13.MakeDox Catalogue - 2022 by MakeDox

13.Make

Dox Creative

Documentary Film Festival

18 - 25 August 2022

CO NTENT S

04 Peeling Ideas 06 Country In Focus: Czech Republic 18 Awards and Juries at MakeDox 28 Main Program 40 Newcomers 54 Short Dox 66 Student Dox 72 Kids and Youth Program 84 MakeDox + 100 MakeDox Layers 107 Index of Films 109 Impressum

OP E N I N G

All of our days are numbered; we cannot afford to be idle. To act on a bad idea is better than not act at all because the worth of the idea never becomes apparent until you do it. Sometimes this idea can be the smallest thing in the world, a little flame that you hunch over and cup with your hand and pray will not be extinguished by all the storm that howls about it. If you can hold on to that flame, great things can be constructed around it that are massive and powerful and world-changing – all held up by the tiniest of ideas. Nick Cave Last year, amidst the horrifying global vertigo, we stood startled, wondering, “Where Do We Go Now?” searching for new ideas for the world, a new canvas on which we could write our stories from scratch. Ideas kept on coming from everywhere. We hung on every one of them as if they were tiny lanterns in the dark, radiating warmth of arms wide open in agonizing times of limited and regulated touching. When we finally met again, our conversations became endless. We obviously had so much unsaid to share… This year, it’s time to act and develop together the imagery of a new tomorrow. Layer by layer, we’ll be peeling off ideas - we’ll leave the worn, threadbare, and withered behind us and let the light shine new, moving images on the new, white layers we’ll discover. Your friend, MakeDox

#peelingideas

COUNTRY IN FOCUS: CZECH REPUBLIC

„CZECH FILM EXPERIMENT – TWO, ZERO, TWO, TWO“ Times of change, historical and political turmoil, pandemics, scientific discoveries, experiments, and adventures – are all topics that the newest Czech documentaries explore and the reason why we chose the Czech Republic as our Country in Focus. An interesting fact is that the Czech National Television has the highest production share in these documentaries, which shows an ongoing interest in presenting these social problems and events to the public. This year we chose eight feature-long and several short documentaries, animated films, and animated documentaries representative of the newest Czech documentary scene. Our aim is to bring closer to the MakeDox audience the atmosphere and the topics that interest the authors of these films, their way of work, the relationship with their protagonists, and the development of the initial idea into a complete film. Primarily for this reason, we are honored to have the Czech Republic as a Country in Focus this year, starting the program with one of the most significant Czech documentary directors, also called “the mother of the time-lapse documentary film,” and that is the director Helena Třeštíková. As a festival, MakeDox has followed her work since the very beginning. We are thrilled we managed to arrange a live meeting with her this year at MakeDox, where she will also hold a masterclass and share the secret of how she films her documentaries, which can sometimes last for twenty years. This year we will open the Country in Focus program with her film René - The Prisoner of Freedom, followed by other Czech documentaries from the newest documentary

COUNTRY IN FOCUS: CZECH REPUBLIC

production and Czech student films made under FAMU’s mentorship. In the Kids and Youth program, we will also screen several animated films and animated documentaries. As part of Country in Focus, we will see the feature-length documentaries Chickens, Virus and Us by director Filip Remundа, Living Water by director Pavel Borecký, Brotherhood by director Francesco Montagner, My Unknown Soldier by director Anna Kryvenko, Doggy Love by director Linda Kallistová Jablonská, and Kapr Code by director Lucie Králová. From the short and student films we will screen I Am Trying to Remember by the director Pegah Ahangarani – film from IranianCzech production, and the award-winning student film Love Dad by the director Diana Cam Van Nguyen. As part of the MakeDox Kids and Youth program this year, we are honored to screen around ten short animated films and animated documentaries and thus bring this scene, which develops experimentally under FAMU’s mentorship, closer to the audience. We hope that with this year’s program and the presence of the authors of some of these films, we’ll satisfy the tastes and curiosity of the biggest cinema lovers. “The Czech film experiment – two, zero, two, two” starts soon, so open your eyes and brace yourselves… It’s going to be interesting!

COUNTRY IN FOCUS: CZECH REPUBLIC

Czech Republic, Italy / 2021 / 97’

Czech Republic / 2021/ 74’

BROTHERHOOD

CHICKENS, VIRUS AND US

Bratrství FRANCESCO MONTAGNER

FILIP REMUNDA

Slepice, Virus a My

Jabir, Usama, and Useir are three young Bosnian brothers who grew up in the shadow of their father, a strict Islamist preacher. When he gets sentenced to two years in prison for terrorism, the three brothers are suddenly left alone. The newly acquired freedom leads them on the difficult journey to becoming men. What follows is an exploration of youth, manhood, and the search for identity.

Script: Francesco Montagner, Alessandro Padovani Photography: Prokop Souček Editing: Valentina Cicogna, Klára Tasovská, Jorge Sánchez Calderón Sound: Daniela Bassani, Marzia Cordò, Adam Levý Production: Pavla Janoušková Kubečková (nutprodukce) Co-production: Nadia Trevisan, Alberto Fasulo (Nefertiti Film, Italy)

At the onset of the Coronavirus crisis in 2020, we took refuge in the countryside with our three children. While surfing the internet, the children found a video from an Asian food market, showing dissected wild animals, including bats. They were shocked to see overcrowded animal cages destined for slaughter. In another video, they learned that the coronavirus had reportedly spread from wild animals to humans in a similar marketplace in Wuhan, China. Reflections on the relationship between humans and animals lead them to the decision to adopt chickens from the cage breeding farm and keep them as their local neighbours do. The children wanted to know why these chickens are pitiful and look so different from the hens in the neighbours’ gardens, and why people treat animals so ruthlessly.

Selected Filmography: Taurofilia (2019) The Importance of Everybody/ Důležitost Každého (2018) Animated Resistance/ Animata Resistenza (2014)

Selected Filmography: Once Upon a Time in Poland/ Jak Bůh hledal Karla (2020) Czech Journal: The Okamura Brothers/ Český žurnál: Bratři Okamurovi (2019) Steam on the River/ Pára nad řekou (2015) The Good Driver Smetana/ Dobrý řidič Smetana (2013) Czech Dream/ Český sen (2004)

Festivals & Awards: CPH:DOX, Denmark (2022), Rotterdam IFF, The Netherlands (2022), Locarno IFF - Golden Leopard Award, Switzerland (2021), Ji.hlava IDFF - Best Czech Documentary Award & Best Cinematography Award, Czech Republic (2021), Verzio HRFF - Special Mention, Hungary (2021), AJB DOC Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2021)

COUNTRY IN FOCUS: CZECH REPUBLIC

Script: Jan Gogola jr. Photography: Martin Tokár, Filip Remunda Editing: Hana Dvořáčková Sound: Michal Gábor, Václav Flegl Music: Moby Production: Filip Remunda, Vít Klusák Co-production: Petr Kubica, Jiřina Budíková (Czech Television)

Festivals & Awards: Finále Plzeň Film Festival, Czech Republic (2021), One World IDFF, Slovakia (2021), Ji.hlava IDFF, Czech Republic (2021), Oulu International Children’s and Youth Film Festival, Finland (2021), WATCH DOCS.Human Rights in Film IFF, Poland (2021)

COUNTRY IN FOCUS: CZECH REPUBLIC

Czech Republic / 2020 / 75’

Czech Republic, Slovakia / 2022 / 91’

DOGGY LOVE

KAPR CODE

Psí láska

Kapr LINDA KALLISTOVÁ JABLONSKÁ

Jana embarks on the 1200 km long Finnmarksløpet race. It is the longest dog sled race in Europe and she sets off with little chance to finish it. The weather is extremely cold, the polar plains are swept up by snowstorms, the dogs are falling in snowdrifts and Jana struggles to keep the last bits of her energy from exhaustion. And yet, or perhaps just because of that, she feels happy.

COUNTRY IN FOCUS: CZECH REPUBLIC

Script: Linda Kallistová Jablonská Photography: David Cysař Editing: Jakub Voves Sound: Jan Paul, Petr Šoltys Music: Marek Doubrava Production: Evolution Films Co-production: Czech Television

LUCIE KRÁLOVÁ

A documentary opera featuring the contradictory life of progressive composer and prominent communist Jan Kapr (1914-88), a Stalin Prize laureate, and later banned in socialist Czechoslovakia. The opera songs reflect Kapr’s key life junctures, those establishing an artist’s fate. The nature of memory and narration are explored using Kapr’s personal, never-before-seen amateur films manifesting his humor, inner struggles and desire to leave traces for eternity.

Script: Lucie Králová Photography: Tomáš Stanek, Adam Ol’ha, Petr Příkaský, Jakub Halousek, Martin Řezníček Editing: Adam Brothánek Sound: Richard Müller Libretto: Jiří Adámek / Austerlitz Music: Petra Šuško Production: Mindset Pictures, DOCUfilm Praha Co-production: TVIRUSfilm

Selected Filmography: The Beginnings (2014) Earthlings, Who Are You Voting For? (2010) Welcome to North Korea! (2008) Left, Right (2006)

Selected Filmography: Listen to The Dream (2018) How To Behave? (2017) New Eternity (2016) Czech Man (2016) Searching For Surreal (2015)

Festivals & Awards: International Sport Film Festival, Slovenia (2022), One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Czech Republic (2020), FICMEC, Spain (2020)

Festivals & Awards: Kraków Film Festival - DocFilmMusic Golden Helm Award, Poland (2022)

COUNTRY IN FOCUS: CZECH REPUBLIC

Switzerland, Czech Republic, Jordan / 2020 / 75’

Czech Republic, Latvia, Slovakia / 2018 / 79’

LIVING WATER

MY UNKNOWN SOLDIER

Žít vodu PAVEL BORECKÝ

ANNA KRYVENKO

Můj neznámý vojín

The vibration of machines echoes across the desert. Ever since Jordanian nomads settled in the spectacular landscape of Wadi Rum, they grew dependent on complex water infrastructure. The source is right below their feet, yet they struggle to meet basic needs. In the meantime, deep water extraction feeds private large-scale farms, animates visionary development and secures growing urban population. Bedouins, farmers and city dwellers: they all expect to have a fair share, but digging for “blue gold” unleashes an environmental timebomb.

