PROGRAM / PROGRAMME - 2011
12 April 2011
18:30 Literary night “SEE a Paris – Paris a SEE”
Meeting between the French poets published in
SEE and the poets from SEE published in Paris.
Promotion of the book “The man in the heart of the world” by Jean Pierre Simeon, published in an edition of the Pleiades from the Struga Poetry Evening under the patronage of UNESCO. There shall be readings by Francis Combes, Maram Al Masri, Hughes Labrusse, Slave Gorgo Dimovski, Srba Ignjatovic, Nikolaj Stojanov and Mateja Bizjak Petit.
A special poetic recognition will be given to the great painter of the Balkans who lives in Paris, Omer Kalesi by Laure Cambau, Luan Rama and Gil Juanard.
Promotion of the book “The man in the heart of the world” by Jean Pierre Simeon, published in an edition of the Pleiades from the Struga Poetry Evening under the patronage of UNESCO. There shall be readings by Francis Combes, Maram Al Masri, Hughes Labrusse, Slave Gorgo Dimovski, Srba Ignjatovic, Nikolaj Stojanov and Mateja Bizjak Petit.
A special poetic recognition will be given to the great painter of the Balkans who lives in Paris, Omer Kalesi by Laure Cambau, Luan Rama and Gil Juanard.
20:00 Opening ceremony
Homage of Miki Manojlovic
Honorary president of the festival Yves Boisset
President of the Festival Jordan Plevnes
Minister of culture of Montenegro Branislav Micunovic,
President of the Jury Mr. Max Azoulay
Honorary president of the festival Yves Boisset
President of the Festival Jordan Plevnes
Minister of culture of Montenegro Branislav Micunovic,
President of the Jury Mr. Max Azoulay
20.30 "TRIALS, TRIBULATIONS & SUSTAINABLE GROWTH OF A COCK"
Documentary by Vladimir Perovic, Montenegro, 21 min. (out
of competition)
A film about macho culture from the point of view of a cock, also a symbol of machismo. Simple, but very impressive and brutal in its concept, clear in expression, without dialogues and comments, without explanations about the feast, almost completely devoid of a religious or social context, but still with a strong cultural touch.
A film about macho culture from the point of view of a cock, also a symbol of machismo. Simple, but very impressive and brutal in its concept, clear in expression, without dialogues and comments, without explanations about the feast, almost completely devoid of a religious or social context, but still with a strong cultural touch.
21.00 "THE CROSSING"
Fiction by Selim Demirdelen, Turkey, 95 min.
Güven (Güven Kıraç) works as a chief accountant. He has a happy marriage and a daughter. However, when he arrives at his home at the end of an ordinary workday, he is all by himself at home. His showcased world of happiness is full of secrets. He had lost his wife and unborn baby 5 years ago, but, unable to bear this great pain, he had pretended as if they lived and he had kept them alive in his mind. His imaginary world begins to fall apart, when Arzu (Sezin Akbaşoğulları) starts working at the same office. Arzu, whose life is also a mess, breaks into Güven’s world, trying to unveil the curtain of secrets over his life. As the events unfold, it turns out that Güven’s and Arzu’s lives had intersected at a crossing before, changing them and their lives forever.
Güven (Güven Kıraç) works as a chief accountant. He has a happy marriage and a daughter. However, when he arrives at his home at the end of an ordinary workday, he is all by himself at home. His showcased world of happiness is full of secrets. He had lost his wife and unborn baby 5 years ago, but, unable to bear this great pain, he had pretended as if they lived and he had kept them alive in his mind. His imaginary world begins to fall apart, when Arzu (Sezin Akbaşoğulları) starts working at the same office. Arzu, whose life is also a mess, breaks into Güven’s world, trying to unveil the curtain of secrets over his life. As the events unfold, it turns out that Güven’s and Arzu’s lives had intersected at a crossing before, changing them and their lives forever.
