MakeDox Catalogue 2016 eng by MakeDox

MakeDox Creative Documentary Film Festival August 20th-26th, 2016

CONTENTS AWARDS 9 JURIES AT MAKEDOX 2016 â&#x20AC;&#x201E;

MAIN COMPETITION 21 NEWCOMERS 33 RUSSIAN SNOW 43 SHORT DOX 51 STUDENT STORIES 63 MakeDox + 79 MAKEDOX LAYERS 90 INDEX OF FILMS 93

We are All a Story 7

Awards 9

ONION AWARD

- for the Best Film in the Main Program

YOUNG ONION AWARD

â&#x20AC;&#x201C; for the Best Film by First or Second-Time Director

ONION SEED AWARD

â&#x20AC;&#x201C; for the Best Student Film

BEST MORAL APPROACH AWARD - for the Film with Best Moral Approach

Onion Award Jury Don Edkins, a producer from South Africa and founder of the organization “Steps” that connects contemporary documentary films and filmmakers “My story is about growing up under the racist apartheid system in South Africa and deciding to leave when I was 22 years old because I refused to go to war to keep the system going. Fleeing the country led me to many other places and getting to know people and cultures that I am sure, I wouldn’t have otherwise. This opened my mind to the world but with a strong desire to see social justice succeed. I returned 21 years later.” Leena Pasanen, born in Finland, current festival director of the International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film. A former EDN director and Yle Finnish Broadcasting Company commissioning editor “To be honest I had no interest in documentary films at the age of 16. I had interest in horses, fiction films but not necessarily documentary films. They came much later when I was a journalist. Documentary films came to me a little bit as an accident… But I must say I fell in love with them immediately.” Vladimir Gojun, a film editor from Croatia ”I was lucky to be found by other talented and creative minds whose passion lurked me into this world, believing that I, too, could be part of it with my skillfulness and creativity.”

Young Onion Award Jury Stefano Tealdi, a producer and director from Italy. He runs the Stefilm production house. Stefano is also founder of the association Documentary In Europe and of Torino film lab. “A white kid growing up in apartheid South Africa and finding a totally new world when coming to Italy at 15. The story continues with my meeting Jean Rouch and falling for documentaries and I think I’m really lucky: what more can a person want when his passion becomes his job?” Iikka Vahkalahti, Executive Producer of Rough Cut Service and Dare To Dream Asia. His own company IV Films is producing and tutoring documentary films. Iikka also worked as Yle Finnish Broadcasting Company commissioning editor. “My story? Still in the development stage.” Mila Turajlič, Serbian director and producer of creative documentary films. Archive is her specialty. At MakeDox 2013, Mila won the Young Onion Award for her last film “Cinema Komunisto”. “The documentary is a language that found me at a time when I had lost my political faith.”

Onion Seed Award Jury Natasha Petrovik, theatre and film actress “I was born in Štip in 1988 where I finished my elementary and secondary education. I studied at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Skopje and graduated from the Acting Department under the guidance of Prof. Vlado Cvetanovski and Prof. Mimi Tanevska. In 2010, during my studies, I became one of the co-founders of the independent theatre “Theatra”. I am currently working at the Theatre for Children and Youth in Skopje and I am one of the founding members of the Association for cultural activities, creation and education ‘Аrtipia’. Voskresija Andreevska, painter and graphic designer “My world was given to me by artistic souls. When you are surrounded by such people, the paintbrushes jump right into your hands without asking and before you even start to realize, the urge within you has found a creative way to come up to the surface. In my teens and well after that I drew on everything, from napkins to the walls of my hometown Skopje. During my secondary art studies, I found both my kind of people and my style so those years were quite careless for me. I have also attended art colonies and improved my artistic expression. At the Faculty of Fine Arts, I took my vocation more seriously while also discovering the universe of graphic design. Ever since then, nothing can stop me from doing what it takes to ensconce my soul.” Ivan Shopov, writer and animation scriptwriter, editor at the publishing house “Templum” and the portal “Okno” “The first thing that comes to my mind when I hear the word ‘story’ is my grandfather – I was lucky to be able to set foot into the world of oral literature well before I learned to read. When I would bore him with demands for more new stories, he would say: “Stories shouldn’t be told by day. If I do, I will drop my trousers and pants when walking on the street.” Many years later, I became a storyteller myself. All the words and images in my stories are nothing but a semi-successful attempt to conceal my nakedness. As the storyteller always denudes himself, even when it seems that the story got him covered.”

Moral Approach Award Jury Vlatko Galevski, film critic and filmophile from Macedonia “Starting from the age of 5, for ten years I lived only 30 meters far from the cinemas Vardar 1 and Vardar 2, Kultura, Bambi and the summer cinema Balkan Bavcha… So what could my story possibly be about if not about films? My visits to the cinemas are a documentary film itself… a feature one!” Katri Merikallio, Finnish journalist writer and activist for children’s wellbeing “In documentary films, I am a viewer. I tell my stories in print journalism. My story is how to change the world to be better particularly for the children.” Marianne Gysae, media educationalist from Germany. She has been involved in media for development projects in Southern Africa for more than 20 years, writing, producing and using print media and film. “As a young adult, I left my comfort zone in Germany to explore other countries and cultures, ending up in Southern Africa. Living in rural communities, getting involved in people’s lives, learning the local language allowed me to gain a very different perspective to the world I grew up with. Forty years later, I am still here - working as a media educationalist with community groups and civil society organizations throughout the region using documentary film as a tool for active learning and social change.”

In competition for Moral Approach Award ward

MAIN COMPETITION

PEARL BUTTON EL BOTÓN DE NÁCAR 2015 82’

France, Chile, Spain

Script: Patricio Guzmán Director: Patricio Guzmán Photography by: Katell Djian Editing: Emmanuelle Joly Sound: Álvaro Silva Wuth Music: Miranda & Tobar, Hughes Maréchal Production: Renate Sachse (Atacama Productions) Co-production: Valdivia Film, Mediapro, France 3 Cinéma Synopsis: The ocean contains the history of all humanity. The sea holds the voices of the Earth and those that come from outer space. Water receives impetus from the stars and transmits it to all living creatures. Water, the longest border in Chile, also holds the secret of a mysterious button discovered in its seabed. Chile, with its 2,670 miles of coastline, the largest archipelago in the world, presents a supernatural landscape. In it are volcanoes, mountains and glaciers. In it are the voices of the Patagonian indigenous people, of the first English sailors as well as those of its political prisoners. Some say that water has a memory. This film shows that it also has a voice. Selected filmography: Nostalgia for the Light (2010) Salvador Allende (2004) The Pinochet Case (2001) Chile, the Obstinate Memory (1997) The Southern Cross (1992) The Battle of Chile I-II-III (1977, 1978, 1980) Selected festivals and awards: Silver Bear for Best Script, Berlin International Film Festival, Germany (2015)/ Lumières Award for Best Documentary, Lumières Awards, France (2016)/Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada (2016)/Human Rights Watch Film Festival, Canada (2016)/Environmental Film Festival, USA (2016)/BFI London Film Festival, UK (2015)

BROTHERS BRØDRE 2015 110’

Norway

Script: Aslaug Holm Director: Aslaug Holm Photography by: Aslaug Holm, Kjell Vassdal Editing: Aslaug Holm, Anders Teigen Sound: Bent Erik Holm, Espen Rønning Music: John Erik Kaada Production: Fenris Film AS

Synopsis:

