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BULGARIA
Home Far Away - Dimitar Kutmanov
Dimitar Kutmanov - Director Dimitar Kutmanov - Writer Poli Angelova - Producer Nikolay Todorov - Producer Elena Mosholova - Producer Director of photography: Dian Zagorchinov Soudn design: Ivan Andreev Production design: Alexandra Ovtchinnikova Cast: Yordan Chichikov Plamena Ivanova Anna Naydenova Dimitar Kutmanov Snr. Andrei Mladenov Nadezhda Chausheva An homage to the city of Plovdiv and the author’s memories, the film follows a solitary man who wanders around the empty streets of Plovdiv in an attempt to return to his home. Meanwhile, various figures roam the fragmented spaces of the house from his memories. As with every return, what is closest to the heart inevitably remains intangible. The film was made as part of the KINOPLOVDIV project produced for Plovdiv - European Capital of Culture 2019. |
CROATIA
Sultriness - Petar Vukičević
Project Title (Original Language):Sparina Project Type:Short, Student Runtime:18 minutes 28 seconds Country of Origin:Croatia Country of Filming:Croatia Language:Croatian Shooting Format:Digital Aspect Ratio:16:9 Film Color:Color Director: Petar Vukičević Writers: Rea Bušić Writer: Katarina Romac Writer: Petar Vukičević Producer: Nikša Modrić Cast: Rea Bušić, Katarina Romac, Paško Vukasović Roza is looking for a new roommate and Karmen is seeking shelter. |
GREECE
With New Eyes - George Leontakianakos
Project Title (Original Language):Με Άλλα Μάτια Project Type:Short Runtime:20 minutes Completion Date:May 26, 2020 Production Budget:3,000 EUR Country of Origin:Greece Country of Filming:Greece Director: George Leontakianakos Writer: George Leontakianakos Writer: Alexandra Dyranis - Maounis Producer: Konstantinos Gourgiotis Production Company:Ace House Productions Cast: Yannis Sarakatsanis, Kostis Savvidakis Pavlos, a cynical, racist Airbnb host, spends a night with his new tenant, Fotis, a romantic, insightful blind man seeking human contact after his wife’s death. As the night progresses, however, Fotis begins to shed light on Pavlos’ misconceptions. |
MONTENEGRO
Rainbow - Aleksandar Vujović
Production: Apulia Film Commission Executive Production: Boka F Genre: Drama Year of production: 2020 (released on October 21st, 2020) Country of production: MONTENEGRO Running time: 16’55” Shooting format: Digital video (4K) Directed and Edited by: Aleksandar Vujović Screenwriter: Jelena Lela Milošević Executive Producers: Aleksandar Vujović and Anja Sekulić Director of Photography: Vladimir Vučinić Original music composed and executed by: Slobodanka Bobana Dabović Đurić Production Designer: Stanislav Nikičević Sound Design, Re-cording, Edit and Mix: Aleksandar Brajović Music Editor: Mihailo Miha Radonjić Color grading and mastering: Living Pictures Colorist: Filip Orlandić Special Effects: Andrea Carpentieri Post-production Supervisor: Stefan Orlandić Costume Designer: Jelena Roganović Đurić Hair and Make up Artist: Milka Stojanović Cast: Nikša Radojičić, Miloš Pejović, Ana Vučković, Đorđije Tatić. * Based on autobiography book “Dipingo dunque esisto!”, by the artist Gaetano Grillo. Edited and Published by L’Immagine, Bari. Rainbow is a film that recounts, through the main character's memory, an event from his early childhood that determined his life's calling. He embarks on a journey with his father, as a boy of less than six years old, where he experiences a magical moment. Thought that moment he realizes his life vocation, which would direct him to the call of the artist, whom he later became. |
The Visit - Đorđe Vojvodić
Year: 2019 Format: 1.85:1 Running time (min): 20 Genre: drama Language(s): Montenegrin, German Producer(s): Ivan Đurović, Snežana Nikčević, Đorđe Vojvodić Director(s): Đorđe Vojvodić Screewriter(s): Maja Todorović, Đorđe Vojvodić Cinematographer: Lazar Radić Cast: Vule Marković, Dubravka Drakić, Marko Baćović, Maša Labudović, Slaviša Čurović, Maja Šarenac, Omar Bajramspahić, Pavle Popović Production company: Bitter Frames Production Stefan is a student from Montenegro living in Berlin. He shares an apartment secretly with his boyfriend. One weekend visit from his parents will forever change his life and turn his whole world upside down. |
Balkan D minor - Goran Bjelanović