13 April 2011
18.00 "MAGIC HILL"
Documentary by Petar Dzurovski, Macedonia, 25 min. (out of
competition)
The Hill over Ohrid Lake has held a remarkable position throughout time, starting from prehistory, during the Antique Period and the Middle ages, and is also known as the Magical hill, since it sublimes the refined values of all civilizations that passed through this region. St. Clement`s activity, St. Clement`s Monastery where the School of St. Clement or St. Clement`s academy or even as we call it today St. Clement`s University, developed, as it is known we can also call it the First Slavic University well, it functioned until the arriving of the Ottomans and during this period the well established and reputable Archbishopric of Ohrid also functioned.
The Hill over Ohrid Lake has held a remarkable position throughout time, starting from prehistory, during the Antique Period and the Middle ages, and is also known as the Magical hill, since it sublimes the refined values of all civilizations that passed through this region. St. Clement`s activity, St. Clement`s Monastery where the School of St. Clement or St. Clement`s academy or even as we call it today St. Clement`s University, developed, as it is known we can also call it the First Slavic University well, it functioned until the arriving of the Ottomans and during this period the well established and reputable Archbishopric of Ohrid also functioned.
18.30 "ALBANIAN CHRONICLE"
Fiction by Artan Minarolli, Albania, 90 min.
After fifty years under communist administration where religious freedom was banished by law, a small Albanian provincial town will undergo a religious rebirth ; however, Christians and muslims continue to peacfully coexistence.
After fifty years under communist administration where religious freedom was banished by law, a small Albanian provincial town will undergo a religious rebirth ; however, Christians and muslims continue to peacfully coexistence.
20.00 "72 DAYS"
Fiction by
Danilo Serbedzija, Croatia, 93 min.
The American pension of Grandpa Djuradj is paid to his widow Nedja and is the only source of income for he Paripovic family. When Nedja suddenly dies, their very existence is threatened and the head of the family devises a cunning plan.
72 days is a first feature by Danilo Šerbedžija, boasting a strong ensemble cast composed of some of the biggest ex-Yugoslav screen stras and some of the most promising Croatian acting talent.
The American pension of Grandpa Djuradj is paid to his widow Nedja and is the only source of income for he Paripovic family. When Nedja suddenly dies, their very existence is threatened and the head of the family devises a cunning plan.
72 days is a first feature by Danilo Šerbedžija, boasting a strong ensemble cast composed of some of the biggest ex-Yugoslav screen stras and some of the most promising Croatian acting talent.
14 April 2011
20.00 "BENJAMIN"
Documentary
by Matija Vukasic, Croatia, 25 min. (out of competition)
Benjamin is a story about a 17-year old Romany who searches for his identity. State champion in geography isn’t satisfied with life in Romany environment and tries to find the way to be fully accepted from non-Romany people. Many of the Romany in the settlement are jealous at him because thanks to his school achievements his family got water and electricity. Benjamin’s parents, Jehovah’s Witnesses, often emphasize that their son is successful thanks to religion and God. Benjamin disagrees with them as well as in many other things. His mother and father don’t approve his dedication to hip hop, but in dancing Benjamin sees good chance to prove himself to everyone. He and his dance group trained hard throughout the year and now they have high expectations for the upcoming competition at the Dorm Day.
Benjamin is a story about a 17-year old Romany who searches for his identity. State champion in geography isn’t satisfied with life in Romany environment and tries to find the way to be fully accepted from non-Romany people. Many of the Romany in the settlement are jealous at him because thanks to his school achievements his family got water and electricity. Benjamin’s parents, Jehovah’s Witnesses, often emphasize that their son is successful thanks to religion and God. Benjamin disagrees with them as well as in many other things. His mother and father don’t approve his dedication to hip hop, but in dancing Benjamin sees good chance to prove himself to everyone. He and his dance group trained hard throughout the year and now they have high expectations for the upcoming competition at the Dorm Day.
20.30 "MOTEL NANA"
Fiction
by Predrag Velinovic, Serbia, 92 min.