Described as “the documentary answer to ‘Boyhood’ ”, “Brothers” is an unusually poetic and personal home movie about childhood and brotherhood made by the docmaker Aslaug Holm who is also the mom of the two protagonists, Markus (14) and Lukas (11). Trying to absorb more easily the rapid growth of her children and not to miss anything, she turns the camera on to document their struggles and passions and over the course of eight years, she marvelously tracks every tiny detail as well as the big changes in their relation, all the way in the wildness of the teenage life. Selected filmography: The Rich Country (2006) Cool and Crazy (2001) Selected festivals and awards: Grand Prix, International Competition, Taiwan International Documentary Film (2016)/Best International Feature Documentary Award, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival (2016)/Audience Award, CPH:DOX, Denmark (2015)/Golden Chair Award for Best Documentary, Norwegian Short Film Festival: Gullstolen (2015)/National Film Award Amanda for Best Director (2015)

BUGS BUGS 2016 75’

Denmark

Script: Andreas Johnsen Director: Andreas Johnsen Photography by: Andreas Johnsen Editing: Menno Boer, Per Sandholt Sound: Philip Flindt Music: Spacelab, Anders AC Christensen, Mikkel Hess, Nikolaj Hess Production: Danish Documentary Production Co-production: Clin D›oeil Films, Danish Documentary Production, DR, Kloos & Co Medien, RTBF, Submarine, VPRO

Synopsis:

Although scientists and agribusiness have started touting edible insects as the future of sustainable food, the notion of eating bugs hasn’t exactly gained much popularity among the general public. Ben and Josh, two chefs from René Redzepi’s experimental Nordic Food Lab in Denmark, have been travelling the world for the past three years to learn what some of the two billion people who already eat insects have to say. Andreas Johnsen follows them as they forage, farm, cook and taste insects with communities on six continents to find out if eating insects could really save the Earth. Selected filmography: Ai Weiwei – The Fake Case (2013) Kidd Life (2012) A Kind of Paradise (2011) Catch This Moment (2011) Natasja (2008) Good Copy Bad Copy (2007 Selected festivals and awards: Tribeca Film Festival, USA (2016)

BEYOND BOUNDARIES BREZMEJNO 2016 95’

Germany, Slovenia

Script: Peter Zach Director: Peter Zach Photography by: Thomas Plenert Editing: Hanna A. W. Slak, Peter Zach Sound: Boris Romih Music: Jelena Ždrale, Nino De Gleria Production: Jana Cisar Filmproduktion Co-production: Petra Pan Film Production

Synopsis:

A film about the roaming eye, about walking with both ears through different time periods, landforms and languages. The camera accompanies Aleš Šteger, the most famous Slovenian poet, on a hike along the border of his homeland: Slovenia, Hungary, Croatia, Italy and Austria. Selected filmography: Bohemian is All Greek to Me (2013) Noir-film (2012) The City Named Desire (2009)

UNDER THE SUN V LUCHAKH SOLNCA 2015 106’

Russia, Latvia, Germany, Czech Republic, North Korea

Script: Vitaly Mansky Director: Vitaly Mansky Photography by: Alexandra Ivanova, Mikhail Gorobchuck Editing: Andrej Paperny Sound: Evgeniya Lachina, Anri Krenbergs Music: Karlis Ausans Production: Vertov.Real Cinema Co-production: Saxonia Entertainment, Hypermarket Film, MDR, Czech TV

Synopsis:

This extraordinary film follows a North Korean girl as she prepares to celebrate the Day of the Shining Star, the birthday of the former supreme leader Kim Jong-Il. By making the North Korean regime an official production partner and by allowing official complete control over the script, the veteran filmmaker Vitaly Mansky and his documentary crew gained unprecedented access to the land of the rising sun also depicted by its citizens as “the best country in the world”. Selected filmography: Pipeline (2013) Gagarin’s Pioneers (2005) TATU’s Anatomy (2003) Sketches about Love (1994) Cuts Of Another War (1993) Jewish Happiness (1991) Selected festivals and awards: Award for Best Central and Eastern European Documentary Film - Between the Seas, Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, Czech Republic (2015)/ Special Jury Award and Jury Award for Best Director, Black Nights International Film Festival, Estonia (2015)/DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, Finland (2016)/DocPoint Tallinn, Estonia (2016)/Dok Leipzig, Germany (2015)/ International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, Netherlands (2015)

FIRE AT SEA FUOCOAMMARE 2016 108’

Italy, France

Script: Gianfranco Rosi Director: Gianfranco Rosi Photography by: Gianfranco Rosi Editing: Jacopo Quadri Sound: Stefano Grosso Production: Stemal Entertainment, 21uno Film, Instituto Luce Cinecittà, Rai Cinema, Les Films d›Ici, ARTE France Cinéma

Synopsis:

Samuele is twelve and lives on an island in the Mediterranean, far away from the mainland. Like all boys of his age, he does not always enjoy going to school. He would much rather climb the rocks by the shore, play with his slingshot or mooch about the port. But his home is not like other islands. For years, it has been the destination of men, women and children trying to make the crossing from Africa in boats that are far too small and decrepit. The island Lampedusa has become a metaphor for the flight of refugees to Europe, the hopes, hardship and fate of hundreds of thousands of emigrants. These people long for peace, freedom and happiness and yet so often only their dead bodies are pulled out of the water. Bringing us closer to the greatest humanitarian tragedy of our times, this commentary-free film also describes how, even in the smallest of places, two worlds barely touch.

Selected filmography: Sacro GRA (2013) El Sicario, Room 164 (2010) Below Sea Level (2008) Boatman (1993) Selected festivals and awards: Golden Bear for Best Film, Berlin International Film Festival, Germany (2016)/New Zealand International Film Festival (2016)

THE PERFECT CIRCLE THE PERFECT CIRCLE 2015 70’

Italy, Slovenia, Netherlands, United Kingdom

Script: Claudia Tosi Director: Claudia Tosi Photography by: Brand Ferro Editing: Marco Duretti Sound: Vladimir Rakić, Marco Torrisi Music: Daniele Rossi, Vladimir Rakić Production: Movimenta Co-production: Cobos Films, Petra Pan Film Production, Miafilm

Synopsis:

A man and a woman are in a hospice for terminally ill people in Northern Italy, catching the last flashes of life. But the ever-nearing end may fleetingly be forgotten, like when they close their eyes and get lost in the music or dream of sitting in the garden talking silly things with their loved one – until the bodies being carried out next door once again remind them of the inevitable. The Perfect Circle tells two love stories entwined with the urge to give a sense to life even when death is around the corner. Selected filmography: Mostar United (2008) Private Fragments of Bosnia (2004) Selected festivals and awards: DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, Finland (2016)/Trieste Film Festival, Italy (2015)/Festival dei Popoli, Italy (2015)

BECOMING ZLATAN DEN UNGE ZLATAN 2015 96’

Sweden, Netherlands, Italy

Script: Jesper Osmund, Fredrik Gertten, Magnus Gertten Director: Fredrik Gertten, Magnus Gertten Photography by: Stefan Berg, Fredrik Gertten, Goert Giltay, Caroline Troedsson, Jon Rudberg, Michele Fornasero Editing: Jesper Osmund Sound: Davide Favargiotti Music: Florencia Di Concilio, Marc Lizier Production: Margarete Jangård, Lennart Ström C0-production: Indyca, KeyDocs

Synopsis:

An astute film portrait of the Swedish footballer Zlatan Ibrahimović through rare аrchival footage, starting from his debut in Malmö FF in 1999, through his conflictual years with Ajax Amsterdam, up to the final breakthrough with Juventus 2005. Despite his arrogant attitude and widely known aggression on the field and not so well known paralyzing fears and constant pressures, this talented son of a Bosnian father and a Croatian mother stays true to himself and becomes a superstar in the international football world. Selected filmography: Magnus Gertten: Every Face Has a Name (2015) A Thousand Pieces (2014) Harbour of Hope (2011) Long Distance Love (2008) Rolling Like a Stone (2005) Selected festivals and awards: Edinburgh International Film Festival, Scotland (2016)/Doc.Fest Munich, Germany (2016)/DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, Finland (2016)/ International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, Netherlands (2015)

THE SWEDISH THEORY OF LOVE THE SWEDISH THEORY OF LOVE 2015 80’

Sweden

Script: Erik Gandini Director: Erik Gandini Photography by: Vania Tegamelli, Carl Nilsson Editing: Johan Söderberg Production: Fasad Cine AB Co-production: Zentropa Entertainment, Indie Film, Film Väst

Synopsis:

For many, the Nordic social model is an ideal organization of society. A peak in the history of civilization, and a shimmering example for others to follow. Is it really? The Swedish iconoclast Erik Gandini takes a loving and critical look at this little corner of the world which is probably widely less known for the woeful succession of sperm banks, its deserted neighborhoods and forgotten deaths, an independent and therefore idolized society where searches for missing people seem to be the only truly social activity. Traveling around the globe and throughout Scandinavia, drawing parallels between this and other ways of life, he raises the fascinating question whether a troublefree life is really the secret to a happy one. Selected filmography: Videocracy (2009) Gitmo (2006) Surplus (2003) Amerasians (1998) Selected festivals and awards: Audience Award, CPH:DOX, Denmark (2015)/Krakow Film Festival, Poland (2016)/ Crossing Europe Film Festival, Austria (2016)/Eurodok, Norway (2016)/DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, Finland (2016)/International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, Netherlands (2015)/ZagrebDox, Croatia (2015)

МОЈОТ ПРЕВРТЕН СВЕТ MOJ NAROBE SVET 2016 75’

Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia

Script: Petra Seliškar Director: Petra Seliškar Photography by: Brand Ferro Editing: Dorijan Milovanović, Vladimir Gojun Sound: Vladimir Rakić Music: Chris Eckman Production: Petra Pan Film Production Co-production: PPFP, Restart

Synopsis:

Made to explain how difficult and pure artmaking is, this musical documentary film combines Ježek’s songs performed live by some of the world’s leading alternative musicians and Ježek’s amazing archive material from the 1960s to the 1980s. Ježek was a legendary Slovenian actor, timeless writer, unique performer; he even had audience as a prisoner! А person who always lived on the edge, poet, and above all, master of songs. As poor as a church mouse like most artists of his dimensions, Ježek combined irony and comedy to scratch the surface of reality, being always on the side of the “little man”.

Selected filmography: Mama Europa (2013) The Grandmothers of Revolution (2006) Turkish Tea (2005)

NEWCOMERS

THE GROUND WE WON THE GROUND WE WON 2016 90’

New Zealand

Script: Miriam Smith Director: Christopher Pryor Photography by: Christopher Pryor Editing: Christopher Pryor Sound: Miriam Smith Music: David Long Production: Miriam Smith

Synopsis:

With great bawdiness and camaraderie, an eclectic rugby team of farmers from New Zealand strive to redeem themselves from a long run of bitter loses. In the face of the hefty demands of farming and fatherhood, the Saturday game becomes the focus of the men’s passions and the ground on which their worth is proved. With incredibly privileged access inside the sacred men’s zone, the film captures a fascinating season of traditions, debauchery and friendship, as the men reclaim their faith in themselves. Selected filmography: How Far is Heaven (2012) Selected festivals and awards: First place Special Jury Prize, FIFO Tahiti (2016)/Semaine de la Critique, Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland (2015)/Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia (2015)/Warsaw Film Festival, Poland (2015)/DocPoint Helsinki, Finland (2016)/ Camden International Film Festival, United Kingdom (2015)/Antenna Doc Festival, Australia (2015)/Montreal World Film Festival, Canada (2015)/Sofia International Film Festival, Bulgaria (2016)/Moscow International Documentary Film Festival, Russia (2016)

WALL OF DEATH, AND ALL THAT ZID SMRTI, I TAKO TO 2016 61’

Serbia, Croatia

Script: Mladen Kovačević Director: Mladen Kovačević Photography by: Pablo Ferro Editing: Jelena Maksimović Production: Horopter Co-production: Restart

Synopsis:

In a region steeped in history, Brankica lives the nomadic existence of sellers of entertainment and “dreams”. Relentlessly roaming the “wall of death” on her motorbike, she has been defying gravity and time ever since childhood. Her big brothers were then star acrobats and legends in former Yugoslavia and she was the princess of the wall. But her brothers are now long gone and so are the days of glory. This 43-year-old grandmother of six grandchildren now lingers between her melancholic memories and the claustrophobic existence in the 6-meters-wide barrel, while the camera draws a portrait of adventurers seemingly condemned forever to ride or fall. Selected filmography: Unplugged (2013) Selected festivals and awards: Best Film Award, Best Camera Award, Beldocs, Serbia (2016)/Visions du Réel, Switzerland (2016)

JONAS AND THE BACKYARD CIRCUS JONAS E O CIRCO SEM LONA 2015 80’

Brazil

Script: Paula Gomes Director: Paula Gomes Photography by: Haroldo Borges Editing: Andrea Kleinman Sound: Pedro Garcia Music: Piano 3 Filmes Production: Piano 3 Filmes

Synopsis:

Thirteen-year-old Jonas’s great passion is the circus in his backyard. Together with his friends, he practices clown acts and acrobatics and even manages a Michael Jackson impersonation. Jonas’s shows have an enthusiastic audience of local children, and his grandmother encourages him to continue. But his mother has her reservations – did she give up her job as a circus artiste so that he could neglect his homework? Drawing contrast between the poetic shots of the boy’s leafy neighborhood and the impersonal atmosphere of the school, the film tells the story about one child’s circus and the bewildering adventure of growing up. Selected filmography: Occupation: Clown (2009) Selected festivals and awards: Audience Award, Cinélatino: Toulouse Meetings, France (2016)/DocsBarcelona, Spain (2016)/Doxa Documentary Film Festival, Canada (2016)/International Documentary Festival “It’s All True”, Brasil (2016)/International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, Netherlands (2015)

MARTHA & NIKI MARTHA & NIKI 2015 90’

Sweden

Script: Tora Mårtens Director: Tora Mårtens Photography by: Erik Vallsten, Senay Berhe Editing: Tora Mårtens, Therese Elfström Sound: Red Wood Production: Neo Publishing Co-production: SVT, Kalle Bäccman Production, Stavro Film

Synopsis:

Armed with boundless energy and huge amounts of talent, in 2010, Swedish friends Martha and Niki were the first-ever female hip hop dance duo to win the most important international street dance competition, Juste Debout in Paris. These two girls love to dance, be together and travel. However, life isn’t all about success and the first cracks in their friendship start to appear. Will adulthood and their different backgrounds put an end to their friendship? Selected filmography: Colombianos (2012) Selected festivals and awards: Tempo Documentary Award, Tempo Documentary Festival, Sweden (2016)/ DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, Finland (2016)/African Film Festival Inc. (2016)/Nordisk Panorama, Sweden (2016)/International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, Netherlands (2015)