short feature film Runtime : 7.45 minutes Cast : Miona Cvijović Predrag Pedza Vukojević Anastasija Bjelanović Ilija Bjelanović Pavle Orović Vlado Tomović Goran Bjelanović Director: Goran Bjelanović Writer: Tamara Bjelanović Cameraman: Mileta Vukicević Sound Design: Fadil Krasnić Vladimir Šćekić - Director of Photography: Editor: Veselin Slavković In the fifth century BC, Pericles dies in one of the epidemics similar to today's and tells the young doctor Hippocrates: "In the thousands of years behind us, thousands of epidemics will occur and only a free spirit will save human dignity", this is one of the motives of the film. "The film 'Balkan D minor' by Goran Bjelanović from Montenegro,uses and executes genre conventions to deal with complex topics, and it does it with very few words and dances on the edge. |
ROMANIA
Flunked - George ve Gänæaard
Director: George ve Gänæaard Writer: George ve Gänæaard Producer: Irena Isbasescu Producer: Adrian Silisteanu Cast: Cezar Antal, Luca Marinescu, Ela Ionescu, Daniel Popa, Aura Calarasu, Filip Solomon, Lucian Ifrim Cinematography by Adrian Silisteanu Film Editing by Michael Locksmith Casting By Florentina Bratfanof Production Design by Gina Calin Costume Design by Adina Bucur Sound by Alin Zabrauteanu Production Company Domestic Film When his son flunks a biology test, a father must prove his love while helping him pass the term. Marcel is a loving and nonconformist father who risks compromising his image, leaving a wrong impression at his son's school, behaving totally inappropriate, under a mask of alcohol and violence. Through his bizarre behavior he hopes to arouse the feeling of pity in the boy's teacher making her to give the child a higher grade on the project. In order to have a carefree summer, Marcel himself does his son's school project in his place, the night before the presentation. But when things do not go exactly as he hoped, Marcel has no problem celebrating a flunked subject, as long as his family gains unity, trust and peace. Using reverse chronology, CORIJENT tells the story of a father who apparently is just trying to help his son promote the class. But above all, it is the story of a father who wants to prove his love for his son, gain his trust and (re)gain his place in the family. |
Relative Meetings - Eugeniu Bocancea
Project Title (Original Language):Întâlniri apropiate de gradul Project Type:Short Runtime:28 minutes Completion Date:November 30, 2019 Country of Origin:Romania Country of Filming:Romania Language:Romanian Director: Eugeniu Bocancea Writer: Eugeniu Bocancea Writer: Alex Țibu Producer: Ana Voicu Producer: Theodora Petrescu Cast: Vlad Udrescu, Mădălina Craiu, Flaviu Crișan, Ana Ștefan, Virginia Rogin, Manuela Hărăbor, Laur Dragan Florin arrives at his mother's house and observes the peculiar behavior of his older brother George, recently returned from Germany, in relation to his wife Ilinca, returned from Italy. This situation has an emotionally impact on their young daughter, Dana. |
TURKEY
Some Cats of the Neighborhood - Emre Sefer
Project Type:Short Genres:Drama, Comedy Runtime:20 minutes Completion Date:September 12, 2019 Production Budget:7,000 USD Country of Origin:Turkey Country of Filming:Turkey Language:Turkish Director, Writer: Emre Sefer Writer: Seyit Mehmet Yildiz Producer: Emre Sefer Producer: Emrullah Erbay Cast: Şebnem Sönmez, Abdullah Cersel, Birgül Ulusoy,Deniz Hamzaoglu Ma'am in her 50s continues her life isolated from the human beings. Every day at the same time, she leaves the house and feeds the cats in the park. One day on the way back home from the park, Bahadır’s car almost hit the lady. And that’s how they know each other. Bahadır is a young man at the age of 26 and just assigned to the civil service with exam. He lives with his family and is very uncomfortable because of that situation. He has a psychological problem and having a panic attack in possible excitement situations. Next day Bahadır wants to go to work with his car but as he moves, he hit the a car. He panics and gets away from the scene. The car hit by the Bahadır belongs to a retired police officer and the lady sees the accident and chases it. So, the situation is quite uncomfortable for him. He is afraid he has a criminal record because of her and tries to give up her complaints but can not convince her. |
Time-less - Mert Güncüer
Project Title (Original Language):Zamansız Zamanlar Project Type:Experimental, Short Genres:Drama, Mystery Runtime:7 minutes 7 seconds Completion Date:March 12, 2020 Country of Origin:Turkey Country of Filming:Turkey Director: Mert Güncüer Writer: Mert Güncüer Producer: Mert Güncüer Cinematography: Mert Güncüer Camera: Deniz Göçmen Camera Assistant: Baybora Korkmaz Assistant Director: Taha Bayramoğlu Music: Mert Çetinkaya Sound Mix: Berke Gülbakan Editing: Mert Güncüer Cast: Mehmet Numanbayraktar A man travels through unknown times and places while experiencing visions, which is not solely belongs to him but more. |