Ivan teaches history in a Belgrade high school. In his class, Ivan is provoked by a student and ends up slapping him on the face. In Serbia, in the heat of transitional changes, Ivan’s presence in school is no longer welcomed. He finds a temporary job opportunity in a war-scarred mountain village in Bosnia. On his way there, he meets Yasmina, a young Muslim woman, back from Germany to her homeland after the war and after being invited by an old friend - Hazim - who now runs a motel. A lone kiss in a stormy night, in a village still lying in ruins, will bring Yasmina and Ivan closer together in a joint ecsape from reality and to ride on a dusty bus, where neither one of them wants to sit next to the window.
Ivan teaches history in a Belgrade high school. In his class, Ivan is provoked by a student and ends up slapping him on the face. In Serbia, in the heat of transitional changes, Ivan’s presence in school is no longer welcomed. He finds a temporary job opportunity in a war-scarred mountain village in Bosnia. On his way there, he meets Yasmina, a young Muslim woman, back from Germany to her homeland after the war and after being invited by an old friend - Hazim - who now runs a motel. A lone kiss in a stormy night, in a village still lying in ruins, will bring Yasmina and Ivan closer together in a joint ecsape from reality and to ride on a dusty bus, where neither one of them wants to sit next to the window.
22.00 "DANDELION"
Short feature
film by Igor Hristov, Bulgaria/Macedonia, 16: 45 min.
Yozhe is a deaf boy and together with his deaf friends think of how to communicate with hearing people. They disguise as clowns and begin to entertain people on the streets without their understanding of their barrier. During one of the performances the troupe is arrested by the police. All except Yozhe discard the idea. He is left alone. But a street poster will change his way...
“How does it feel to know you can’t do something that 99% of the people on this earth can, and at the same time feel that you can do much more than all of them. I think there’s no definition for such feeling.
Yozhe is a deaf boy and together with his deaf friends think of how to communicate with hearing people. They disguise as clowns and begin to entertain people on the streets without their understanding of their barrier. During one of the performances the troupe is arrested by the police. All except Yozhe discard the idea. He is left alone. But a street poster will change his way...
“How does it feel to know you can’t do something that 99% of the people on this earth can, and at the same time feel that you can do much more than all of them. I think there’s no definition for such feeling.
22.20 "NEED A CRAFT FOR T'NIGHT"
Documentary by Milorad
Milic, Montenegro, 17 min. (out
of competition)
A small canoe is the only hope and rescue during a flood, for the people of the village of Kurilo which is far away from the Skadar Lake. It connects people, years and centuries. That is why it is still irreplaceable. People here have always considered floods to be something natural and have behaved dignified in such times. Why is it so?
A small canoe is the only hope and rescue during a flood, for the people of the village of Kurilo which is far away from the Skadar Lake. It connects people, years and centuries. That is why it is still irreplaceable. People here have always considered floods to be something natural and have behaved dignified in such times. Why is it so?
15 April 2011
16:00 Selection of animated, documentary and short feature films:
"WARM NOVEMBER"
By Valentin
Goshev, Bulgaria, 12 min.
Stefan, a 30-years old lonely father, still is in search of his place in life. A beginner-writer, he is waiting for the publishing of his first book. He is bringing up his son alone but meanwhile his new girlfriend is already pregnant. On top of all his father is in hospital and Stefan has to give blood for his operation…
Stefan, a 30-years old lonely father, still is in search of his place in life. A beginner-writer, he is waiting for the publishing of his first book. He is bringing up his son alone but meanwhile his new girlfriend is already pregnant. On top of all his father is in hospital and Stefan has to give blood for his operation…
"THE FLY"
By Gospodin
Nedelchev, Bulgaria, 9:08 min.
This is a film about one boring fly and a lot of troubles… No one breaks out of fate.
This is a film about one boring fly and a lot of troubles… No one breaks out of fate.
"HOROSCOPE"
By Elkjana Gjipali, Albania, 10 min.
Is our life really written in the stars? Some believe, it some don’t. But this time everything goes in a different way. Ina is waiting for the night of passion that horoscope told her, Vini is looking for his future wife, Drita thinks that she understand the language of stars. But in the end no one knows what will happened When the stars are going to shine in the sky that night.