GRACE OF GOD BOŻA ŁASKA/DROTTINS NÁÐ 2015 43’

Iceland, Poland

Script: Kristján Loðmfjörð Director: Kristján Loðmfjörð Photography by: Agnieszka Rayss, Jan Brykczynski Editing: Kristján Loðmfjörð Music: Brynhildur Óladóttir Production: Sputnik Photos Co-production: Lortur Productions

Synopsis:

This documentary reflects on the complex relationships between humans and domesticated animals. Thirteen individuals living in the countryside of rural Iceland share their stories of personal experiences with a particular animal, relaying everything from profound friendships to a range of unusual interactions, from lambing to slaughtering of livestock. Merged with the narratives, images of a dreamlike landscape appear touching on the symbolism associated with animals that appear to humans as visions from the afterlife. Selected festivals and awards: DMZDocs, South Korea (2016)/CPH:DOX, Denmark (2015)

LENIN PARK PARQUE LENIN 2015 75’

Mexico, Cuba, France

Script: Itziar Leemans, Carlos Mignon Director: Itziar Leemans, Carlos Mignon Photography by: Itziar Leemans Editing: Raúl Barreras Music: Ima Miralda Production: Nómadas

Synopsis:

Antoin, Yesuán and Karla share a common memory of their last moment together in the amusement park Parque Lenin. When they lost their mother, four years ago, their paths changed radically. Antoin moved to France to pursuit his dream of becoming a professional opera singer and meanwhile Yesuán and Karla stayed in Cuba, trying to consolidate their new family roles. This film is an elegy for the death of the mother, migration and the difficulties of growing up alone. Selected festivals and awards: FICUNAM, Mexico (2016)/Visions Du Réel, Switzerland (2015)/Festival De Biarritz América Latina, France (2015)/Festival International De Cine De Morelia, Mexico (2015)

FISH`R`US RYBACZYMY 2014 58’

Poland

Script: Maciej Glowinski Director: Maciej Glowinski Photography by: Maciej Glowinski Editing: Maciej Glowinski Sound: Lukasz Chlipala, Pawel Glowinski, Maciej Glowinski Music: Georges Bizet Production: Robert Wyszynski (Hadhead)

Synopsis:

In the village of Piaski, fishing is the profession that whole families take up. Fascination with the sea, sea life and revelry is passed from father to son. Nevertheless, the time comes when the son wants to be on his own and starts to wonder “fish’(o)R’ us”? Selected filmography: Bottoms Up (2010) Selected festivals and awards: Doker – Moscow International Documentary Film Festival, Russia (2015)/Audience Award, Gdansk Doc Film Festival, Poland (2014)/East Silver, Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, Czech Republic (2014)/Ecologico International Film Festival, Italy (2014)/New Generation Award, IFFEST DOCUMENT.ART, Romania (2014)/Audience Award and Best Documentary Award, International Film Festival “The Doors”, Poland (2014)/`International Travelling Film Festival “Voices from the Water”, India (2014)

TOURISM! TURIZAM! 2016 52’

Croatia

Script: Tonći Gaćina Director: Tonći Gaćina Photography by: Tonći Gaćina Editing: Jan Klemsche Music: Jure Buljević, Bartol Modrić Production: ADU – Akademija dramske umjetnosti Zagreb Co-production: Cine Club Split

Synopsis:

Every summer the Croatian cost nearly doubles or triples in population. People come pouring in from every part of the world, hungering for fun. Today tourism is the biggest part of Croatian economy, and it often looks like it may be the only one. Following different stories through carefully composed visual fragments, we witness an assembly line for instant amusement whose end product is a happy tourist. Selected festivals and awards: ZagrebDox, Croatia (2016)/Visions du Réel, Switzerland (2016)

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RUSSIAN SNOW part will turn into a North Russian beach where outdoor screenings will be held. In the hot days of August, we have managed to smuggle snow from the heart of Russia to Skopje to cool us down with good Russian documentary stories. 43

ATLANTIS OF RUSSIAN NORTH АТЛАНТИДА РУССКОГО СЕВЕРА 2015 73’

Russia

Script: Gleb Kuznetsov Director: Sofia Gorlenko Photography by: Daniil Salkhov Sound: Sergey Korneev Production: Sergey Korneev

Synopsis:

Russian North, the most original and the unique part of the cultural and historical heritage of Russia, is on the verge of total extinction. The unique wooden architecture, the peasant way of life, the identity and the community - what will happen to these treasures tomorrow? Is there hope for a revival? Selected festivals and awards: Pelicam International Film Festival, Romania (2016) The Northern Character, Russia (2015)

VARICELLA VARICELLA 2015 26’

Russia, Norway, Denmark, Sweden

Script: Viktor Kossakovsky Director: Viktor Kossakovsky Photography by: Ben Berhard Editing: Victor Kossakovsky, Ainara Vera Sound: Sasha Dudarev Music: Ivan Bessonov Production: Sant & Usant Co-production: Story AB, Final Cut for Real

Synopsis:

Seven-year-old Polina and her 13-year-old sister Nastia live and breathe ballet. Studying ballet at a prestigious dance academy, they are willing to do everything it takes to become masterful dancers. Using gorgeously styled shots and only sparse dialogue, this film is about passion and success, about confronting one’s own limitations and dancing “with an open soul”. Ultimately, it is a film about the tender bond between two sisters who share a dream. Selected filmography: Demonstration (2013)/Long Live the Antipodes! (2011)/Svyato (2005)/Russia from my Window (2003)/Hush (2002)/I Loved You (2003)/Wednesday 07.19.61 (1999)/The Belovs (1994) Selected festivals and awards: DocAviv - Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival, Israel (2016)/Eurodok - European Documentary Film Festival, Norway (2016)/ZagrebDox International Documentary Film Festival, Croatia (2016)/Palm Springs International ShortsFest, USA (2016)/Sheffield Doc/Fest - Sheffield International Documentary Festival, UK (2016)/The Norwegian Short Film Festival, Norway (2016)/DOCUMENTARIST - Istanbul Documentary Days, Turkey (2016)/Honorable Mention, International Documentary Film Festival, Netherlands (2015)/DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, Finland (2015)

IN SEARCH OF HAPPINESS ZA SCHASIEM 2015 70’

Russia

Script: Svetlana Demidova Director: Svetlana Demidova, Dmitriy Sidorov Photography by: Dmitriy Sidorov Editing: Dmitriy Sidorov Sound: Sergey Sinyk Production: NordWestFilm

Synopsis:

Almost 30 years ago, the artists Alexander and Marina left the big city in search of peace, solitude and freedom. Their son Ilya grew up in the exotic wilderness at the foothills of the Caucasus. Now he has Internet - the only source of communication with the outside world. The relationship between the three of them looks full of love and attention, but is in reality dramatic especially once the problem of the Ukraine’s war unnoticeably arises in their life. Selected filmography: Svetlana Demidova & Dmitriy Sidorov Open Talk (2011) Older than for one summer (2009) The era of Popov (2005) Kimzha - an Island of Freedom (2004) Habakkuk Trail (2004) Selected festivals and awards: Pavel Kogan Prize, International Film Festival “Message to Man”, Russia (2015)/ East Silver Market, Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, Czech Republic (2015)

TWO CHILDHOODS DVA DETSTVA 2015 26’