Script: Veronika Janatková Photography: Pavel Borecký Editing: Pavel Borecký Sound: John Grzinich Music: Shadi Khries Production: Anthropictures, Art Salam (Paris), Al Jazeera Documentary (Doha) Co-production: Pandistan, Institute of Social Anthropology UNIBE, Center for Strategic Studies UJ

How does it feel to become an occupier without your intention? Through known as well as never published archival materials from the whole of Europe and Russia we see a family story of the director about how high politics destroys the lives of ordinary people. A couple of years ago, she discovered a family secret about her grand-uncle who came to occupy Czechoslovakia in 1968 as a Soviet soldier. Searching for her great-uncle’s story, the author touches upon themes like fragmentation of personal and national memory, inherited guilt, interpretation of history, media manipulation, today’s relationship with Russia, and the attitudes of Czechs and Slovaks towards foreigners - all very current topics.

Selected Filmography: In the Devil’s Garden (2018) Solaris (2015)

Festivals & Awards: IDFF CRONOGRAF - Special Jury Prize, Moldova (2019), ZagrebDOX, Croatia (2019), DOK.fest München, Germany (2019), DOK Leipzig, Germany (2018), Ji.hlava IDFF, Czech Republic (2018)

Festivals & Awards: CineEco FF - Water Value Award, Portugal (2021), CPH:DOX, Denmark (2021), Vision du Réel, Switzerland (2021), Visioni dal Mondo, Italy (2021), Ji.hlava IDFF, Czech Republic (2020)

COUNTRY IN FOCUS: CZECH REPUBLIC

Script: Anna Kryvenko Photography: Radka Šišuláková Editing: Daria Chernyak Sound: Viktor Krivosudský Music: Andris Dzenitis, Yair Elazar Glotman, David Střeleček Production: Michal Kráčmer Co-production: Sergei Serpuhov, Wanda Adamík Hrycová

COUNTRY IN FOCUS: CZECH REPUBLIC

Czech Republic / 2008 / 83’

Czech Republic / 2021 / 102’

RENÉ

RENÉ - THE PRISONER OF FREEDOM

René HELENA TŘEŠTÍKOVÁ

HELENA TŘEŠTÍKOVÁ

René: Vězeň svobody

René’s life had been captured on camera since he was seventeen. The camera followed his hopeless journey between prison and the outside world. In 2008 the film comes to an end, leaving the now 37-year-old René a sick man who still gets in trouble with the law and who is also the author of two published books. Director Helena Třeštíková records René’s personal developments against the backdrop of significant political transformations taking place in Central Europe.

COUNTRY IN FOCUS: CZECH REPUBLIC

Script: Helena Třeštíková Photography: Martin Kubala, Petr Pešek, Stano Slušný, Václav Smolík, Marek Dvořák, Ondřej Belica, Miroslav Souček, Vlastimil Hamerník Editing: Jakub Hejna Sound: Vadimír Nahodil, Pavel Sádek, Jan Valouch, Václav Hejduk, Miroslav Šimčík, Štěpán Mamula, Daniel Němec, Zbyněk Mikulík, Petr Provazník, Jan Valouch Music: Tadeáš Věrčák Production: Negativ Film Productions Kateřina Černá, Pavel Strnad Co-production: Czech Television Anna Becková

René tries to avoid prison at all costs. He enters relationships that have a chance of lasting longer than a few weeks. But how does this coincide with his scathing contempt for people and the system? During the thirteen years that Helena Třeštíková had been watching the hero, René has changed not only physically but also mentally. Can we say that at the age of fifty, he will mature?

Script: Helena Třeštíková Photography: David Cysař Editing: Jakub Hejna Sound: Richard Müller Music: Tadeáš Věrčák Production: Negativ Film Productions Kateřina Černá, Pavel Strnad Co-production: Czech Television Alena Müllerová

Selected Filmography: Anny (2020) Forman vs. Forman (2019) A Marriage Story (2017) Doomed Beauty (2016) Mallory (2015)

Festivals & Awards: IFF AsterFest - Bronze Horseshoe Award for Best Film, North Macedonia, (2009), Camerimage, Poland (2009), Ji.hlava IDFF - Audience Award, Czech Republic (2008), Leipzig DOK Festival Golden Dove Award for Long Footage, Germany (2008), European Film Awards - European Film Award for Best Documentary, Europe (2008)

Festivals & Awards: DOK.fest Münich, Germany (2022), Millennium Docs Against Gravity, Poland (2022), IDFA, Netherlands (2021)

COUNTRY IN FOCUS: CZECH REPUBLIC

ONION AWARD JURY - for the Best Film in the Main Program

John Appel directed more than 40 documentaries for cinema and ТV and was the cinematographer on numerous films. He graduated from the Dutch Film and Television Academy. As a director, he is known for The Last Victory (2004), nominated for Best Feature Length Documentary at the European Film Academy, Wrong time, Wrong place (2012), which opened IDFA in 2012, Voices of Holland (2018), and Once the Dust Settles (2019). His breakthrough came with André Hazes/She Believes in Me, which won the Joris Ivens Award for Best Feature Length Documentary at IDFA 1999 and became a big cinema hit in the Netherlands. His more personal film The Player (2009) was crowned Best Dutch Documentary at IDFA. Appel is regularly mentoring at workshops, at places like Film Academy, Aris-toteles Workshop, Close Up, STEPS, and Balkan Rough Cut Boutique. He is a guest lecturer at the UBB University in Cluj, Romania.

Carmen Gray is a freelance arts and culture journalist, film critic, and programmer who grew up in New Zealand and now lives in Berlin. She has written on cinema, often focused on Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and the Caucasus, for many publications, including The New York Times, Criterion, The Guardian, Sight & Sound, MUBI, and Modern Times Review. She was previously the Film Editor of Dazed & Confused magazine in London. She is on the selection committees of the Generation section of the Berlin International Film Festival and the Winterthur International Short Film Festival in Switzerland and is a program adviser for Open City Docs in London. She also works as an industry adviser on films at the editing stage for First Cut Lab.

JOHN APPEL

CARMEN GRAY

Jana Cisar is a film producer and executive producer. Through her collaboration with directors such as Michael Klier, Volker Koepp, Angela Schanelec, Viola Stephan and Peter Zach, she has experience in various branches of the film industry. Since 2021 she has been a lecturer for the Dok.Art Initiative and at IFS Cologne.

JANA CISAR

JURY

YOUNG ONION AWARD JURY - for the Best Film by First or Second-Time Director

Daniel Vadocky has a degree in Philosophy from the University of Trnava and Film Studies from the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. He has lectured on Philosophy and Aesthetics at the Department of Film and has published articles on world cinema, film history, and theory in various magazines and newspapers. He was a festival programmer of the Short Film Competition at the Art Film Fest in Slovakia. He also worked as a Head of Sales at the National Film Archive and as a Sales Agent for Negativ Film Productions, both based in Prague. He currently works as a Festival and Sales Manager for Pluto Film.

DANIEL VADOCKY

Born in Kyiv in 1983, she moved to Germany with her mother in 1995. After studying history and literature in Berlin, she worked as an assistant director and production assistant on various feature films. Having worked on several short documentaries, “Garagenvolk” was her first feature-length documentary and her debut film as director. Garagenvolk won the Heino Carow prize at the Berlinale in 2020 and later on the European Audentia Award for Best Female Director and Werner Herzog prize. Garagenvolk also received a prestigious Moral Approach Award at MakeDox in 2021. NATALIJA YEFIMKINA

Joan González is the founder-director of DocsBarcelona, a film festival with 25 editions, and El Documental del Mes, a network of 80 cinemas that have been premiering documentaries since 2005. In 2013, his contributions to documentary culture in Southern Europe were recognized with the EDN International award. He has been a film editor, director, and executive producer, and he likes to hold workshops at Universities and Film Festivals to help grow projects. His latest project is Nextus - Learning By Documentaries, a DocsBarcelona educational project. In 2021, he was appointed an honorary member of the Catalan Film Academy.

JURY

JOAN GONZÁLEZ

SLICED ONION AWARD JURY - for the Best Short Film

Marion Czarny has been working for FIPADOC since 2008 where she oversees the elaboration of all editorial content for the young audience and emerging directors. She coordinates educational screenings and workshops, manages the Young Europeans Jury operation and curates an international selection of student films (New Talent). Holder of a postgraduate degree in Cultural Project Management, she worked for the Forum des Images between 1999 and 2001, and in the Educational Action Department and Programme Management. She was an editorial assistant for 3 cinema magazines and curated several film festivals: Paris Festival (2001/2002), Rencontres Internationales de Cinéma (2003), and Ohrid French Film Festival in Macedonia (2008/2009).

MARION CZARNY

Angeliki Vergou is the coordinator of all Agora Docs industry events at the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, including the Thessaloniki Pitching Forum, Agora Docs in Progress and Meet the Future. She is also the head of the Crossroads Co-production Forum of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival. She has been working at both festivals in various departments and positions since 2001. She is a graduate of the Hellenic Open University with a diploma in European Culture and Civilization (2018). She has participated in Sources 2: Training Mentors for Screenwriters (2013) and was an assistant trainer at MFI’s Script 2 Film Workshop (2019), script consultant trainee at the Midpoint Institute Feature Launch Workshop ANGELIKI VERGOU (2020) and MFI Doc Lab assistant trainer (2021).