Is our life really written in the stars? Some believe, it some don’t. But this time everything goes in a different way. Ina is waiting for the night of passion that horoscope told her, Vini is looking for his future wife, Drita thinks that she understand the language of stars. But in the end no one knows what will happened When the stars are going to shine in the sky that night.
"BLACK, WHITE... AND COLUR"
By Sergiu Baiesu, Romania, 5 min.
In a bevy of black crows a white bird arises, all of a sudden….The pack is bewildered. The inappropriate bird is banished. The black and the white bevy confront each other… and the fight goes on and on, all methods being permitted… the goal is total supremacy over the field or over the whole world. But the crows can have much more colours than black or white, or black and white simultaneously or maybe no color at all. Then what? From the color blending universal harmony emerges. The beings are condemned to co-exist peacefully, this being their only chance.
In a bevy of black crows a white bird arises, all of a sudden….The pack is bewildered. The inappropriate bird is banished. The black and the white bevy confront each other… and the fight goes on and on, all methods being permitted… the goal is total supremacy over the field or over the whole world. But the crows can have much more colours than black or white, or black and white simultaneously or maybe no color at all. Then what? From the color blending universal harmony emerges. The beings are condemned to co-exist peacefully, this being their only chance.
"A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH"
By
Mehmet Basak, Turkey, 9:20 min
Serkan is in a extraordinary hurry, clocks out. Meanwhile people are waiting for the funeral ceremony of a woman. While Serkan aims to reach his destination, he receives a vital news.
Serkan is in a extraordinary hurry, clocks out. Meanwhile people are waiting for the funeral ceremony of a woman. While Serkan aims to reach his destination, he receives a vital news.
"Hansel & Gretel: the true story"
By Goce Cvetanovski, Macedonia, 2D animation, 13 min.
Once upon a time, there were two kids called Hansel & Gretel. Their parents left them in the woods to die. Hungry and tired, the kids thought they had found a refuge in the candy house belonging to an old lady, who finally turned out to be a witch that wanted to eat them. The kids pushed her in the oven, and thus escaped. This is the Brothers Grimm’s version of the story. In the true story of Hansel & Gretel, the witch has transformed the kids. Gretel has become a human larva, giving daily birth to fetuses in eggs. Hansel has become a lobotomized zombie, whose only goal is to fecund Gretel and to sort the fetuses in the food storage.
With this farm of children the witch has created, she can eat every day her favorite meal. To make them grow from a fetus to a kid in just one day, the witch uses a magical growth potion. But one day, one of the kids tries to escape, and through his runaway, we discover the obscene world of the witch. A relentless cat and mouse game starts.
Once upon a time, there were two kids called Hansel & Gretel. Their parents left them in the woods to die. Hungry and tired, the kids thought they had found a refuge in the candy house belonging to an old lady, who finally turned out to be a witch that wanted to eat them. The kids pushed her in the oven, and thus escaped. This is the Brothers Grimm’s version of the story. In the true story of Hansel & Gretel, the witch has transformed the kids. Gretel has become a human larva, giving daily birth to fetuses in eggs. Hansel has become a lobotomized zombie, whose only goal is to fecund Gretel and to sort the fetuses in the food storage.
With this farm of children the witch has created, she can eat every day her favorite meal. To make them grow from a fetus to a kid in just one day, the witch uses a magical growth potion. But one day, one of the kids tries to escape, and through his runaway, we discover the obscene world of the witch. A relentless cat and mouse game starts.
"STANKA GOES HOME"
By Maya Vitkova,
Bulgaria, 15 min.
When Mrs. Stanka Atanasova, an elderly and sick woman, enters her block of flats, she discovers that the elevator is out of order. Stanka must use the stairs to get to the ninth floor, and what for most of us is a simple task, becomes a challenge for her.
When Mrs. Stanka Atanasova, an elderly and sick woman, enters her block of flats, she discovers that the elevator is out of order. Stanka must use the stairs to get to the ninth floor, and what for most of us is a simple task, becomes a challenge for her.
"100 COFFEES"
By Kleidi
Eski, Albania, 4 min.