Russia

Script: Vladimir Golovnev Director: Vladimir Golovnev Photography by: Nikita Aniskin, Anastasia Shustova Editing: Vladimir Golovnev Music: De Wolf ltd Production: Vladimir Golovnev

Synopsis:

In 1943, a village in the Sverdlovsk region of Russia was one of the centers of formation of the Ural volunteer tank corps. The school № 30 was named after this corps. In 2014, schoolchildren prepare for the anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War. Following today’s youngsters in the village, the camera speaks volumes about the mentality that has been passing down from generation to generation for the last 70 years and about the dark side of patriotism. Selected filmography: The Sanctuary (2012) The Game (2010) The Curtain (2008) Otherwordly (2008) Selected festivals and awards: Prize for Best TV Film, Sevastopol International Festival of Documentary Films and TV Programs “Won Together”, Russia (2016)/Doker – Moscow International Documentary Film Festival, Russia (2016)/Krakow Film Festival, Poland (2016)

ON THE EDGE NA KRAYU 2014 49’

Russia

Script: Anna Shishova Director: Anna Shishova Photography by: Dmitry Bogolubov Editing: Anna Shishova Sound: Alexey Adamenko Music: Alexey Adamenko Production: Center Of National Film

Synopsis:

On a winter day, an older man is found freezing to death in a car. Since nobody is looking for him, the local Christian community takes him under its wing, in the center established on the edge of the Russian provincial town. His story is revealed as picturesque and peaceful winter views contrast with the local life that has been overshadowed by a big prison for generations. Selected filmography: Katya (2013) Pacific Ocean (2010) Selected festivals and awards: Best Documentary, International Human Rights Film Festival, Russia (2015)/ Van Gogh Award, Amsterdam Film Festival, Netherlands (2015)/Special Jury Award, Russian Open Documentary Film Festival “Artdocfest”, Russia (2014)/Best Documentary Film and Best Camera Work, Festival Saint Anna, Russia (2014)/ Special Mention, Flahertiana International Documentary Film Festival, Russia (2015)

SIBERIAN FLOATING HOSPITAL ПОСЛАННИКИ БОЛЬШОЙ ЗЕМЛИ 2015 93’

Russia

Script: Tatyana Soboleva Director: Tatyana Soboleva Photography by: Dmitry Rakov, Alexey Strelov Editing: Olga Petrusevich, Viktoria Neucheva, Tatyana Soboleva Sound: Sorin Apostol Music: Anton Silaev Production: Ethnofund Co-production: Format TV

Synopsis:

Half a year, every year, a special ship crisscrosses the harsh Siberian North, bringing medical care to the remotest rural outposts. The majority of the medical crew on this so-called “floating hospital” are unmarried or divorced women – or not so happy women, as the otolaryngologist Elena puts it, because “happy women wouldn’t leave home for so long”. As the Ob River starts to freeze, the extremely demanding rotation-based work throughout impassable taigas and midges-infested swamps ends… until the next spring when the doctors board the hospital again. Selected filmography: Walks Without... (2011) Selected festivals and awards: Flahertiana International Documentary Film Festival, Russia (2015)/Message to Man International Film Festival, Russia (2015)/International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, Netherlands (2015)

SHORT DOX

BATRACHIAN’S BALLAD BALADA DE UM BATRÁQUIO 2016 11’

Portugal

Script: Leonor Teles Director: Leonor Teles Photography by: Leonor Teles Editing: Leonor Teles Sound: Bernado Theriaga, Joana Niza Braga Production: Filipa Reis

Synopsis:

The idea behind the film derives from the Portuguese tradition of placing ceramic frogs in the doorways of restaurants and other commercial premises to ward off gypsies. Something Romani and frogs have in common is that they will never be unseen, or stay unnoticed. Weaving the life circumstances of Romani in Portugal today, the youngest ever director, who won the Golden Bear for best short film at the Berlinale, calls attention to a growing tendency to use belief and superstition to deride other human beings and to keep them at bay. Selected filmography: Gypsy Eyes (2012) Selected festivals and awards: Golden Bear for Short Film, Berlin International Film Festival, Germany (2016)/ Palm Springs International ShortFest, USA (2016)/Firebird Award for Best Short Film, Hong Kong International Film Festival, Japan (2016)/Amnesty International Honorable Mention (2016)/International Independent Film Festival IndieLisboa, Portugal (2016)

JAMEY’S FIGHT JAMEY’S GEVECHT 2014 15’

Netherlands

Script: Nynke de Jong, Cecilie Levy Director: Denise Janzée Photography by: Christiaan van Duuren, Jacques Laureys, Dario Russo Editing: Denise Janzée Sound: Sam Huisman, Jilles Schriel Production: Zeefilm

Synopsis:

Sixteen-year-old Jamey is a teenage kid like many others. He is cheerful, sporty and likes to chase girls. But there is one big difference between him and his peers: Jamey stutters. Ever since he was four, he struggles his way through sentences. Sports were never a problem, because they don’t require much speaking. But now he wants to enter a sports academy where he will also have to teach. Will he get rid of his stammer permanently? Selected filmography: Marco: De weg terug (2014) Alone in the World (2008) Selected festivals and awards: The Extraordinary Film Festival, Belgium (2015)/TIFF Kids International Film Festival, Canada (2014)/DOKKINO - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, Finland (2014)/Netherlands Film Festival (2014)/IndieLisboa, Portugal (2014)

THE LENGTH THE LENGTH 2014 13’’

Finland, Spain

Script: Iván Torres Hdez Director: Iván Torres Hdez Photography by: Iván Torres Hdez Editing: Iván Torres Hdez, Anna Brufau Sound: Jaakko Katila, Samuel Marna (Deep Shadow Sounds) Music: Ted Curson Production: Mouka Filmi Co-production: Yle

Synopsis:

A trumpet solo and audience applause accompany us as we enter a large manor house in Helsinki where the now deceased jazz legend Ted Curson plays with closed eyes. So begins the cinematic portrait of the brilliant trumpeter and composer - an ever-lasting document of the honest contemplations of a gray-haired burly man about the era that carved a vibrant artform, one from which we only have the records as faint traces. Selected festivals and awards: Best Short Documentary Award, Ânûû-rû Âboro Film Festival, New Caledonia, France (2015)/ClujShorts – International Short Film Festival, Romania (2016)/ Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival, Serbia (2015)/Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, Czech Republic (2014)

WHEN YOU AWAKE WHEN YOU AWAKE 2016 11â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

USA

Script: Jay Rosenblatt Director: Jay Rosenblatt Archival research: Lucas Morrison Editing: Jay Rosenblatt Production: Jay Rosenblatt Films

Synopsis:

A man and a woman are hypnotised and thus experience the different stages of perception and reality. Images and memories from the forgotten times resurface. Like in a pulp fiction novel from the twenties, through hypnosis, we glide into the unexplored landscapes of the mind. Desires thought gone or forgotten come back to haunt the body. Free association between images and remembrances short-circuit into a completely new dimension of perception. A funny and unsettling trip into the realms of the netherworld of the subconscious. Science fiction of the mind. Selected filmography: A Long Way From Home (2015) The Claustrum (2014) Inquire Within (2012) The D Train (2011) The Darkness of Day (2009) Beginning Filmmaking (2008) Four Questions for a Rabbi (2008) Phantom Limb (2005) I Used to Be a Filmmaker (2003) Human Remains (1998) The Smell of Burning Ants (1994) Short Of Breath (1990) Brain in the Desert (1990) Doubt (1981) Selected festivals and awards: Visions du RĂŠel, Switzerland (2016)/Hot Docs Film Festival, Canada (2016)/San Francisco International Film Festival, USA (2016)/Krakow Film Festival, Poland (2016)/Sheffield International Documentary Festival, UK (2016)