A documentary sales specialist with seven years of experience in the field, Suzanne previously worked ffor the companies Doc & Film International and Mediawan Rights. During these tenures, she worked on titles such as Fuocoammare by Gianfranco Rosi (Golden Bear 2016), Frederick Wiseman’s documentaries, and most recently Kubrick by Kubrick by Gregory Monro (Tribeca FF 2020, International Emmy Awards for Best Arts Programming 2021). She joined sales company Cercamon in November 2021 to spearhead the launch of a feature-length docs catalog within the company. SUZANNE NODALE

JURY

ONION SEED AWARD JURY - for the Best Student Film

Alba Cakalli was born and raised in Prizren. Formerly a volunteer, she started her career at DokuFest as a program assistant and now leads the role of a festival producer. Throughout the years, Alba has also been part of many cultural organizations (RroK, Prizma Medium, Bekim Fehmiu Theater, Zambaku i Prizrenit) and engaged in different film crews (In Between, Pavend, Home) co-produced by DokuFest. Through her engagements, Alba is constantly involved in empowering youth against any social development challenges they may face. ALBA CAKALLI

As part of Lightdox team, Nevena oversees distribution and sales in Central & Eastern Europe, Asia, LATAM, and Africa. She embraced the challenge of mastering the most promising and excitingly evolving markets full of creativity and innovativeness. She graduated Painting at the Academy of Arts Banjaluka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and holds a Master’s degree in Stage Design from Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno. Nevena has been working in sales and distribution of documentary films since 2015, with a deep focus on VOD and festival distribution. NEVENA MILAŠINOVIĆ

Zlatko Gjeleski completed primary and secondary school in Kichevo and graduated from the Department of General and Comparative Literature at the Blaze Koneski Faculty in Skopje (2010). He has been actively engaged as a film critic since 2008 and as the editor and publisher of the magazine Koshmar. He writes and publishes music and film reviews in digital and print form for Plagijat, Gragjanski, Kinopis, Film Plus and Filmski Pechat. Since 2011 he has been the host of the film radio show Danse Macabre on Kanal 103 Radio. He is the director of the short films On the Other Side and Memoirs and the organizer of the horror film review Mrak Fest. He was a member of the jury committees of the film festivals: Filmaj, Mobile Festival, Philosophical Film Festival, Flipbook Film Festival and Cinedays, where he received the Award for Best Film Critic (2013). He has published three collections of short stories: Morbidism (2013), The Collector of Fear (2015), and Ponor (2019). His short stories have been awarded, published, and translated into several Balkan anthologies. His first collection of film essays and reviews, Videology (2019-2020), will be published in 2021. JURY

ZLATKO GJELESKI

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

Artan Sadiku is a researcher and an activist with a doctorate in philosophy. His primary study interests are theories of the subject, feminism, and radical practices in politics and art. He worked at the Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities in Skopje, where he led the School for Politics and Critique. He was one of the key actors in the protest movements AMAN!, #protestiram, and Akademski Plenum. At the moment, he is a part of the organization board of CRIC - Festival of Critical Culture. He works as an external collaborator for the Museum of Contemporary Art in Skopje, and he is also a president of the JADRO Association of the Independent Cultural Scene. He is a regular participant in regional and international festivals, conferences, and journals such as Subversive Fest, the Anarchist Book Fair, Le Monde Diplomatique, Journal Identities, and Bilten.

Borche Stamenov, born on September 03, 1977, is an IT specialist and a philanthropist. He is the founder of the Donate a Computer movement, which he started in 2016 in an attempt to enable every child in Macedonia to have equal quality education. Through Donate a Computer, Borche gathers used computers for repair and upcycling and donates them to children in socially challenged families that cannot afford one. In 2021 the initiative transformed into a civil society organization with a team of volunteers under his leadership. So far, there have been 1800 donated computers. These activities brought him many awards and recognitions at the state level - one of those awards is the European of the Year award for 2021, awarded by the delegation of the European Union in Macedonia.

Saska Cvetkovska is an international award-winning investigative reporter and editor-in-chief of the Investigative Reporting Lab, a non-profit media organization operating in North Macedonia and the Balkans notable for its female leadership, young staff, and innovative storytelling. Saska has worked on many national and cross-border investigations that exposed domestic and transnational crime, corruption, illicit trade of arms, and disinformation wars. Her current responsibilities are focused on increasing the impact of investigative reporting by creating new narratives of the stories through film and campaigning. As part of those efforts, Cvetkovska and her team are currently producing the most popular Macedonian investigative documentary serial Newsroom, tasked to increase trust in media and maximize the impact of investigative reporting. Cvetkovska is a member of the Board of Directors of OCCR as a member centers representative, an international media organization affiliated with the Investigative Reporting Lab. JURY

ARTAN SADIKU

BORCHE STAMENOV

SASHKA CVETKOVSKA

MAIN PROGRAM

Denmark, Finland, Sweden / 2022 / 86’

Switzerland / 2021 / 80’

A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS

BURNING MEMORIES Burning Memories SIMON LERENG WILMONT

ALICE SCHMID

A House Made of Splinters

In a war-worn and impoverished corner of Eastern Ukraine where addiction casts a long shadow, there sits a safe haven for children temporarily removed from their parents. Three kids await their fate - will they go back or move on to a new home - while a group of dedicated social workers create small moments of joy and respite from childhood all but lost.

Script: Simon Lereng Wilmont Photography: Simon Lereng Wilmont Editing: Michael Aaglund Sound: Heikki Kossi, MPSE, Peter Albrechtsen, MPSE Music: Uno Helmersson Production: Monica Hellström Co-production: Sami Jahnukainen, Donkey Hotel Tobias Janson, STORY Darya Bassel & Vika Khomenko, Moon Man

At the age of 16, Alice was a victim of abuse. Fifty years later, this repressed experience unexpectedly makes its way back into her conscience. How is it possible to repress an incident for one’s entire life? Alice walks with her accordion through the desert, searching for answers, looking at a phenomenon that affects many women in a similar or related way.

Selected Filmography: The Distant Barking of Dogs (2017) The Fencing Champion (2014) Chikara - The Sumo Wrestler’s Son (2013) Dormitory Master (2009) Above Ground, Beneath the Sky (2008)

Selected Filmography: The Girl From Änziloch/ Das Mädchen vom Änziloch (2016) The Children From Napf/ Die Kinder vom Napf (2011) I Am a Mouse/ Ich bin eine Maus (2007) Shall I Stay or Shall I Go? (2005) I Have Killed/ Ich habe getötet (1999)

Festivals & Awards: Sundance Film Festival - World Cinema Documentary Best Directing Award, USA, (2022), Göteborg Film Festival - Best Nordic Documentary Award, Sweden, (2022), Thessaloniki International Film Festival - Golden Alexander Best Film Award, Greece, (2022), One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival - Best International Documentary Award, Czech Republic (2022), FIPRESCI Award (2022)

MAIN PROGRAM

Script: Alice Schmid Photography: Karin Slater, Aurelio Buchwalder, Kaleo La Belle Editing: Anja Bombelli Sound: Patrick Becker, Reto Stamm Production: Alice Schmid Co-production: Sami Jahnukainen, Donkey Hotel Tobias Janson, STORY Darya Bassel & Vika Khomenko, Moon Man

Festivals & Awards: DOK.fest München, Germany (2022), FIPADOC, France (2022), Swiss Film Award - Best Film Score Award, Switzerland (2021), Swiss Films Best Film Score, Switzerland (2021), Solothurn Film Festival, Switzerland (2021)

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Vietnam / 2021 / 92’

Spain, Bosnia and Herzegovina / 2021 / 71’

CHILDREN OF THE MIST

DISTURBED EARTH Disturbed Earth HÀ LỆDIỄM

KUMJANA NOVAKOVA GUILLERMO CARRERAS-CANDI

Mev nyuam npaj huab / Những đứa trẻtrong sương

Di is a 12-year-old girl living in a village lost in the mist of Northwest Vietnamese mountains. She belongs to the Hmong ethnic minority where women get married very young, enduring the controversial tradition of “bride-kidnapping”. When Di enters puberty, her personality has changed drastically. The carefree little girl has turned into an impetuous, hypersensitive teenager. On the Lunar New Year’s Eve, when Di’s parents come back home after celebrating, the house is silent: Di has disappeared.

Script: HÀ LệDiễm Photography: HÀ LệDiễm Editing: Swann Dubus Production: TRẦN Phương Thảo Swann DUBUS

A space in silence, where past has captured present. Taking over, layer by layer, the collective pain enters the landscape, the space, the city. Eventually, it enters us. Srebrenica becomes a reality of today, and our own reality.

Festivals & Awards: Ljubljana Doc Film Festival - Amnesty International Award, Slovenia (2022), Cinéma du Réel - Clarens Prize for Humanist Documentary Filmmaking, Switzerland (2022), One World - Special Jury Award, Poland (2022), ZagrebDox - Little Stamp Award, Croatia (2022), DokFest Münich - SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit, Germany (2022), DOXA - Best Feature Documentary, Canada (2022), Millenium Festival - Silver Goal, Belgium (2022), Taiwan IDF - Next Generation Award, Taiwan (2022), IDFA - Best Directing Award, Netherlands (2021), Budapest IDF - Best Directing Award, Hungary (2021)

MAIN PROGRAM

Script: Kumjana Novakova, Guillermo Carreras-Candi Photography: Kumjana Novakova, Guillermo Carreras-Candi Editing: Jelena Maksimović Sound: Oriol Gallart Production: Guillermo Carreras-Candi (Atzucac Films), Kumjana Novakova (Pravo Ljudski International Film Festival) Co-production: Daniel Barea

Selected Filmography: Kumjana Novakova Homes (2017) It Could Be a Film (2016) When Clouds Burst... (2014) SK2014 (2014) Guillermo Carreras-Candi SK 2014 (2014) Tragovi (2010) Festivals & Awards: La Inesperada Film Festival, Spain (2022), BHFFNYC, USA (2022), Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2021), Play-Doc -Tui International Documentary Festival, Spain (2021), Gijón International Film Festival, Spain (2021)

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Germany, Argentina / 2021 / 82’

Sweden, Norway, Belgium / 2022 / 93’

NEAR AND DEAR

NELLY AND NADINE

Las cercanas

Nelly and Nadine MARÍA ALVAREZ

In a small apartment in Buenos Aires, crammed with memories and invaded by a huge grand piano, the 91-year-old Cavallini twin sisters pass the days between the love and hate of their peculiar symbiotic bond. They reminisce over their days as a professional piano duo and something seems to light up in their eyes. The music returns with all the strength of the past.

Script: María Alvarez Photography: Tirso Diaz, Jares Rueda, María Alvarez Editing: María Alvarez Sound: Martín Grignaschi Music: Several Authors - Piano by Amelia & Isabel Cavallini Production: María Alvarez, Tirso Diaz Jares Rueda

MAGNUS GERTTEN

An unlikely love story between two women falling in love on Christmas Eve, 1944, in the Ravensbrück concentration camp. Despite being separated in the last months of the war, Nelly and Nadine manage to later reunite and spend the rest of their life together. For many years their love story was kept a secret, even to some of their closest family. Now Nelly’s grandchild, Sylvie, has decided to open Nelly and Nadine’s unseen personal archives and uncover their remarkable story.