It is a man's lucky day. He's just not realizing it. He has the signs, but he looks for his fate in the conventional form... in the 100 daily coffees that a balkanic
It is a man's lucky day. He's just not realizing it. He has the signs, but he looks for his fate in the conventional form... in the 100 daily coffees that a balkanic
"PASTA"
By Cunejt
Bozkurt, Turkey, 13:50 min
Sedef lines in a world that is black and white, and everything is a prototype. Her life passes by in the daily routine of going to her job, the market, and watching tv. Everyday she watches the same boring shows on tv. But one day, she wakes up being colorful no longer a black and white prototype. This causes her world to change for the worse.Society discriminates against her for being colorful and she ultimately loses her job. The discrimination and hatred towards her mounts and brings about the end of Sedef.
Sedef lines in a world that is black and white, and everything is a prototype. Her life passes by in the daily routine of going to her job, the market, and watching tv. Everyday she watches the same boring shows on tv. But one day, she wakes up being colorful no longer a black and white prototype. This causes her world to change for the worse.Society discriminates against her for being colorful and she ultimately loses her job. The discrimination and hatred towards her mounts and brings about the end of Sedef.
18.00 "ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS"
Fiction by Andreas Siadimas, Greece 21 min. (out
of competition)
Summer in Crete. A local old man meets a young couple. He will reveal to them the secrets of the circle of life through the power of nature. Their path will change forever. Can an herb be a gift of life and a curse of death at the same time?
Summer in Crete. A local old man meets a young couple. He will reveal to them the secrets of the circle of life through the power of nature. Their path will change forever. Can an herb be a gift of life and a curse of death at the same time?
18.30 "DONKEY OF THE BORDER"
Fiction by Jeton Ahmetaj, Kosovo, 97 min.
At the end of the 70’s, Kosovo served as a border between the Titoist Yugoslavia and Enver Hodja’s Albanian regime. One day, the donkey of the commissioner of the Albanian people crosses the border and joins the “revisionists”. Both sides are in uproar. While the Yugoslavs wonder whether the quadruped is a spy, the soldiers of the Stalin of the Balkans speculate whether the beast was kidnapped. As for the inhabitants of both countries, they are just as distressed.
At the end of the 70’s, Kosovo served as a border between the Titoist Yugoslavia and Enver Hodja’s Albanian regime. One day, the donkey of the commissioner of the Albanian people crosses the border and joins the “revisionists”. Both sides are in uproar. While the Yugoslavs wonder whether the quadruped is a spy, the soldiers of the Stalin of the Balkans speculate whether the beast was kidnapped. As for the inhabitants of both countries, they are just as distressed.
20:30 Concert Zoran Madzirov The Bottleman -
“Balkano Nuevo”, Amfiteatre of ESRA Paris
Zoran Madzirov (born January 14, 1968 in Strumica, Republic of Macedonia) is Macedonian percussionist and the inventor of the Bottlephone. Zoran performed and has been honored from musical giants like Sting, Tito Puente, Tina Turner, Harry Belafonte, The Scorpions, Tommy Emmanuel and others.
"Just as jazz music has progressed from dixieland to free jazz and beyond, and classical music went from tonality to chromaticism, noise and back again, it has occurred to me that the same kind of growth should be possible and perhaps essential for Macedonian music and the music from Balkan’s in general. Discovering a new living relationship to tradition and cultural progressions, my advantureus treasure - hint went outside the framework of orthodoxy." (Zoran Madzirov).
www.zoranmadzirov.com / www.thebottleman.com
"Just as jazz music has progressed from dixieland to free jazz and beyond, and classical music went from tonality to chromaticism, noise and back again, it has occurred to me that the same kind of growth should be possible and perhaps essential for Macedonian music and the music from Balkan’s in general. Discovering a new living relationship to tradition and cultural progressions, my advantureus treasure - hint went outside the framework of orthodoxy." (Zoran Madzirov).
www.zoranmadzirov.com / www.thebottleman.com
16 April 2001
10:00 Selection of animated, documentary and short fiction films:
"FIRST DAY OF CLASSES"
By Dionis
Papadhimitri, Albania, 12 min.