LITTLE YUGOSLAVIA KANTON JUGOSLAWIEN 2014 16’

Switzerland

Script: Nikola Ilić Director: Nikola Ilić Photography by: Thomas Gibbons Editing: Jovica Radisavljević Sound: Carlos Isabel Music: Heidi Happy Production: Cortha Film

Synopsis:

A warm multi-faceted portrait of a motley group of people from exYugoslavia who immigrated to Switzerland over the last 40 years. But have they truly arrived? Much as they might praise and appreciate the advantages of living in Switzerland, they have kept their traditions and live a life of yearning and nostalgia in their own separate canton, the “Canton of Yugoslavia”. Selected filmography: Just Another Day in Egypt (2015) Down on the Corner (2013) Sopish snow (2010) Selected festivals and awards: Nomination for the Basel Film Award, Switzerland (2014)/Special Mention, South East European Film Festival, USA (2014)/Remi Silver Award, Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival, USA (2014)

MORIOM MORIOM 2015 12’

Switzerland

Director: Mark Olexa, Francesca Scalisi Photography by: Mark Olexa Editing: Francesca Scalisi Sound: Pierre Berset Music: Olivier Verleye Production: Dok Mobile

Synopsis:

Summer, 2014. Somewhere in rural Bangladesh a teenage girl named Moriom rubs a toothbrush on her face and then leaves a darkened room. Something’s wrong with Moriom, but what is it? Talking to her counselor, with a camera pointed at her, she alleges that her parents torture her and keep her chained up. “Put them in prison,” she cries. But then it’s her parents’ turn and they have a completely different story, one that has to do with a major trauma. In the meantime, Moriom lives in a fantasy world of revenge. Selected filmography: Mark Olexa Half-life in Fukushima (2016) atagema (2014) Heart-Quake (2010) Selected festivals and awards: Best Short Documentary, Brooklyn Film Festival, USA (2016)/Palm Springs International ShortFest, USA (2016)/Glasgow Short Film Festival, UK (2016) Tampere Short-Film Festival, Finland (2016)/Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival, Greece (2016)/Special Mention, Winterthur Kurzfilmtage, Switzerland (2015)/International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, Netherlands (2015)

SOMETHING ABOUT LIFE NEŠTO O ŽIVOTU 2016 30’

Croatia

Script: Nebojša Slijepčević Director: Nebojša Slijepčević Photography by: Nebojša Slijepčević Editing: Iva Kraljević Sound: Alena Murar Music: Ivan Ščapec-Seine Production: Vanja Jambrović

Synopsis:

There are eight underaged girls living together in the last house of a small village in Slavonia, trying to change their lives around with some help from the caretakers. The girls are growing up together, take care of the household and manage the estate. Every week they get a visit from a professional drummer Branko Trajkov Trak who teaches them the art of drumming. But Ivana, the 14-year-old newcomer, refuses to play drums. Why? Selected filmography: Gangster of Love (2013) Real Man’s Film (2012) Slap in the Face (2009) Of Cows and People (2000) Selected festivals and awards: Audience Award, Croatian Film Days, Croatia (2016)/Mediterranean Film Festival Split, Croatia (2016)

TALES OF RABASSADA HISTÒRIES DE LA RABASSADA 2015 28’

Spain

Script: Ferrán Romeu, Juan González Director: Ferrán Romeu Photography by: Víctor Català Editing: Anaïs Urraca Sound: Alberto Martínez Music: Moondog; Eden Ahbez; Robbie Basho Production: ESCAC Films

Synopsis:

On the road of La Rabassada still stands the former Casino of Barcelona. Now totally ruined and buried under vegetation, it is the home of a Russian globetrotter Andrei who shows us the remains of what was once the great dream of the Catalan bourgeoisie in the early 20th century. Selected festivals and awards: Vision du Réel, Switzerland (2016)/DocsBarcelona, Spain (2016)

JUST ANOTHER DAY IN EGYPT JUST ANOTHER DAY IN EGYPT 2015 11’

Switzerland, Serbia

Script: Nikola Ilić, Corina Schwingruber Ilić Director: Nikola Ilić, Corina Schwingruber Ilić Photography by: Nikola Ilić Editing: Corina Schwingruber Ilić Sound: Aleksandar Rančić Music: Moustaphaa Camel Production: Cortha Film

Synopsis:

What has left after the Egyptian Revolution in 2011? Not much, except many imprisoned and a big disappointment. The former Chief of Army Abdel Fattah al-Sisi won the 2014 elections with 96.1% of votes and now rules the country with an iron fist. Everyday life goes on and people in Cairo’s alleyways are trying to make the best of it, as if the Arab Spring never happened. Selected filmography: Nikola Ilić Down on the Corner (2013) Little Yugoslavia (2013) Sopish snow (2010) Corina Schwingruber Ilić Baggern - Tons of Passion (2011) Selected festivals and awards: Nomination for Best Short Film, Swiss Film Award (2016)/Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France (2016)/DocuDays, Ukraine (2016)/ Belgrade Film Festival, Serbia (2016)/Subversive Film Festival, Croatia (2016)/ International Film Festival Locarno, Switzerland (2015)/International Short Film Festival, Switzerland (2015)

FIGURE FIGURA 2015 9’

Poland, Belgium

Script: Katarzyna Gondek Director: Katarzyna Gondek Photography by: Jarosław Piekarski Editing: Katarzyna Gondek Sound: Katarzyna Szczerba (Studio PUK) Визуелни ефекти: Jarosław Piekarski Графички дизајнер: Andrzej Dobosz Production: Katarzyna Gondek, Bekke Films - Ben Vandendaele, Agnieszka Traczewska (Studio Filmowe Largo), Jarosław Piekarski, Katarzyna Szczerba

Synopsis:

A seemingly surreal tale about creating myths, religious kitsch and the desire for greatness. Selected filmography: Hosanna (2013) The Supreme (2013) Miłosz (2013) The Town (2011) Selected festivals and awards: Special mention, Message to Man International Film Festival, Russia (2015)/ Frappa Award, Festiwal Filmów Frapujących, Poland (2015)/Special mention, Las Palmas International Short Film Festival, Spain (2015)/Best Sound Design Award, NexT Short Film Festival, Romania (2016)/Sundance Film Festival, USA (2016)/ ZagrebDox, Croatia (2016)/Krakow International Film Festival, Poland (2015)/ DocsDF, Mexico (2015)/Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden (2015)

Some stories make us dream and some dreams make us tell stories. The dream that MakeDox long dreamt to bring together studentsstorytellers from all over the world has come true at last â&#x20AC;&#x201C; this year we present a new festival program consisted of 23 students films whose authors, productions or

STUDENT STORIES stories come from 22 countries: the Netherlands, Germany, Portugal, Estonia, Turkey, Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Belgium, India, Hungary, Switzerland, Japan, Lesotho, the South African Republic, Romania, Macedonia, Moldova, Austria, the Czech Republic, Greece and Syria.

The student film selection opens with the homemade “StudAnts” by Tamara Kotevska. The other student stories will be screened in five carefully layered slots. Most of the young directors will be with us at MakeDox, as they are in the focus of both the open afternoon lectures designed by Iikka Vehkalahti and the Doc Talks under the Fig Tree that murmur every festival day at eventide.