Selected Filmography: The Lost Time/ El tiempo perdido (2020) The Cinephiles/ Las cinéphilas (2017)

Selected Filmography: Only The Devil Lives Without Hope (2020) Becoming Zlatan (2016) Every Face Has A Name (2015) A Thousand Pieces/ Tusen Bitar (2014) Long Distance Love (2008) Rolling Like A Stone (2005)

Festivals & Awards: Krakow Film Festival, Poland (2022), FEMCINE, Chile (2022), Gijón International Film Festival - FIPRESCI Best Director Award, Spain (2021), Mar del Plata Film Festival - Best Argentinean Film Award, Argentina (2021), IDFA, Netherlands, (2021)

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Script: Magnus Gertten Photography: Caroline Troedsson Editing: Jesper Osmund, Phil Jandaly Sound: Are Åberg, Krister Johnson, Jørgen Meyer, Audun Røstad, Katarzyna Maria Wieczorek Music: Marthe Belsvik Stavrum Production: Ove Rishøj Jensen Auto Images Co-production: Associate Directors / Belgium, Up North Film / Norway

Festivals & Awards: Berlinale, Germany (2022), Tempo Stockholm, Sweden (2022), CPH:DOX, Denmark (2022), Hot Docs, Canada (2022), Movies That Matter, Netherlands (2022), Lover FF Turin, Italy (2022), Docs Barcelona, Spain (2022), DocEdge, New Zealand (2022), Festival du Film de Cabourg, France (2022), Frameline, USA (2022)

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Israel, Switzerland / 2021 / 53’

Norway / 2022 / 110’

SUMMER NIGHTS

THE ECLIPSE

Lailot Kaitz

Formørkelsen / Pomračenje OHAD MILSTEIN

How does the world look through the eyes of a 6-year-old child? A journey into the subconscious of an innocent and ingenuous child, as he falls asleep and drifts into the depths of his own mind.

Script: Ohad Milstein Photography: Ohad Milstein Editing: Ohad Milstein Sound: Ohad Milstein Music: Ishai Adar Production: Ohad Milstein Co-production: Rahel Streiff

NATAŠA URBAN

On August 11, 1999, while the world celebrated, most of Serbia’s population barricaded themselves in their homes and nuclear bunkers in fear of the lunar shadow. Using this event as a metaphor for the nation’s unclean conscience about the consequences of its political choices, the director confronts her country’s wartime and criminal past and the evil that is still on the loose today.

Selected Filmography: Flood (2018) Week 23 (2016) Planets - Four Variations of Detachment (2014) Systema (2010) Obsession (2008)

Selected Filmography: Mbambu and the Mountains of the Moon (2010) Big Sister Punam (2009) Journey of a Red Fridge (2007) Festivals & Awards: CPH:DOX: Award for Best Film, Denmark (2022)

Festivals & Awards: JFBB Film Festival - First Prize for Best Documentary, Germany (2022), DocAviv Film Festival - First Prize, Israel (2021), Israeli Academy Award - Ophir Award for Best Documentary, Israel (2021)

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Director: Nataša Urban Script: Nataša Urban Photography: Ivan Marković Editing: Jelena Maksimović Sound: Svenn Jakobsen Music: Jared Blum, Bill Gould Production: Ingvil Gisk, Medieoperatørene

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France / 2021 / 100’

VEDETTE Vedette CLAUDINE BORIES PATRICE CHAGNARD

Vedette is a cow. Vedette is a queen. In fact, she was once the queen of queens of the Alpine pastures. But Vedette is old now, and in order to spare her the humiliation of being dethroned by younger rivals, our neighbors asked us to look after her for a whole summer. It was at this time that we discovered that every cow is unique. The story takes place in a high valley in the heart of the Swiss Alps.

Script: Claudine Bories, Patrice Chagnard Photography: Patrice Chagnard Editing: Emeline Gendrot Sound: Pierre Carrasco Music: François Macherey Production: Les Films du Parotier, New Story

Selected Filmography: Patrice Chagnard We the People (2019) Rules of the Game (2014) The Arrivants (2009) In a Red Truck (2005) The Convoy (1995) Claudine Bories We the People (2019) Rules of the Game (2014) The Arrivants (2009) Mr Versus Mme (1999) Imaginary Portrait of Gabriel Bories (1984) Festivals & Awards: Antenna Documentary Film Festival, Australia (2022), Ulju Mountain Film Festival, South Korea (2021), Cannes Film Festival, France (2021), IDFA, Netherlands (2021), Cinemania Festival, Canada (2021) 38

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Armenia / 2022 / 82’

India, USA, UK / 2022 / 94’

5 DREAMERS AND A HORSE

ALL THAT BREATHES

5 ԵՐԱԶՈՂՆԵՐԸ ԵՒ ՁԻՆ

Three Armenias are sketched out here, brilliantly and with delicacy, through four protagonists aspiring to fulfill their dream. There is the lift operator in a hospital who wants to travel into space, the farmer in search of a perfect wife, and the young feminist and queer girls who simply want to live their lives… while awaiting the demonstrations and hopes of the revolution.

All That Breathes VAHAGN KHACHATRYAN AREN MALAKYAN

Script: Aren Malakyan, Vahagn Khachatryan, Photography: Aren Malakyan, Vahagn Khachatryan, Andranik Sahakyan Editing: Federico Delpero Bejar Sound: Jonathan Darch Music: Avet Terteryan Production: OOlik production Co-production: Color of May

SHAUNAK SEN

In one of the world’s most populated cities, cows, rats, monkeys, frogs, and hogs jostle cheek-by-jowl with people. Here, two brothers fall in love with a bird—the black kite. From their makeshift bird hospital in their tiny basement, the “kite brothers” care for thousands of these mesmeric creatures that drop daily from New Delhi’s smog-choked skies. As environmental toxicity and civil unrest escalate, the relationship between this Muslim family and the neglected kite forms a poetic chronicle of the city’s collapsing ecology and rising social tensions.

Selected Filmography: Vahagn Khachatryan The Moon, The Sun, And The Musketeers (2017) Phone Booth (2014) First Step (2013) Lao Hang (2012)

Photography: Ben Bernhard, Riju Das, Saumyananda Sahi Editing: Charlotte Munch Bengtsen Music: Roger Goula Production: Shaunak Sen, Aman Mann, Teddy Leifer

Selected Filmography: Cities of Sleep (2015) Festivals & Awards: Sundance - World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary, USA (2022), Cannes Film Festival - L’oeil D’or Prize For Best Documentary, France (2022), Krakow IFF - Silver Horn For High Artistic Value, Poland (2022)

Aren Malakyan Voldemar (2021) Snow (2016) Girl on the Moon (2014) Festivals & Awards: Visions du Réel, Switzerland (2022), Hot Docs IFF, Canada (2022), Goeast Wisbaden, Germany (2022), Golden Apricot IFF, Armenia (2022), FidMarselle IFF, France (2022), Dok Leipzig, Germany (2022)

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Czech Republic, Italy / 2021 / 97’

Finland, Germany, India / 2021 / 70’

BROTHERHOOD

INVISIBLE DEMONS

Bratrství

Invisible Demons FRANCESCO MONTAGNER

RAHUL JAIN

In a sprawling mega city where the dangers of climate change are present not future, we see a world on the brink. Through striking images and eye-opening accounts from everyday citizens, we witness a visceral and immersive journey through the stories of just a few of Delhi’s million inhabitants fighting to survive. This story engages the senses by directly stimulating our desire to live in a world with equitable access to clean air and water. Is it possible to imagine this future in Delhi, in India, or anywhere in the modern world?

Selected Filmography: Taurofilia (2019) The Importance of Everybody/ Důležitost Každého (2018) Animated Resistance/ Animata Resistenza (2014)

Script: Rahul Jain, Yael Bitton, Iikka Vehkalahti Photography: Saumyananda ”Somo” Sahi, Tuomo Hutri, Rodrigo Trejo Villanueva Editing: Yael Bitton Sound: Susmit Bob Nath Music: Kimmo Pohjonen Production: Participant Co-production: Toinen Katse,

Selected Filmography: Machines (2016) Festivals & Awards: FIFDH - Youth Jury Prize, Switzerland (2022), Millenium Docs, Poland (2022)

Festivals & Awards: CPH:DOX, Denmark (2022), Rotterdam IFF, The Netherlands (2022), Locarno IFF - Golden Leopard Award, Switzerland (2021), Ji.hlava IDFF – Best Czech Documentary Award & Best Cinematography Award, Czech Republic (2021), Verzio HRFF - Special Mention, Hungary (2021), AJB DOC Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2021)

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Portugal, France / 2021 / 85’

France, Denmark, Greenland / 2022 / 78’

PARADISE

POLARIS

Paraíso

Polaris SÉRGIO TRÉFAUT

Elderly people used to gather every day in the romantic gardens of the Catete Palace, formerly Brazil’s Presidential Palace and currently the Museum of the Republic in Rio de Janeiro. After sunset, to the accompaniment of musical instruments, old men and women would tell each other the meaning of life through love songs. This film is a portrait of their lust for life, suddenly interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic.

Script: Sérgio Tréfaut Photography: Léo Bittencourt, Luís Abramo, Camila Freitas, Carlos Baptista Editing: Sérgio Tréfaut, Bianca Oliveira, Mário Espada Sound: João Henrique Costa Production: Faux, Les Films d’Ici

AINARA VERA

Hayat, an expert sailor in the Arctic, navigates far from humans and her family’s past in France. But when her little sister Leila gives birth to a baby girl Inaya, their worlds are turned upside down; we witness their journey, guided by the polar star, to overcome the family’s fate.

Selected Filmography: Rage/ Raiva (2018) Treblinka (2016) Alentejo, Alentejo (2014) Journey to Portugal (2011) The City of the Dead (2009)

Script: Ainara Vera Photography: Ainara Vera, Inuk Silis Høegh Editing: Gladys joujou, Ainara Vera Sound: Jérémie Halbert Music: Amine Bouhafa Production: Clara Vuillermoz Co-production: Emile Hertling Peronard

Selected Filmography: See You Tomorrow, God Willing! (2017) Festivals & Awards: Cannes Film Festival, France (2022)

Festivals & Awards: FIPADOC - Grand Prix for Musical Documentary, France (2022), Uruguay International Film Festival, Uruguay, (2022), BELDOCS, Serbia (2022), DocsBarcelona, Spain, (2022), Krakow Film Festival, Poland (2022)

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Argentina / 2020 / 70’

Poland / 2022 / 81’

SPLINTERS

THE PAWN SHOP

Esquirlas

Lombard NATALIA GARAYALDE

On November 3rd, 1995, the emblematic industry of my hometown, Rio Tercero Military Munitions Factory exploded. Thousands of shells were fired against the city that had produced them. I was 12 years old, and while I was trying to escape from the explosions, I recorded the devastation of my hometown with a video camera. Twenty years later I found those tapes. The threat of the industrial and military sector is still persistent at the present time.

