DOCUMENTARY FILM SELECTION
BULGARIA
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PASSENGERS
2019 (71 min.) (Documentary) Sometimes people want to go somewhere else, where things are different and better. Poor area in northwestern Bulgaria by the Danube river. On an abandoned ship friends are having a birthday party. A homeless man who lives in the river station is the captain.Everyone is speaking about imaginary trip to Norway. They talk about the future and the past, their everyday hardships and dreams, speculate on reincarnation, love, cows, horses, Michelangelo, Prometheus, peacocks, the stratosphere, the universe, God and life in general. This is a portrait of ordinary people who are also extraordinary daydreamers. It is a visual and poetic account of the state of affairs in the "other world" of the characters in which they live their better and happier lives. Directors/Writers: Zdravko Dragnev,Tzvetan Dragnev Producer:Galina Toneva, Kiril Kirilov |
CROATIA
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PUSH-PULL
2020 (61 min.) (Documentary) A children's desk as a stage for a comical family drama. Learning process which seems more like a modern version of the inquisition, full of yelling, shouting, open threats, velvety promises, presents or video games as a form of financial bribery, theatrical gestures, memorable speeches, emotional conciliations and impressive walks out of stage. Director/Writer : Neven Hitrec Producer: Jure Bušić |
HUNGARY
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ALLA ZINGARA
2019 (62 min.) (Documentary) Alla Zingara tells the story of music’s groundbreaking and uplifting power which creates entity through the history of the world-famous, but uniquely 100-Member Budapest Gypsy Symphony Orchestra and its extraordinary musicians. Director: Glória Halász Producer: Gábor Osváth Director of Photography: Péter Virág Editor: Anna Vághy Music: Dávid Hegyi Sound: Péter Balogh Production Manager: Krisztina Wéber Key Cast: Jenő Horvát, Mária Flórika, Kencsán Horvátné, Leonardó Bujka, Alíz Bujka, János Bujka, Nándor Farkas Beke, Mária Pozsár,Imre Szénás, Imréné Szénás |
MACEDONIA
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KEIF
2019 (89 min.) (Documentary) Macedonian chalgia is rooted in the music code of many generations. This music represents base and structure for many contemporary musical forms and also represents a distinctive phenomenon which blends folklore with heritage of music tradition of Istanbul, both Byzantine Church music and Classical Ottoman in one, corresponding with the Octoechos and Maqam system. Beside this, chalgia connects the difference between Eastern and Western musical heritage, with mixing of the Oriental and West European instruments in the same time. Director/Editor: Blazhe Dulev Writer: Risto Soluncev Producers: Goran Stojilkovic, Vladimir Stojcevski Director of Photography: Goran Naumovski Sound Design: Darko Spasovski Packi |
MOLDOVA
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THE RETURN
2019 (25 min.) (Documentary) Xenia Bucuci is a folk artist from Republic of Moldova, a former actress and photo model. After 5 years working in France, she is one of the few people that returned home from abroad. She came back to Moldova to recover and promote Moldovan ancient handcraft traditions. Director/Writer/Producer: Dumitru Grosei Writer: Xenia Bucuci Director of Photography: Dumitru Grosei Camera: Olga Lucovnicova, Alexandru Lopotan, Cristian Madan Editing: Dumitru Grosei, Olga Lucovnicova, Cristian Madan Key Cast: Xenia Bucuci |
MONTENEGRO
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SPARKS
2019 (22 min.) (Documentary) "Sparks" is a documentary film about the construction of the Lastva Grbaljska - Čevo transmission line, which, due to the stretching of the transmission line network through Katunska region , lasted for almost three years. Through the days, seasons and throughout the year, this film follows a mountaineer from the Katun region, a man whose landscape, space, and life, is inhabited by unusual, gigantic metal neighbors, and he still lives his life the way he lived, and the generations of ancestors have lived through the centuries. Director/Writer: Vladimir Perovic Director od Priduction: Neven Stanicic Producer: Jelena Bozovic |
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PEACE OF OUR LADY
2019 (18:27 min.) "Peace of Our Lady" does not deal with telling of a legend, nor with tourist promotion, although it carries hints of both. The film, which the author defines as a creative documentary or as a visual essay, places the centuries-old peace of this unique cultural-historical and religious destination in the context of the boiling tourist season. The sea area around the island is like a crowded road of a big city. Speedboats, scooters, yachts, sailboats, boats, water carriages, and of course huge cruisers, pass through the Verige strait like some prehistoric beasts, and their enormity and sluggish crawling - is threatening the purity, beauty, peace, and the whole spiritual atmosphere which Our Lady wears. Director/Writer: Vladimir Perovic Director od Priduction: Neven Stanicic Producer: Jelena Bozovic |
SERBIA
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THEN COMES THE EVENING
2019 (27:30 min.) (Documentary) The documentary depicts life of two grannies living isolated on the hills of Eastern Bosnia. Nature is the entity with which grannies speak, listen to and respect. The film emphasizes the intangible cultural heritage, through the presentation of chants and rituals for taming the adverse weather, hail, and storm. It reflects the simplicity and purity of their way of life, as well as their painstaking work. In the daily activities that they perform, the excellence and distress of these displays is revealed and revived. Everyday life shows the caring and intimacy of the grannies, both in their mutual relations and in relationship with nature. Poetic tone of the frames relies on references from genre scenes of realism paintings, creating documents of bittersweet everyday life in the countryside. Director/Writer: Maja Novaković Producers: Milan Milosavljević,Maja Novaković Sound design: Luka Barajević Editing: Marija Kovačina Cinematography:Jasna Prolić Key Cast: Vinka Radić, Obrenija Radić |
SLOVENIA
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THE UNDAMAGED
2018 (52 min.) (Documentary) The Balkans cradles Europe's last wild rivers and supports abundant wildlife and healthy, intact ecosystems. These rivers are The Undamaged – clean, pristine, and undammed. With over 2,700 small and large hydro power plants planned or under construction in the Balkans, corruption and greed are destroying the last free-flowing rivers of Europe. Follow the Balkan Rivers Tour, a crew of whitewater kayakers, filmers, photographers and friends who decided to stand up for the rivers, travelling from Slovenia to Albania for 36 days, kayaking 23 rivers in 6 countries to protest the dams and show the world the secret, wild rivers of the Balkans. The film honours everyday people and local activists who are fighting to defend rivers and aims to spread the word of the plight of these rivers. Director: Rožle Bregar, Matic Oblak, Miha Avguštin Producer: Rok Rozman |
TURKEY
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HEADS AND TAILS
2019 (60 min.) (Documentary) Heads and Tails tells an unusual story which has been taking place in Aylin’s, one of the director’s, surrounding for over a decade. Aylin is Jewish-Turkish, who has one half of her family living in Izmir, Turkey and the other half in Tel Aviv, Israel. Some years ago, two of Aylin’s aunts from Tel Aviv began to buy hair that was brought from Mid-Anatolia to Izmir for trading. These aunts then return to Israel and sell the hair to Orthodox Jewish wig makers. Throughout the journey we figure out that many of the women sell their hair for only some kitchen needs, with no knowledge that in the form of a wig, their hair costs thousands of dollars in Tel Aviv. Directors:Fırat Yücel, Aylin Kuryel Producer: Özgür Doğan, Enis Köstepen,Aylin Kuryel, Fırat Yücel |