ANA, SQUARE/ANA, TRG 2015 26’

Croatia

Director: Jelena Novaković Production: Restart Synopsis: For already 40 years, Ana has been coming in front of the city church to sell religious calendars and rosaries - in sun, in snow, in rain, on Sundays and holidays. She is receiving a regular pension and does not belong to the lowest stratum of society, but she has other motives. Only five meters away, Zorka, her immediate competitor, has placed her booth. They apply the business logic of keeping customers in a simple way – by lowering the prices. Although they are in constant conflict, they can’t manage without each other or without the constant flow of information, gossip and the everyday colorful city characters. Firm symbols of one micro-universe, Ana, Zorka and the Square are an inseparable trio in a humorous social essay about belonging and friendship. Selected festivals and awards: Best Regional Short Documentary Film, Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival, Serbia (2016)/Special Mention of the Jury, Croatian Film Days, Croatia (2016)/Audience Award for Best Croatian Short Film, Mediterranean Film Festival Split, Croatia (2015)/Special Mention in ”10000 Bucks Selection“, Cinema City, Serbia (2015)/Special Mention, Festival Kratkih Kraken Fekk, Slovenia (2015)

ARLETTE - COURAGE IS A MUSCLE/ARLETTE - MUT IST EIN MUSKEL 2015 84’

Switzerland, Germany

Director: Florian Hoffmann Production: Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin GmbH Synopsis: A journey from Africa to Berlin turns into an unexpected journey from childhood to adulthood. The film centres on Arlette, a 15-year old girl from the Central African Republic who suffered severe injuries during the last war. In Berlin, a surgery paid by unknown German benefactors frees her from her yearlong pain. Unfortunately, what was planned to be a short stay in Berlin turns into a journey without a foreseeable end as news arrived that war has broken out in her homeland once again. Stranded in Berlin, in the midst of culture shock and faced with the challenges of puberty, she approaches this new world with trepidation and homesickness, but also with wonder. This film is a long-term observation, told resolutely from the perspective of a young African girl forced to grow up very fast. Selected festivals and awards: DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, Finland (2016)/Visions du Réel, Switzerland (2016)/International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, Netherlands (2015)

ARMANDO DIAZ 2016 3’ Slovenia

Director: Sandra Jovanovska Production: University of Nova Gorica, School of Art Synopsis: The film is a subjective portrait of Armando Diaz, the name of the street where the author’s school is located. Although starting with an objective tone, the story overtakes a more personal outlook on the environment we are everyday surrounded by.

2ND FLOOR/2.EM 2014 20’

Hungary

Director: Hajni Kis Production: University of Theatre and Film Arts of Budapest Synopsis: Аn intimate look into the life of a home for the elderly, and the story of a male nurse who tries his best to cheer up the tenants. Produced by the University of Theatre and Film Arts of Budapest, this short documentary is about dignity of life and the last days on Earth - and about those who will stay here after us. Selected festivals and awards: Best Documentary Award, Opavský páv International Student Film Festival, Opava, Czech Republic (2015)/Audience Award, Okiem Młodych International Documentary Film Festival, Poland (2015)/Audience Award, Central and Eastern European Film Festival “CinEast”, Luxembourg (2015)/Grand Prize, Pisek International Student Film Festival Pisek, Czech Republic (2015)

GARAGE INVENTORY GARÁZS INVENTORY 2015 13’

Hungary

Director: Alyx Ayn Arumpac Production: Doc Nomads Joint Master Studies Synopsis: In a small forgotten town in Northern Hungary, created during the period of socialist industrialization, time seems to stand still. Most of the people work in the nearby chemical factory and live in rows of concrete apartment buildings. After work, some do sports or go for a walk around the manmade lake, some go to the pubs. Others retreat to their garages. Full of stories and secrets, these garages have become venues of subtle rebellion against the monotony of repetitive, everyday life, against the collective resignation that seems to fill the air. Selected festivals and awards: Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France (2016)/Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden (2015)/Short Film Festival Winterthur, Switzerland (2015)

GOLDFISH SWIM BETTER UNDER THE RAIN 2015 7’

Portugal

Director: Cristina Hanes, Nevena Desivojević Production: Doc Nomads Joint Master Studies Synopsis: An extraordinary afternoon correspondence between nature, animals and humans taking place in one of Lisbon›s hidden gardens.

MEAN CAMERA ЗЛОБНАТА КАМЕРА 2015 5’

Macedonia

Director: Ana Aleksovska Production: The University of Audiovisual Arts, European Film Academy, ESRA – Skopje Synopsis: The distorted windows and thick fences present themselves as leading characters in the story, therefore warning of the everlasting and evergrowing gap between people. It is up to you whether you will break the barrier or stay hidden behind.

IRENE/IRENE IRENE 2015 9’

Hungary

Director: Otilia Babara Production: Doc Nomads Joint Master Studies Synopsis: Irene lives in the countryside with her children and grandchildren. In order to support them, she takes the train every day to Budapest, where she sells homemade cakes to passersby. In a time where everyone rushes through life, Irene gives people the opportunity to reconnect with a simpler way of being. Selected festivals and awards: Chennai International Short Film Festival, India (2016)/Grandmother International Film Festival, Rotterdam (2016)/Festival Internacional de Cine y Audiovisual Infantil y Juvenil, FICAIJ, Venezuela (2016)/Concordia Film Festival, Canada (2016)/ Human District, Serbia (2016)/Kranjevski Film Festival, Serbia (2015)/International Student Film Festival “New Wave”, Bulgaria (2015)

QUINA’S HOUSE CASA DA QUINA 2015 9’

Portugal

Director: Arya Rothe Production: Doc Nomads Joint Master Studies Synopsis: A character sketch of Quina who has been regular in an old bar in Lisbon for the past two decades because she believes that that place is the cure for her loneliness. Selected festivals and awards: Filmadrid, Spain (2016) / IAWRT, India {2016) / DocLisboa, Portugal (2015)

MY SILICONE LOVE 2015 27’

Netherlands

Director: Sophie Dros Production: The Netherlands Film Academy Synopsis: Everard has lived his entire life in the same house, and after the death of his mother, he left everything exactly as it was. But he is not that lonely thirteen lifelike dolls keep him company. He talks with them, dresses them, has sex with them and loves them as if they were real people. Is he really happy in this fantasy world of his? Does he actually long for a real woman? Does he fear change that much? Selected festivals and awards: International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), Netherlands (2016) Netherlands Film Festival, Netherlands (2016)/Best Short Documentary Film Award at Student Film Festival Filmuniversity Babalesberg, Germany (2016)

NANA 2015 39’

Greece

Director: Lara Christen Production: Film School Department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Synopsis: A film portrait of a seventy-year-old trans woman who lives in Thessaloniki. The combination of narrative, observation and archival footage creates an image of her colorful life, as well as of the everyday challenges a trans person faces in the Greek reality. Selected festivals and awards: Berlin Filmfestival “Globale”, Germany (2016)/Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Greece (2015)

ZERO-G SCHWERELOS 2016 9’

Austria

Director: Jannis Lenz Production: Film Academy Vienna Synopsis: Thanks to this jaw-dropping and almost dance-like artform of movement, young people all over the world literally overcome walls and obstacles. Originally coming from a Parisian suburb, “le parcours” satisfies the longing for weightlessness in the big city that is gradually becoming smaller. The repertoire of the body control ranges from handstand to somersault to long jump, which applied in the urban space, always equates with escape. Finally, these practices of using public space become an important statement against its hermetic control structures. Selected festivals and awards: Tampere Film Festival, Finland (2016)/Oakland International Film Festival, USA (2016)/Nashville Film Festival, USA (2016)/DOK.fest München, Germany (2016)/ VIS - Vienna Independent Shorts, Austria (2016)/Palm Springs International Shortfest, USA (2016)