Script: Natalia Garayalde Editing: Julieta Seco / Martín Sappia Sound: Federico Disandro Production: Eva Cáceres

LUKASZ KOWALSKI

Jola and Wiesiek are a pair of eccentric businessmen from Bytom. Together they run probably the biggest pawnshop in Europe. However, the time of its glory has passed with the closure of nearby mines and growing unemployment in the city. Neither Wiesiek’s crazy marketing ideas nor Jola’s tender heart can help the failing business. Although the pawnshop brings losses, it becomes an important center of life for the local community. With disaster looming, the owners make one last attempt to save their business and their love.

Festivals & Awards: Visions du Réel - Special Jury Award, Switzerland (2021), Jeonju Film Festival - Grand Prize, South Korea (2021), Documenta Madrid - Fugas Award, Spain (2021), Sheffield DocFest, UK (2021), Mar del Plata Film Festival - Best Argentinian Director Award, Argentina (2020)

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Script: Lukasz Kowalski Photography: Stanislaw Cuske Editing: Adriana Fernandez Castellanos, Filip Kowalski, Jakub Darewski, Kosma Kowalczyk Sound: Katarzyna Szczerba Music: Krzysztof Janczak Production: 4.30 Studio

Festivals & Awards: CPH:DOX, Denmark (2022), Visions du Réel, Switzerland (2022), Docs Against Gravity, Poland (2022), Docaviv, Israel (2022), Krakow Film Festival, Poland (2022)

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Denmark, United States, Brazil / 2022 / 85’

Spain, France / 2022 / 70’

THE TERRITORY

TOLYATTI ADRIFT

The Territory

Tolyatti Adrift ALEX PRITZ

In the Brazilian rainforest, a battle is being waged between the last of the indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau tribe and the farmers who - supported by President Bolsonaro - are slowly eating into their otherwise protected territory. But young activist and leader Bitate has no intention of giving up without a fight. Together with his mentor, Neidinha, he is mobilizing an army of self-taught journalists to patrol the jungle and catch the land grabbers in action. With a video camera as their only weapon against the chainsaws, Bitate and his men risk their lives to stop the clearing of the forest before it’s too late.

Camera: Alex Pritz, Tangãi Uru-eu-wau-wau Editing: Carlos Rojas Felice Sound: Rune Klausen, Peter Albrechtsen, MPSE Music: Katya Mihailova Production: Darren Aronofsky, Will N. Miller, Gabriel Uchida, Lizzie Gillett, Sigrid Jonsson Dyekjær, Will Miller Co-production: Color of May

LAURA SISTERO

Tolyatti, once the symbol of socialist pride, is today the Russian Detroit, a limbo city where there is no future for the youth. In this hopeless environment, Boyevaya Klassika arises, a movement that rescues iconic old Lada cars from the local factory to turn them into a means of rebelliousness and expression that explores the conflicts and dreams of the youth in one of the poorest cities in Russia. We follow Slava, Misha and Lera in the year that they have to face for the first time their adulthood in a place where the future seems to be a dystopia.

Festivals & Awards: Sundance - Audience Award and Special Jury Award for Documentary Craft, USA (2022), CPH:DOX - F:ACT Award, Denmark (2022), Movies that Matter - Activist Documentary Award, Netherlands (2022), True False Film Festival, USA (2022), Full Frame Film Festival, USA (2022)

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Script: Laura Sistero Photography: Artur-Pol Camprubí Editing: Alissa Doubrovitskaia, Ariadna Ribas, Laura Sisteró Sound: Gerard Tàrrega Amorós, Jordi Ribas Music: Josep Comas Production: Boogaloo Films Co-production: Les Films d’Ici

Selected Filmography: Waste (2016) Festivals & Awards: Krakow FF - Silver Horn Award, Poland (2022), Docs Valencia - Best Spanish Film, Spain (2022), Malaga IFF, Spain (2022), Visions du Réel, Switzerland (2022), Hot Docs Toronto, Canada (2022)

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Georgia, France / 2021 / 86’

WATER HAS NO BORDERS

MARADIA TSAAVA

ᲬᲧᲐᲚᲡ ᲡᲐᲖᲦᲕᲠᲔᲑᲘ ᲐᲠ ᲐᲥᲕᲡ

A film director appears at a remote, gigantic dam which is only one part of a hydropower station that has been divided by a borderline after the conflict between Georgia and its separatist province Abkhazia. The director applies for a permit to see the other half of the station, though the opportunity turns into a never-ending torment of expectation. Stranded at the dam, she becomes close to the people whose lives had been destroyed by political turmoil. She listens to the secret stories revealing the real life around the border before an alternative opportunity for the crossing arises.

Script: Maradia Tsaava Photography: Nik Voigt Editing: Maradia Tsaava, Anne Jochum, Jérôme Huguenin-Virchaux Sound: Ana Davitashvili, Tamta Mandzulashvili, Niko Tarielashvili, Tengo Mandzulashvili Production: OpyoDoc Co-production: Faites un Voeu

Selected Filmography: At Home (2022) Adapted/ Chaikhana (2020) Festivals & Awards: Trento Film Festival - Human Rights Prize, Italy (2022), CPH:DOX, Denmark (2022), DOK Leipzig, Germany (2021), Tbilisi International Film Festival, Georgia (2021)

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SHORT

Finland, Norway, Russia / 2021 / 22’

VILLE KOSKINEN, DANIELA TOMA, MATTI KINNUNEN, SVETLANA ROMANOVA

ARCTIC UTOPIAS

Script: Daniela Toma, Matti Kinnunen, Svetlana Romanova Photography: Daniela Toma, Matti Kinnunen, Svetlana Romanova / Editing: Ville Koskinen / Sound: András Nádasi Music: Tuomas Rounakari, Anya Enot Production: Anna-Katri Kulmala, Niina Jyränen

Arctic Utopias

Canada, Switzerland, Russia / 2021 / 25’

KRISTINA WAGENBAUER

BABUSHKA

Script: Kristina Wagenbauer Photography: Kristina Wagenbauer Editing: Xi Feng Sound: Luc Bouchard Music: Jean-Sébastien Williams Production: Line Sander Egede (TAK films Inc.)

Babushka

Daniela, Svetlana, and Matti film their relationship to the Arctic. The concern for the future of an unborn child, longing for home and a traditional way of life in the world of possibilities provided by capitalism form the foundation of this story. A probe into the emotional spectrum of an individual in a rapidly changing environment.

A Canadian director visits her grandmother in Russia after 25 years of separation. The reunion reveals the influence of important historical events on their past and the magnitude of their relationship. From the Second World War to the fall of the Soviet Union, their journey allows us to uncover the layers of their personal stories and family traumas, just like a Russian doll. Armed with humor and resilience they create this film as an intimate space for reconciliation.

Selected Filmography: Ville Koskinen: Under Control (2021)

Selected Filmography: Today, or I’ll Die (2019) Sashinka (2017) Somewhere Exactly/ Ailleurs exactement (2014) My Name Is Julien/ Moi, c’est Julien (2012) Particles/ Particules (2009)

Festivals & Awards: Tampere Film Festival - Sustainability Award Verso, Finland (2022), Espoo Cine, Finland (2022), The Norwegian Documentary Film Festival, Norway (2022), Nordisk panorama, Sweden (2022), Not So Happy Film Festival, Sweden (2022), New Horizons IFF, Poland (2022), Aegean Film Festival, Greece (2022)

ANTE ZLATKO STOLICA

Croatia / 2022 / 14’

BABAJANJA

Script: Ante Zlatko Stolica Photography: Katarina Zlatec Editing: Iva Ivan Sound: Hrvoje Nikšić Production: Tibor Keser, Vanja Jambrović

Babajanja

A short essay documentary with horror elements. Going back to the past, the narrator is trying to find the mysterious woman he was scared of as a boy. Rummaging across his memories, dreams and forgotten horror films, he is trying to find out who she is and where she is today. He includes his family, relatives, fellow villagers in his investigation – no one is particularly keen on helping, but gathering more and more information about her, the narrator is getting closer to finally meeting her.

DIANA KADŁUBOWSKA KRZYSZTOF KADŁUBOWSKI

Poland / 2021 / 16’

BALCONY CONCERT

Script: Diana Kadłubowska, Krzysztof Kadłubowski Photography: Krzysztof Kadłubowski Editing: Rafal Salata Sound: Franciszek Kozłowski, Kamil Andrzejewski, Szymon Kadłubowski Music: Michal Soltan Production: Studio Filmowe Plus TV

Koncert balkonowy

A tragicomic portrait of Polish society at the time of the first lockdown. Residents of a townhouse – each locked in their apartment – are trying to adjust to a new situation. Most of them remain at home, and the only way they can contact the outside world is through the balcony and the backyard. The product of this backyard culture is the Balcony Concert – a story of a pair of shoes and one of the most peculiar performances of What a Wonderful World. Selected Filmography: Diana Kadłubowska Today, Tomorrow... Yesterday (2019) Krzysztof Kadłubowski Today, Tomorrow... Yesterday (2019) Returns (2010)

SHORT DOX

Festivals & Awards: Canadian Screen Awards, Canada (2022), Prix Iris, Canada (2022), RIDM, Canada (2022), Atlanta Film Festival, USA (2022)

SHORT DOX

Festivals & Awards: FIPADOC, France (2022), MiradasDoc, Spain (2022), ZagrebDox, Croatia (2022), Ismailia International Film Festival, Egypt (2022), AsterFest International Film Festival, North Macedonia (2022), Krakow Film Festival, Poland (2021)

Croatia / 2021 / 30’

JASMINA BEŠIREVIĆ

BOSNIAN BROADWAY

Script: Jasmina Beširević Photography: Jasmina Beširević Editing: Iva Ivan Sound: Nina Ugrinović Production: Tibor Keser, Vanja Jambrović

Bosanski Brodvej

Ukraine, Netherlands / 2021 / 21’

I AM MICHELLE

END OF THE ROAD

Script: Ivana Todorović Photography: Milan Vlaski Editing: Marija Jelusic Sound: Douglas Oppedahl Music: Boris Mijatovic Production: Blok Film

Na kraju puta

Željko and Viki sacrifice all they have to ensure a gentle end of life for discarded horses on their small plot of land. This story examines mortality and the need for compassion, empathy and dignity to be extended to all living beings for the entirety of their lives’ journey.