In a remote mountain village, Gjin, a 10 years old boy, like every other day, is out taking his goat to graze. Gjin is playing his favorite game: he throws paper airplanes in the air. In the village school, the annual meeting of the first day of classes has started. Julian, the youngest teacher of the village, is for the first time part of this meeting. And since he is the youngest one, the director assigns him the duty of ringing the bell on the first day of classes. Julian goes out holding the bell to keep students lined up. An empty yard. However the director manages to find a solution; they will have to go and pick up students in their houses. What happened?
In a remote mountain village, Gjin, a 10 years old boy, like every other day, is out taking his goat to graze. Gjin is playing his favorite game: he throws paper airplanes in the air. In the village school, the annual meeting of the first day of classes has started. Julian, the youngest teacher of the village, is for the first time part of this meeting. And since he is the youngest one, the director assigns him the duty of ringing the bell on the first day of classes. Julian goes out holding the bell to keep students lined up. An empty yard. However the director manages to find a solution; they will have to go and pick up students in their houses. What happened?
"WHERE IS YOUR HEAD"
By Nenko Genov,
Bulgaria, 7 min.
A fresh look at the cliché phrase “life is a threadmill”. A dynamic story that doesn’t need words and relies on the combination of sound and cinematic vision. A tale about our mechanical way of life where you act without having any time to use your head. Will you even notice if you lose it?
A fresh look at the cliché phrase “life is a threadmill”. A dynamic story that doesn’t need words and relies on the combination of sound and cinematic vision. A tale about our mechanical way of life where you act without having any time to use your head. Will you even notice if you lose it?
"ID"
By
Miroslav Jovic, Serbia, 8 min.
The story follows up a man who wakes up without any of the senses. He does not have the eyes, ears, nose , skin... He has polluted everything around himself so much that he feels nothing any more. All at once, he gets a chance to return to the gone, but....
The story follows up a man who wakes up without any of the senses. He does not have the eyes, ears, nose , skin... He has polluted everything around himself so much that he feels nothing any more. All at once, he gets a chance to return to the gone, but....
"THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE PIGEON MAN"
By Konstantin
Plevnes, Macedonia, 8 min.
The Autobiography of the Pigeon Man is the intimate confession of a man who has lost everything in his life. He is forgotten by everybody and lives like a scavenger. He tells his story, accompanied by his only friends : his bicycle with flowers, one dog and pigeons.
The Autobiography of the Pigeon Man is the intimate confession of a man who has lost everything in his life. He is forgotten by everybody and lives like a scavenger. He tells his story, accompanied by his only friends : his bicycle with flowers, one dog and pigeons.
"LISTENING TO ISTANBUL"
By Veysel Cihan
Hizar, Turkey, 7:30 min.
We listen in silence as Istanbul tells her own tale, through her own sounds.
We listen in silence as Istanbul tells her own tale, through her own sounds.
"THE LIGHTHOUSE"
By Vesislava Gospodinova, Bulgaria, 4:50 min.
Based on the poem “The Lighthouse Keeper Loves Birds Too Much” by Jacques Prevert, the film tells a story about life’s absurdity and the game of destiny which is too cruel at times. This is a film about the consequences of a taken decision, about love, suffering and death.
Based on the poem “The Lighthouse Keeper Loves Birds Too Much” by Jacques Prevert, the film tells a story about life’s absurdity and the game of destiny which is too cruel at times. This is a film about the consequences of a taken decision, about love, suffering and death.
“THE SHORT
ANATOMY OF A MURDER”
By Sirin Erensoy, Turkey, 14:07 min.
The Short Anatomy of Murder is the story of a Woman, who rids herself of a aman in the physical world. However, he will not go away in her mental world. Is it her guilt or just plain male hegemony that simply not go away, regardless of all courageous acts to rid oneself from it?
The Short Anatomy of Murder is the story of a Woman, who rids herself of a aman in the physical world. However, he will not go away in her mental world. Is it her guilt or just plain male hegemony that simply not go away, regardless of all courageous acts to rid oneself from it?