YAAR 2014 19’

Belgium

Director: Simon Gillard Production: INSAS Synopsis: The second film in Gillard’s trilogy, Yaar is an elegy of colors, sounds and gestures of work. It brings closer an almost unknown civilization living in the heart of the Burkina Faso bush that relentlessly tries to find its future underground – in a universe that shines by the light of gold. Selected festivals and awards: Best Documentary Short Film Award and Best Ethno-Anthropological Film Award, Festival dei Popoli, Italy (2014)/Brussels Short Film Festival, Belgium (2016)/ Millenium International Documentary Film Festival, Belgium (2015)/Poitiers Film Festival, France (2015)

LETTERS TO S. 2015 12’

Switzerland

Director: Layla Abyad Production: Zurich University of the Arts ZHdK Synopsis: Five well-known filmmakers from Syria, Palestine, Israel, Ukraine and Russia were invited to Winterthur for 5 weeks. Together with Swiss film students, they realized a short documentary about the theme „Exile“. The result is a documentary with 5 episodes and 5 personal, touching, yet provocative views of Switzerland (during the election period). “Letters so S” is one of them. Selected festivals and awards: Glasgow Short Film Festival, Scotland (2016)/Filmfest Dresden, Germany (2016)/ International Short Film Days, Winterthur, Germany (2015)

STORY/ÇIROK 2014 13’

Турција

Director: Muhammet Beyazdağ Production: Radio, Television and Cinema Department at Akdeniz University Synopsis: This is a story about the stories that we usually never hear from the protagonists themselves but almost always from others. This is the story of 14- and 15-years-old unfledged boys who become fathers, husbands and heads of the household before living their own childhood. A documentary that opens closed doors and looks at the child weddings from the perspective of child grooms. Selected festivals and awards: Third Prize in Professional Category, TRT Documentary Film Festival, Turkey (2015)/ Third Prize in Audience Votes, Istanbul International Independent Films Festival, Turkey (2015)/Boston Turkish Festival “Colors of Anatolia”, USA (2015)/Best Documentary Award, Istanbul Short Film Festival, Turkey (2014)

CAROUSEL/RINGIŠPIL 2015 15’

Serbia

Director: Luka Popadić Production: International Student Film Camp «Interaction 2015» Synopsis: The movie depicts a Serbian choir, The Singing Women of Požega, a group of enthusiastic elderly women full of life. Through poetic pictures, seasoned with a lot of humour, we learn about their views of love, joy as well as the ephemerality of life. Selected festivals and awards: Küstendorf International Film & Music Festival, Drvengrad, Serbia (2016)/Best Cinematography Award, Küstendorf International Film & Music Festival, Belgrade, Serbia (2015)

LAUGHTER/SMEH 2015 10’

Slovenia

Director: August Adrian Braatz Production: University of Ljubljana - Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television Synopsis: The film glimpses into the daily lives of five «academies of laughter» where laughter is utilized in health, education, wellness, beauty and financial purposes. Academies of laughter are spaces in which the main characters of different age groups appear, linked by laughter. Each of these characters comes from different backgrounds and deals with laughter in its own way. Selected festivals and awards: DocuTIFF, Tirana, Albania (2016)/South London Shorts, United Kingdom (2016)/ CineYouth - Chicago Film Festival, USA (2016)/Roma Cinema Doc, Italy (2016)

THE STRIP/STRIP 2015 10’

Czech Republic

Director: Kateřina Turečková Production: Film and TV School of Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU) Synopsis: A stylized documentary reconstruction of an intimate story between two girls. One of them works as a stripper while the other one is against that. In pictures shot on 16-mm black and white film material, this film miniature captures the negotiations about the borders of intimacy. Selected festivals and awards: Queer Eye Festival, Czech Republic (2016)/One World Film Festival, Czech Republic (2015)/Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, Czech Republic (2015)

COMING OF AGE 2015 63’

Lesotho, South Africa, Germany

Director: Teboho Edkins Production: Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin GmbH Synopsis: The camera follows no big story or crisis, just four ordinary teenagers on the brink of adulthood, living deep in the southern African mountains of Lesotho. Here, it is decided early which doors will open and which will remain closed to them forever. Those that leave their village school to help tend the sheep will never do anything else. And those that choose to leave the village now to attend secondary school may never return. Close friendships, family duty and traditional roots are all at stake. The film’s impressive cinematography reveals the stark beauty of this barren region and a life that only appears to be simple. Selected festivals and awards: International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, Netherlands (2015)/Berlin International Film Festival, Germany (2015)/Festival International Jean Rouch, France (2015)/Cineuropa, Belgium (2015)

STUDANTS/СТУДАНТС 2016 50’

Macedonia

Director: Tamara Kotevska Production: Faculty of Dramatic Arts - Skopje Synopsis: What happens when the natural habitat of a curtain species of ants is in danger? They are naturally looking for a new, better home. So, there is a species of ants in the southeastern parts of Europe, so called «studants», and this is an «experiment» to see what happens when the «studants» leave their nest, Macedonia, to find a better home somewhere in the USA. We are following the story of three ambitious Macedonian students who are learning how to survive in the new environment, completely different from their own. Have they really found a better home?

ADORNMENT UKRAS SVETA 2015 14’

Serbia

Director: Stefan Krasić Production: International Student Film Camp «Interaction 2015» Synopsis: A mosaic of frames documenting the careless everyday routine of two pairs of golden-haired twins as they grow up in the verdant countryside of Šumadija, surrounded with the love of their parents and their grandfather. Focused on the children’s laughter and outdoor play, the film takes us back to our own childhood when everything seemed simpler and more beautiful. Selected festivals and awards: Golden Plaque of Belgrade for Best Serbian Short Documentary Film, Belgrade Festival of Documentary and Short Film, Serbia (2016)

THE MAN FROM SAMARIA SAMAARIA MEES 2016 26â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

Estonia

Director: Maria Aua Production: Tallinn University, Baltic Film, Media, Arts and Communication School Synopsis: This is a short story about homeless men finding shelter in a Christian rehabilitation center called Samaria. Each of them, as well as the parson who is the head of the center, has a shady past - some of them have been in prison or have been crushed by life in other ways. Years ago, the parson offering his fatherly care to the men has been to prison, too, but managed to find his way out of deep inner crisis through faith. Now he wishes that the men he is working with everyday could also rise above the fear of prejudice and condemnation and find their freedom.

KNH (WHAT REMAINS FROM THE WALLS) KNH (KABE NO HOKORI) 2014 11â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

Switzerland

Director: Julie Sando Production: University of Art and Design - Geneva Synopsis: In the mountains in Nara, a derelict house is about to collapse. However, in there lie the memories of a family. The house is going to be pulled down, and who will remember the history buried underneath the rubble? Selected festivals and awards: Taiwan Documentary Film Festival (2015)/Sapporo International Short Film Festival and Market, Japan (2015)/Les Inattendus Film Festival, France (2015)/Nara International Film Festival, Japan (2014)

TO LOVE IS TO LIVE ДА ЉУБИШ ЗНАЧИ ДА ЖИВЕЕШ 2016 7’