Selected Filmography: Adem’s Island/ Ademovo Ostrvo (2019) When I Was a Girl, I Was a Boy/ Ja kada sam bila klinac, bila sam klinka (2013) Makis City (2012) A Harlem Mother (2010) Rapresent (2008) Everyday Life of Roma Children From Block 71 (2006)

SHORT DOX

Michelle, a 20-year-old transgender girl, lives in Kyiv, Ukraine, and dreams of becoming a model. She resists the loneliness that takes over her through popularity on social media. She returns to her birthplace, a small village in Western Ukraine, to visit her relatives and friends, who were the first to accept her identity and transformation.

Festivals & Awards: Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2021)

IVANA TODOROVIĆ

Serbia / 2022 / 19’

Script: Olena Siyatovska, Simon Mozgovyi Photography: Artem Nadyozhin Editing: Simon Mozgovyi Sound: Natalia Avramenko Music: Jo Ranger Production: M Film

Vasha Mishel

Sixteen young actors are selected to participate in a Broadway musical that established American artists are putting on in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Many of them dream about a career outside this region, and they begin rehearsals with great enthusiasm and expectations. However, as the premiere approaches, their mood starts to change as they become aware that they will soon return to their „regular“ life. Selected Filmography: Now I Am Irena/ Sad sam ja Irena (2021) The Last Picture Show/ Posljednja kino predstava (2019) All Good Things (2017)

OLENA SIYATOVSKA

Czech Republic, Iran / 2021 / 15’

PEGAH AHANGARANI

I AM TRYING TO REMEMBER

Script: Pegah Ahangarani, Ehsan Abdipour Photography: Pegah Ahangarani Editing: Farahnaz Sharifi Music: Atena Eshtiaghi Production: Kaveh Farnam

Man Saei Mikonam Faramoush Nakonam

I asked: Why have they erased you? He said: Maybe they are scared. I said: Whoever is scared, should erase themselves. He said: In that case, the faces of the living would all be gone and only the dead would remain.

Selected Filmography: House of Cinema (2017) Arbab Jamshid‘s Men (2015) Women Come Out of the House (2012) Ghazaleh Alizadeh (2010) Tamashakhaneh (2008) SHORT DOX

Festivals & Awards: Busan IFF - Jury Award, South Korea (2022), IDFA, Netherlands (2022), HotDocs, Canada (2022), Thessaloniki Docs, Greece (2022), IndieLisboa, Portugal (2022), Melbourne IFF, Australia (2022), Zagreb Dox, Croatia (2022), Millenium Docs, Poland (2022), Taiwan IFF, Taiwan (2022) 59

Netherlands / 2021 / 22’

ELIANE ESTHER BOTS

IN FLOW OF WORDS

Script: Eliane Esther Bots Photography: Daniel Donato Editing: Eliane Esther Bots Sound: Sergio Gonzalez Cuervo Production: Manon Bovenkerk

In Flow of Words

Spain / 2021 / 15’

МEMORY

LIFE

Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival - Award for Best Documentary, France (2022), Working Title Film Festival - Best Short Film, Italy (2022), Еthnocineca - International Shorts Award, Austria (2022), Docaviv - Best Short Film, Israel (2022), Icedocs - Best Short Film, Iceland (2022), Locarno Film Festival - Best Direction Award, Switzerland (2021) Hamptons International Film Festival - Best Short Documentary, USA (2021), Cinema Verite - Short Film Competition Special Jury Prize, Iran (2021), Uppsala Short Film Festival, Sweden (2021), New York Film Festival, USA (2021)

Script: Jafar Panahi Photography: Jafar Panahi, Tahereh Saidi Balsini Editing: Jafar Panahi Sound: Reza Delpak Music: Shahram Shafii Production: Jafar Panahi

Life

The transmission of the legacy of a grandfather to his granddaughter through a sea that is no longer there.

Festivals & Awards:

JAFAR PANAHI

US, Iran, Chile, Thailand, UK, Singapore / 2021 / 18’

Script: Nerea Barros Photography: Raquel Fernández Editing: Julia Juániz Sound: David Manchado Production: Nerea Barros, Hernán Zin, Ana Pincus, Xavi Font

Мemoria

This story follows the narratives of three interpreters of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. They interpreted shocking testimonies from witnesses, victims and perpetrators, without ever allowing their own emotions, feelings and personal histories to be present. Contrary to their position at the tribunal, this film places their voices and experiences center stage. Selected Filmography: The Channel (2020) Cloud Forest (2019) The Brick House (2017) We Can’t Come From Nothing, (2015) Gulo (2011)

NEREA BARROS

A love letter to cinema, shot across the US, Iran, Chile, China, and Thailand, by seven of today’s most vital filmmakers. New life in the old house. A breakaway, a reunion. Surveillance and reconciliation. An unrecognizable world in the year of the everlasting storm.

Festivals & Awards: Mieres Under 60′ Film Festival - MUFF Merging Award, Spain (2022), RiverRun Film Festival, USA (2022), Festival de Cine de Huesca, Spain (2022), Festival de Cine de Guadalajara, Mexico (2022), Festival de Cortometrajes Aguilar de Campoo, Spain (2021) Festival de Cine Español de Málaga Spain (2021)

JACK WEISMAN GABRIELA OSIO VANDEN

Canada / 2021 / 14’

NUISANCE BEAR

Photography: Jack Weisman, Gabriela Osio Vanden Editing: Jack Weisman, Will Miller, Andres Landau Sound: David Rose Production: Documist

Nuisance Bear

Churchill, Manitoba, is famous as an international destination for photographing polar bears. We’ve seen the majestic images and classic wildlife series captured here - but what do these bears see of us? A shift in perspective reveals an obstacle course of tourist paparazzi and wildlife officers whom bears must navigate during their annual migration.

Festivals & Awards: AmDocs Film Festival - Best International Documentary Jury Award, USA (2022), Canadian Film Fest - Best Cinematography Special Jury Award, Canada (2022), Regard International Short Film Festival - Best Short Documentary, Canada (2022), International FIPRESCI Critic’s Award (2022), Short Shorts Film Festival - Best Non-Fiction Film, Japan (2022), SXSW, USA (2022), Sheffield DocFest, UK (2022), TIFF, Canada (2021), IDFA, Netherlands (2021) 60

SHORT DOX

Canada / 2022 / 9’

FELIPPE MARTÍN

SCULPTING VIBRATION

Script: Felippe Martín Photography: Loup-William Théberge Editing: Felippe Martín Sound: Loup-William Théberge Music: Bernard Bosa Production: Felippe Martín

Sculpter la vibration

Romania / 2021 / 30’

VLAD PETRI

THE SAME DREAM

Script: Vlad Petri Photography: Vlad Petri Editing: Vlad Petri Sound: Vlad Voinescu Music: Farhad Ghafoor/ Romanian Church Choir Production: Vlad Petri/ Diana Păroiu

Același vis

Short meeting with Bernard Bosa, who’s been offering vibratory concerts in Quebec for more than 10 years. Bernard tells us what led him to make and introduce didgeridoos in his vibratory practice. But what exactly is vibration? What is it used for?

Alternating between Afghanistan and Romania, the story of a Romanian soldier intertwines with that of an Afghan child, in a film that transposes the reality of war onto everyday images

Selected Filmography: The Deer Passed in Front of Me/ Cerbul a trecut prin fața mea (2020) Where are you Bucharest?/ București, unde ești? (2014)

FERNANDO SOUZA PABLO CURTO

Spain / 2021 / 15’

THE FLOATING WORLD

Photography: Pablo Curto, Fernando Souza Editing: Fernando Souza, Pablo Curto Production: Fernando Souza, Pablo Curto, Pablo Zorrilla

The Floating World

JUANITA ONZAGA

Colombia, Belgium, Mexico, Italy / 2022 / 15’

TOMORROW IS A WATER PALACE

Script: Juanita Onzaga, Mathieu Volpe Photography: Juanita Onzaga Editing: Juanita Onzaga Sound: Jeremy Bocquet, Eli Sunderman, Matrhieu van den driessche Music: Aisha Devi, Ben Bertrand, Jeremy Bocquet Production: Juanita Onzaga for A Film House Co-production: Colectivo Colmena

El Mañana es un Palacio de Agua

Festivals & Awards: Association for Romanian Film Promotion - Best Short Documentary GOPO Award, Romania (2022), Zagreb Dox, Croatia (2022), FeKK Short Film Festival Ljubljana, Slovenia (2022), Transilvania IFF, Romania (2022), Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2021)

Ryuki was born into a rich family, but two years ago he lost everything. Like a lot of people with nowhere to go, he ends up in Tokyo’s infamous red-light quarter. He starts working in a cutthroat Host Club where women, mostly prostitutes, come to look for a new boyfriend. He quickly becomes the Number One Host, but he hopes the secret that already made him lose everything doesn’t ruin this.

Sybille is the last person alive on a planet with no history or water. She roams through arid lands, traveling through strange visions. Entities with more memory than humans communicate with her. How to persuade the spirit of the waters to come back to earth?

Festivals & Awards: ZINEGOAK, Spain (2022), BFI Flare, UK (2022), Korea Queer Film Festival, South Korea (2022), Bendigo Queer Film Festival, Australia (2022), Durban International Film Festival, South Africa (2022), LesGaiCineMad, Spain (2021), ALCINE, Spain (2021), INTERFILM, Germany (2021), PÖFF Shorts, Estonia (2021), Bogoshorts, Colombia (2021)

Selected Filmography: Our Song to War (2018) The Jungle Knows You Better Than You Do (2017)

SHORT DOX

Festivals & Awards: FICCBA - Best Short Film Audience Award, Argentina (2022), IFFR International Film Festival of Rotterdam, Netherlands (2022), Cartagena International Film Festival, Colombia (2022), FINCA, Argentina (2022), Leiden Shorts, Netherlands (2022), Vienna Shorts, Austria (2022), Aegean Film Festival, Greece (2022) EXIS, South Korea (2022) Guanajuato International Film Festival, México (2022) 63

USA / 2021 / 36’

JAY ROSENBLATT

WHEN WE WERE BULLIES

Script: Jay Rosenblatt Photography: Kirsten Johnson, Ellie McCutcheon, Jay Rosenblatt Editing: Jay Rosenblatt Sound: Jay Rosenblatt Music: Erik Ian Walker Production: Jay Rosenblatt Co-production: Stefano Tealdi

When We Were Bullies

A mind-boggling “coincidence” leads the filmmaker to track down his fifth-grade class – and fifth-grade teacher – to examine their memory of and complicity in a bullying incident fifty years ago.