"5 TIMES"
By Simeon
Sokerov, Bulgaria, 9:40 min
Little girl and her dog on his daily walk. The girl went to buy ice cream. Everything happens five times. In five different ways with five different genre. The story is one, the main characters too. Other changes in dependency.
Little girl and her dog on his daily walk. The girl went to buy ice cream. Everything happens five times. In five different ways with five different genre. The story is one, the main characters too. Other changes in dependency.
"MOMENT"
By Aysegul Okul,
Turkey, 14 min.
Gün drops by in a coffee shop. He helps a woman to pick up the purse that she drops. After few moments later he witnesses that woman had a car accident. He questions the moment and suddenly he goes back in time and tries to save that woman...
Gün drops by in a coffee shop. He helps a woman to pick up the purse that she drops. After few moments later he witnesses that woman had a car accident. He questions the moment and suddenly he goes back in time and tries to save that woman...
11.30 "KINOFIL"
Documentary by
Damir Janecek, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 95 min. (out of competition)
The film intrigued present viewers with it’s provocative way of presenting the whole problem of abandoned animals, primordial evil that surrounds us - whether it is disguised through the institutions of a state system or whether it comes down purely to personal animosity. Also, the film deals in a very specific way with people who, thanks to their professional knowledge, have built certain relationship with animals as their potential patients. The question here which is asked first is that the evaluation of certain moral principles can overcome everything else that contradicts them. Is it true that the the profession must unconditionally always stand ahead of humanity? Or we are dealing with the opposite conclusion - that humanity wins the gold medal and stands as first in the line? Which factor is dominant to decide in choosing between these two options?
The film intrigued present viewers with it’s provocative way of presenting the whole problem of abandoned animals, primordial evil that surrounds us - whether it is disguised through the institutions of a state system or whether it comes down purely to personal animosity. Also, the film deals in a very specific way with people who, thanks to their professional knowledge, have built certain relationship with animals as their potential patients. The question here which is asked first is that the evaluation of certain moral principles can overcome everything else that contradicts them. Is it true that the the profession must unconditionally always stand ahead of humanity? Or we are dealing with the opposite conclusion - that humanity wins the gold medal and stands as first in the line? Which factor is dominant to decide in choosing between these two options?
18.00 "
TOBACCO GIRL"
Documentary by
Biljana Garvanlieva, Macedonia, 30 min. (out of competition)
Mumine, a 14yearold Turkish girl lives with her family in the high mountains of Macedonia. Her family belongs to the Turkish minority. Mumine’s family needs her for the difficult work in the tobacco fields – their only source of income. Mumine is raised in the tobacco plants and the things that are ripe are sold. She is sold to her future husband for 3000 Euros. Will she find a way out from this ‘law of nature’? She has two possibilities in the village: either to be married or to go to school, but then to be sold to her husband for a higher price. It is her dream to move to the city Skopje to go to school. She wants to become a teacher.
Mumine, a 14yearold Turkish girl lives with her family in the high mountains of Macedonia. Her family belongs to the Turkish minority. Mumine’s family needs her for the difficult work in the tobacco fields – their only source of income. Mumine is raised in the tobacco plants and the things that are ripe are sold. She is sold to her future husband for 3000 Euros. Will she find a way out from this ‘law of nature’? She has two possibilities in the village: either to be married or to go to school, but then to be sold to her husband for a higher price. It is her dream to move to the city Skopje to go to school. She wants to become a teacher.
18.30 "THE ABANDONED"
Fiction by Adis Bakrac, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 88 min
The Abandoned in short: A drama about a boy that seeks love in the hostile world. How many chances does a child, that is born under tragic circumstances, have? Living in the shadows of the past without the parent love? 13 year old Alen is growing up in the orphanage in Sarajevo, hoping to find his mother one day. As they claim in the institution, his mother was supposed to work in the decade of Yugoslavia fall as a french war media journalist. Alen is working his allowance with small thefts for a local shop manager Sento. As the new manager of the orphanage reveals Sento, Alen wants a pay for his service - he demands his file from him, where the address of his mother is. However, the truth revealed is far different from that one that he expected.
