with. |
Facing the Day - Ivona Juka
Feature Documentary | Što sa sobom preko dana | Facing the Day (72 minutes) Director: Ivona Juka, Producer: Anita Juka In Lepoglava, one of the most notorious penitentiaries in Europe, numerous regimes have trained austerity, competing with brutal methods for so-called re-education and reintergation into society. Lepoglava is still the central Croatian penitentiary today, where several prisoners decided to take up Shakespearian plays. |
GREECE
Stefanos Rokos: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' No More Shall We Part, 14 paintings 17 years later - Rinio Dragasaki, Araceli Lemos
Project Type:Documentary Runtime:17 minutes 44 seconds Completion Date:April 1, 2019 Country of Origin:Greece Country of Filming:Greece Language:English, Modern Greek Shooting Format:Digital Rinio Dragasaki - Director Araceli Lemos - Director Rinio Dragasaki - Writer Stefanos Rokos - Producer Cast: Stefanos Rokos Nick Cave The filmmakers Rinio Dragasaki and Araceli Lemos document three years of contemporary Greek painter Stefanos Rokos' work on the making of his exhibition "Stefanos Rokos: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ No More Shall We Part, 14 paintings 17 years later." His daily routines, artistic process, spontaneous inspirations, and his creative dialogue with legendary musician Nick Cave. |
HUNGARY
Flamework - Zoltán Krasznay
Project Type:Documentary Runtime:8 minutes 10 seconds Completion Date:August 1, 2018 Production Budget:1,200 USD Country of Origin:Hungary Country of Filming:Hungary Language:English, Hungarian Zoltán Krasznay- Director Zoltán Olajos - Producer Zoltán Krasznay - Producer Zoltán Krasznay - Director of photography Zoltán Krasznay - Film editor Zoltán Olajos - Production manager Judit Sütő - First assistant director István Krasznay - Camera operator Dániel Pap - Special effects supervisor The film (original title Lámpaidők) gives an insight into the life of the other glass artist Barbara Móró. To the secret world that exists beyond the hustle and bustle of the often monotonous everyday life. Where one spends time on oneself, one’s personal development. |
MONTENEGRO
I Was Ten Years Old - Velibor Čović
Director: Velibor Čović Producer: Marko Jaćimović Screenwriter: Velibor Čović Director of Photography: Robert Bačaj Editor: Rade Bulatović Sound Designer: Aleksandar Brajović Composer: Dejan Božović Nearly 100,000 Kosovo Albanians were forced to find refuge in Montenegro in 1998/99., not asking for national and religious affiliation.Today, 20 years later, a documentary film testifies to the fact that the days in Montenegro have been avoided, remained in collective memory, both displaced persons in 1999 and the whole of the nation.The author finds children from former refugee columns and disturbances and counters their later life paths and fellows. The eyes and their children speak the same words: “We give the fury that we will remember the family”. Friends who are trapped in trouble still live among many families today. |
Obrad - Branislav Milatović
2020 Runtime: 15 min. Documentary | no dialogue | color Producers: Đorđe Vojvodić, Branislav Milatović Executive Producer: Nemanja Dragović Written by: Branislav Milatović, Milo Masoničić Cinematogapher: Lazar Radić Editor: Vladimir Radovanović Sound Mixer & Designer: Bobo Stanišić 1st Assistant Director: Pavle Simonović Camera Assistant: Niko Tripunović Colorist: Nikola Marinković Production Company: Bitter Frames Production The film follows a man who, despite the unusual circumstances, does his job with great care and love... |
SERBIA
Recipe for Hate - Filip Colović
Project Title (Original Language):Potreba za mržnjom Project Type:Documentary Runtime:1 hour 21 minutes 10 seconds Completion Date:May 1, 2020 Production Budget:15,000 EUR Country of Origin:Serbia Country of Filming:Serbia Language:Serbian Shooting Format:Digital Director, Writer, Producer : Filip Colović Looking at old photographs of his younger brother who was murdered in a fight one summer night, the director of the movie searches for the roots of violence and hate in our society. |
SLOVENIA
A Century of Dreams - Ven Jemeršić
Director and producer: Ven Jemeršić, Writers: Edo Marinček in Ven Jemeršić, Cinematographer: Matjaž Kenda, Editors: Maša Nonkovič in Hieronim Vilar, Sound: Ernest Fejzić, Production: Supermarket Production, 2019 "A Century of Dreams" is a full-length documentary about the oldest Slovenian inventor, Petar Florjančič, who recently celebrated 100 years. In it, the controversial Peter in his words describes a life that, as he says, is tense as Hitchcock's films. He sees himself as a hedonist, who through his inventions created the way to a luxurious and exciting life. Among its 400 registered patents are also objects that we encounter on a daily basis, such as dia-slides, spray bottles for perfume, plastic zipper, and plastic chain, knitting looms, lighter with side button .... and he is among the first airbags developers. He spent his free time with world stars such as Gene Kelly, Orson Wells, Johnny Weissmuller, Coco Chanel, Jacques Cousteau ... Charlie Chaplin himself was next to his neighbor. During the period he lived in Monte Carlo, he also played a minor role in the film Vittorio De Sica with actress Marlene Dietrich. He worked and lived in Slovenia, Germany, Austria, Monte Carlo, and Switzerland. Peter Florjančič died on the 14th of November 2020 from coronavirus. |