Selected Filmography: How Do You Measure a Year? (2021) The Claustrum (2014) The Darkness of Day (2009) I Used To Be A Filmmaker (2003) The Smell of Burning Ants (1994)

SHORT DOX

Festivals & Awards: Academy Award, USA (2022), Florida Film Festival - Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Short, USA (2022), Valladolid Film Festival - Best Short Documentary, Spain (2022), Virginia Film Festival Audience Award for Best Short Documentary, USA (2022), Fargo Film Festival - Best Documentary Short, USA (2022)

STUDENT DOX

Austria, Georgia / 2021 / 15’

LUZIA JOHOW

BATO NEBO - CHANTS TO THE GODS

Script: Luzia Johow / Photography: Germaine Haller Editing: Kaspar Panizza, Luzia Johow / Sound: Cristian Iorga Music: Levan Bitarovi, Ana Chamgeliani, Madona Chamgeliani, Lasha Bedenashivili, Shorena Abuselidze, Zviad Ardzenadze, Lloyd O;Hanlon, Khatia Turmanidze, Jemal Turmanidze / Production: Filmakademie Wien

Bato Nebo - Chants to the Gods

Israel / 2021 / 37’

HERD

GEAMĂNA

Script: Matthäus Wörle Photography: Max Kölbl Editing: Felicitas Sonvilla, Matthäus Wörle Sound: Matthäus Wörle Music: Giuliano Loli Production: Paul Scholten (University of Television and Film Munich)

Geamăna

Long ago, Geamăna was a Romanian village in the Apuseni Mountains, home to about 1000 people. Today, only the church spire rises from the poisonous mud of a neighbouring copper mine. Almost all the houses have sunk and their inhabitants fled. Only a few people held on to their home. On the edge of the past, Valeria Praţa strives for her present - and is threatened by the future. Selected Filmography: Lifetime (2018) Sealand (2020)

STUDENT DOX

Itamar, Na’ama’s father, owns a ranch that raises cattle for slaughter. Ten-year-old Na’ama deals with a big philosophical question regarding life and death while working with her father. Together, they attempt to bridge their worldview regarding death: while Na’ama develops feelings for the cattle, Itamar sees death as an inevitable part of life.

Festivals & Awards: Filmfest Dresden, Germany (2022), Landshut Short Film Festival, Germany (2022), FEST - New Directors, New Films, Spain (2022), Rural Film Fest, Spain (2022), Youki International Youth Media Festival - Austrian Film Award, Austria (2021), Gijón International Film Festival - Young Jury’s Award for Best Short Film, Spain (2021), Diagonale - Festival des österreichischen Films, Austria (2021), Doclisboa, Portugal (2021)

MATTHÄUS WÖRLE

Germany / 2021 / 30’

Festivals & Awards: Trento Film Festival, Italy (2022), DocAviv, Israel (2022), Sheffield DocFest, UK (2022), BAFTA, UK (2022)

Photography: Omer Daida Editing: Almog Ganot Sound: Dana Maimon, Noam Barkat Music: Dana Maimon Production: Roni Caspi Co-production: Sapir College

‫עדר‬

Mountain mist unveils a village in Georgia: people wake up, the landscape emerges, and ancient voices take over the soft morning sounds. A series of traditional chants, performed collectively, offer us a glimpse into the oral tradition and everyday life of a rural community. A fragmentary portrait of identity and social bonds through music that evolved over generations and was preserved alongside a changing society. Calm images without any romantic glorification form a polyphony of nature, human habitat, and melodies. Selected Filmography: MVA (2018)

OMER DAIDA

Festivals & Awards: Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival - Most Promising Director Award, Israel (2022), Big Sky Documentary Film Festival - Artistic Vision Award, USA (2022), Pärnu Film Festival, Estonia (2022), Docaviv - Best Student Film & Student Scholarship for Excellent Cinematography, Israel (2021), IDFA, The Netherlands (2021)

JULIAN SCHWANDNER

Belgium, Greece / 2021 / 18’

IN BETWEEN

Script: Julian Schwandner Photography: Thomas Foster, Nikos Nikolopoulos Editing: Aulona Fetahaj, Vince De Leenheer, Julian Schwandner Sound: Aulona Fetahaj, Kwinten Van Laethem Production: Julian Schwandner Co-production: LUCA School of Arts

Anamesa

An atmospheric depiction of the connection the three friends Maria, Markos, and Julian share with the same island in Greece. Memories of togetherness in the summers gone by shape their perception of the place. The reality of growing up, however, embodies the change that not only challenges their relationships but the idea of their very belonging to the place.

Selected Filmography: My 18th (2020) Hiraeth (2019) Papas Staat (2018) Rost (2017)

STUDENT DOX

Festivals & Awards: In The Palace International Short Film Festival, Bulgaria (2022), International Short Film Festival Leuven, Belgium (2021)

Finland / 2021 / 20’

MOONA PENNANEN

LAND THAT RISES AND DESCENDS

Script: Moona Pennanen Photography: Jesse Jalonen Editing: Heli Kota Sound: Juuso Oksala Production: Ida Karoskoski

Belgium, Hungary, Portugal / 2021 / 20’

OLGA LUCOVNICOVA

MY UNCLE TUDOR

Script: Olga Lucovnicova Photography: Olga Lucovnicova Editing: Olga Lucovnicova Sound: Olga Lucovnicova Production: DocNomads

Nanu Tudor

Maa joka nousee ja laskee

This story explores Finland’s forgotten backyard: the Kvarken Archipelago. Kvarken is a unique place on earth where the sea is the future land and the land was previously the sea. There myths as old as time form part of daily reality, and the rising and descending of the land poses questions about the archipelago’s future existence.

After 20 years of silence, the filmmaker travels back to the house of her great-grandparents, where she went through harmful events that left a deep imprint on her memory. The long-awaited family gathering runs counter to her attempts to overcome the past.

Selected Filmography: Festivals & Awards: Visions du Réel, Switzerland (2021), Rauma Blue Sea Awakening (2015) Diary of a Journey (2011) Film Festival, Finland (2021), Kokkolan kinojuhlat, Finland (2021) International Short Film Festival Winterthur, Switzerland (2021) Tehran International Short Film Festival, Iran (2021) Rastro Documentary Film Festival (2021), Festival Dei Popoli IDFF, Italy (2021), Poitiers Film Festival Poitiers, France (2021)

DIANA CAM VAN NGUYEN

Czech Republic, Slovakia / 2021 / 12’

LOVE, DAD

Script: Diana Cam Van Nguyen, Lukáš Janičík Animation: Diana Cam Van Nguyen, Barbora Halířová, David Štumpf, Vojtěch Domlátil Editing: Lukáš Janičík Sound: Viera Marinová Music: Viera Marinová Production: 13ka Co-production: FAMU and nutprodukcia

Love, Dad

The director finds letters full of love her dad wrote her years ago from prison.

STUDENT DOX

Selected Filmography: It’s Not the End/ Nu e sfarsitul (2019) I Do Not Hate You, Death... / Nu am, moarte, cu tine nimic... (2016) One Little Rowan Branch/ O crenguta de scorus (2012)

Festivals & Awards: European Film Awards - Best Short Film, Germany (2021), Berlinale - Golden Bear for Best Short Film, Germany (2021), Sarajevo Film Festival Best European Short, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2021), Festival dei Popoli - Best Short, Italy (2021), Guanajuato International Film Festival - Best Short Documentary, Mexico (2021)

SENEM GÖCMEN

Germany / 2020 / 53’

TURKISH RIVIERA

Script: Senem Göcmen Photography: Senem Göcmen Editing: Senem Göcmen Sound: Joscha Eickel Music: El Fallah Khaless Production: Tobias Gaede

Türkische Riviera

Through interviews with her parents and grandparents, the filmmaker takes us through the ups and downs of the life of three generations of Turkish guest workers in Germany. The stories are accompanied by images of everyday life in Turkey. Today the family has returned to their homeland and only Senem has remained in Germany. Where does she belong? Sober reflection meets poetic collage, trying to find peace in the space between here and there.

STUDENT DOX

KIDS AND YOUTH PROGRAM

Czech Republic / 2017 / 10’

FILIP DIVIAK

AWAKER

Photography: Filip Diviak Editing: Filip Diviak Animation: Filip Diviak, Lukáš Gregor Sound: Jiří Hloušek Production: Lukáš Gregor (Univerzita Tomáše Bati)

Probouzeč

Czech Republic / 2019 / 15’

DAUGHTER

CLOUDY Pod mrakem

A girl who was hurt as a child keeps the memory of it alive. Having lacked love and empathy from her father in the past, she is not able to share her feelings with him. She can’t get rid of the painful memories taking her back to the day when she brought home a dead little bird and her father gave her no support. Sometimes it’s too hard to open your feelings and share it with a loved one. Sometimes it’s too late. Let your painful memory fly away like a free little bird.

FILIP DIVIAK ZUZANA ČUPOVÁ

Hungary / 2021 / 80’

Editing: Filip Diviak Animation: Filip Diviak, Zuzana Čupová, Lukáš Gregor Sound: Noemi Valentíny Production: Lukáš Gregor (Univerzita Tomáše Bati)

Dívák

Mr. Gnome is sunbathing in his garden when suddenly a little cloud hides the sun. Mr. Gnome is pretty annoyed but, fortunately, he knows precisely what to do with such clouds.

Photography: Daria Kashcheeva Editing: Alexander Kashcheev Animation: Daria Kashcheeva, Alexandra Hroncová, Ondřej Šejnoha (FAMU) Sound: Daria Kashcheeva, Miroslav Chaloupka Production: Zuzana Křivková Co-production: MAUR film

Dcera

This short animated film is set in a cold Nordic country in the early 19th century and tells the tale of an old man who works as an awaker, waking people up. His life is always the same — until he gets a shiny old bell one day.