The Abandoned in short: A drama about a boy that seeks love in the hostile world. How many chances does a child, that is born under tragic circumstances, have? Living in the shadows of the past without the parent love? 13 year old Alen is growing up in the orphanage in Sarajevo, hoping to find his mother one day. As they claim in the institution, his mother was supposed to work in the decade of Yugoslavia fall as a french war media journalist. Alen is working his allowance with small thefts for a local shop manager Sento. As the new manager of the orphanage reveals Sento, Alen wants a pay for his service - he demands his file from him, where the address of his mother is. However, the truth revealed is far different from that one that he expected.
20.00 "EASTERN PLAYS"
Fiction by Kamen
Kalev, Bulgaria, 89 min.
TWO BROTHERS WHO’VE LOST ALL CONTACT ARE SUDDENLY BROUGHT TOGETHER WHEN THEY HAVE OPPOSITE ROLES IN A RACIST BEATING: while Georgi who’s recently joined a neonazi group participates in the violence, Itso witnesses and rescues the Turkish family. Georgi, now being asked to participate in larger events, starts to question his implication in the movement and Itso wonders if the beautiful Turkish girl he saved could be his ticket out from his sad life in Sofia. Only by reuniting will the two brothers be able to assess what they really want from life.
TWO BROTHERS WHO’VE LOST ALL CONTACT ARE SUDDENLY BROUGHT TOGETHER WHEN THEY HAVE OPPOSITE ROLES IN A RACIST BEATING: while Georgi who’s recently joined a neonazi group participates in the violence, Itso witnesses and rescues the Turkish family. Georgi, now being asked to participate in larger events, starts to question his implication in the movement and Itso wonders if the beautiful Turkish girl he saved could be his ticket out from his sad life in Sofia. Only by reuniting will the two brothers be able to assess what they really want from life.
17 April 2011
18.00 "GJINI"
Fiction by Korab Lecaj, Kosovo, 25 min. (out of
competition)
Seven years after the end of war in Kosovo, one man is released of prison of Serbia and returns home. The boy, who was born until the man was at prison, never saw his father. He doesn’t accept him like his father, he consider him like a stranger. Boy’s mother tries hard to obey his son that “”the strange man” is his father. Since mother is getting close to “the strange man” the boy tries to get away from home, getting a lost in his childhood world.
Seven years after the end of war in Kosovo, one man is released of prison of Serbia and returns home. The boy, who was born until the man was at prison, never saw his father. He doesn’t accept him like his father, he consider him like a stranger. Boy’s mother tries hard to obey his son that “”the strange man” is his father. Since mother is getting close to “the strange man” the boy tries to get away from home, getting a lost in his childhood world.
18.30 "PIRAN PIRANO"
Fiction by Goran
Vojnovic, Slovenia, 101 min.
Piran – Pirano tells a story about three individuals and how their destinies are unusually intertwined. An Italian Antonio, a Bosnian Veljko and a Slovenia girl Anica face the terror of war as children and each of them become war’s victim in their own way. Half a century later their paths cross again and last days of war, fear, despair, love and inexplicable emotions live up again – this time because Antonio returns to Piran to see his place of birth once again before he dies.
Piran – Pirano tells a story about three individuals and how their destinies are unusually intertwined. An Italian Antonio, a Bosnian Veljko and a Slovenia girl Anica face the terror of war as children and each of them become war’s victim in their own way. Half a century later their paths cross again and last days of war, fear, despair, love and inexplicable emotions live up again – this time because Antonio returns to Piran to see his place of birth once again before he dies.
20.00 “SECRET BOOK”
Fiction by Vlado Cvetanovski,
Macedonia, 94 min. (out of competition)
The search for the Secret Book of the Bogomils brings Guy Chevalier (Thierry Fremont) to Macedonia. There, he is haunted by the spirit of the Gardian of the book and followed by unknown forces. Little by little, he starts loosing his mind and his identity.
The search for the Secret Book of the Bogomils brings Guy Chevalier (Thierry Fremont) to Macedonia. There, he is haunted by the spirit of the Gardian of the book and followed by unknown forces. Little by little, he starts loosing his mind and his identity.