Czech Republic / 2018 / 5’

DARIA KASHCHEEVA

MÁTÉ KÖRÖSI

DIVAS

Script: Eszter Angyalosy Photography: Máté Kőrösi, Máté Papp Editing: Alexandra Láng Sound: Balázs Necz Music: Márk Bartha Production: Borbála Csukás (Makabor Studio) Co-production: Jakub Viktorín

Szani, Tina and Emese are three twenty-year-old women who can talk for hours about make-up, clothes, and profile pictures. Máté, a young director, enters the scene, following them with his camera until their graduation, to find out what is hidden behind their perfect make-up.

Festivals & Awards: ZagrebDox, Croatia (2022), Biografilm Festival, Italy (2022), Transilvania IFF, Romania (2022), Rhodope International Documentary Film Fest, Bulgaria (2022), Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2021)

KIDS AND YOUTH PROGRAM

Czech Republic / 2017 / 4’

NORA ŠTRBOVÁ

DODEK

Editing: Nora Štrbová Animation: Nora Štrbová, Alexandra Hroncová Sound: Anna Jesenská Production: Ondřej Šejnoha (FAMU), Aneta Furdecká (FAMU), Michal Jiřinec (FAMU)

Dodek

Czech Republic / 2019 / 7’

HIDE ‘N SEEK

KATEŘINA KARHÁNKOVÁ

FRUITS OF CLOUDS

Editing: Blanka Klímová Animation: Alžběta Skálová, Tomáš Michálek (MasterFilm) Sound: Jan Richtr Production: Tomáš Michálek (MasterFilm), Dagmar Sedláčková (MasterFilm) Co-production: FAMU

Plody mraků

Furry lives in a clearing surrounded by dark woods with a pack of animal friends. Their only food is rare orange seeds that transform into large glowing fruit as soon as they touch the ground. Furry’s friends are afraid to venture into the scary woods, but he’s bored doing nothing but waiting.

KIDS AND YOUTH PROGRAM

Editing: Lucie Navrátilová Animation: Barbora Halířová Alexandra Hroncová (FAMU) Ondřej Šejnoha (FAMU) Sound: Barbora Krobová Production: Ondřej Šejnoha (FAMU)

Schovka

To be a street artist and a member of the bar association at the same time is not exactly a symbiotic relationship. This animated documentary shows Dodek, the protagonist, fighting a battle between order and chaos both within himself and the world he lives in.

Czech Republic / 2017 / 10’

BARBORA HALÍŘOVÁ

A hole behind doors, behind this void, the whole world. On the background of a childrens game there is a story about the flow and perception of time. To win the game, the young boy becomes an old man and his life shrinks to one hide and seek game. Poetic visions are created from the memories of childhood and youth as they tell the story of a life.

Czech Republic / 2019 / 4’

LUCIE KOKOLIOVÁ

HOPUS

Animation: Lucie Kokoliová, Alexandra Hroncová Sound: Matěj Chrudina Production: Ondřej Šejnoha (FAMU)

Hopus

The final match of a Ski Jumping Championship is showed in an anthropomorphized form. We follow the individual candidates until the finale itself, when the unexpected twist happens.

KIDS AND YOUTH PROGRAM

Czech Republic / 2020 / 4’

DANIELA HÝBNEROVÁ

KUKU

Editing: Nora Štrbová Animation: Nora Štrbová, Alexandra Hroncová Sound: Anna Jesenská Production: Ondřej Šejnoha (FAMU), Aneta Furdecká (FAMU), Michal Jiřinec (FAMU)

Kuku

The Netherlands / 2021 / 27’

MIST

ALIONA BARANOVA

LEAF

Script: Aliona Baranova Photography: Editing: Jan Saska Animation: Aliona Baranova Sound: Jiří Gráf Music: Petr Mazoch Production: Lukáš Gregor, Univerzita Tomáše Bati Co-production: Zlín Film Talent

Lístek

A huge sailor receives a lovely autumn leaf from a little girl. It reminds him of his home. How long has he been away? The sailor takes off after his memories. What will he find there?

Photography: Jean Counet Editing: Anneke de Lind van Wijngaarden Sound: Anneloes Pabbruwee en Evelien van der Molen Music: Florian Jankowski Production: Hazazah Pictures

Mist

A short animated documentary which humorously depicts how cuckoos lay eggs into the nests of other birds.

Czech Republic / 2020 / 6’

SOPHIE KALKER

Sometimes, Stephanie “disappears” from her reality. Her body is present, but she is not: she doesn’t feel much anymore, and her sight gets blurry. As if a thick layer of mist covers her world. Stephanie’s trauma dictates her life. Her demons keep popping up on a daily basis. At first sight, she looks like a sociable young woman with a vibrant personality, but actually she can barely get through the days. Everything feels like too much: getting out of bed, preparing food, putting out the garbage, going outside.

AZAR SAIYAR

Finland / 2022 / 12’

MY HOME

Script: Azar Saiyar Photography: Azar Saiyar, Joonas Kiviharju Editing: Azar Saiyar Sound: Kaino Wennerstrand Music: Kaino Wennerstrand Production: Azar Saiyar

Mun Koti

“A bee stung me on my finger. It happened yesterday in the yard of a kindergarten, even though I am not in kindergarten anymore.” Fragmented memories of childhood and adulthood blend together in a song that an unknown narrator is humming. In a sixties TV show children are learning a new game. Someone is waiting in the hallway for a permission to re-enter the classroom. Everything is set. Everything is nailed. Selected Filmography: Roses/ Ruusut (2021) Tell Me/ Kerro minulle (2019) Monument of Distance/ Etäisyyden monumentti (2018) History Bleeds Under Your Fingernails/ Historia valuu kynsien alta (2016) Primus Tempus (2014)

KIDS AND YOUTH PROGRAM

Festivals & Awards: Berlinale, Germany (2022), Red Carpet Film Festival, Gaza (2022), Helsinki International Film Festival, Finland (2022)

BARBORA VALECKÁ FILIP POŠIVAČ

Czech Republic / 2019 / 12’

OVERBOARD!

Script: Hynek Trojánek Photography: Alan Soural, Klára Belicová Editing: Marek Král’ovský Sound: Tobias Potočný Music: Matúš Široký Production: Pavla Janoušková Kubečková Co-production: Jakub Viktorín

Přes palubu!

Germany / 2022 / 25’

SUMMER FLING

SHAMIRA RAPHAËLA

SHABU

Script: Shamira Raphaëla, Jasmin Preiß Photography: Jurgen Lisse, Gregg Telussa, Aziz Al-Dilaimi Editing: David Verdume Sound: Ibrahim Music: Michael Varenkamp Production: Tangerine Tree

Shabu

Script: Jasmin Preiß Photography: Jasmin Preiß Editing: Jasmin Preiß Sound: Tom Blankenberg Music: Julia Dauksza Production: Jasmin Preiß

Summer Fling

At first glance, Chameleon and Kiwi are a strange pair - while the former draws attention with his changing colors, the balding and perpetually frightened Kiwi shies away from it. But when an approaching storm sweeps away the roof over their heads, there is no room for differences: they must help each other get to the ark waiting on the shore. This is no simple task because the ark is only for selected couples. Finally, they trick their way onto the boat, but that’s only the start of their problems: Kiwi and Chameleon become an unwanted and unexpected burden, disturbing order on the ark.

The Netherlands / 2021 / 75’

JASMIN PREIß

“What is racism?” – “Aaaah!” No answer. It’s summer somewhere in Germany and the brothers Abudi (5) and Adam (7) spent their time outside playing with fire. Other kids join them and together they discover the elements: fire, water, air and earth. A dreamlike balancing act between escape routes and dwelling places, offense, defense and reconciliation.

Selected Filmography: The Rat and the Cat (2022) Sweet Meadow/ Diese süße Wiese (2018) How do you say/ Come si dice (2018) Back In Time (2018) Spitting Blood/ Blut Spucken (2017)

Festivals & Awards: Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, Germany (2022)

RAFAŁ SKALSKI

Poland, Germany / 2021 / 15’

THE DREAMER FROM ZORZOR

Script: Rafał Skalski Photography: Kacper Czubak Editing: Filip Drzewiecki, Rafał Skalski Sound: Paweł Waligóra, Andrzej Kowal Music: Jędrzej BąCzyk Production: Crtn -Acn, Jonas Soto, Mark Riedemann Co-production: Jakub Viktorín

Marzyciel Z Zorzor

A larger-than-life feelgood family film for young and old(er) to enjoy. A hot summer and a boy with a thirst for life, juggling the women in his life, grandma, mom, girlfriend. The Dutch-Caribbean Shabu (14) lives in a block called Paperklip, in a notorious neighborhood of Rotterdam South. He dreams of being a famous musician. We enter this community through his eyes, vibrant and exuberant, exciting and fun. A colorful loving environment where everyone knows and supports each other. Shabu needs that support, since he has a big obstacle to overcome this summer: he angered the most import woman in his life - his grandmother.

The 19-year-old Ballah is helping his father in the tailor’s workshop, but what he dreams of is going to Europe and becoming a world-famous footballer. His goal is extremely difficult to achieve in Zorzor - a small town in Liberia affected by the Ebola epidemic and the terrible civil war. Everything would be easier if Ballah was good at playing football.

Selected Filmography: Daddy and the Warlord (2019) Our Motherland (2019) Lenno and the Angelfish (2017) Deal With It (2014)

Selected Filmography: Tough Girls/ Twardzielki (2019) Recruits/ Rekruci (2019) Monk of the Sea/ Mnich Z Morza (2016) Wartime Portraits - Pacak/ Portrety Wojenne-Pacak (2014) Lovers/ Kochankowie (2010)

KIDS AND YOUTH PROGRAM

Festivals & Awards: Berlinale, Germany (2022), Human IDFF, Norway (2022), BUFF, Sweden (2022), CPH:Dox, Denmark (2022), Hot Docs, Canada (2022), Kristiansand International Children’s Film Festival, Norway (2022), Docaviv, Israel (2022), Docs Barcelona, Spain (2022), Oslo Pix, Norway (2022), See the Sound, France (2022), Zlín Film Festival, Czech Republic (2022), IDFA - Best Youth Film, Netherlands (2021)

KIDS AND YOUTH PROGRAM

Festivals & Awards: LA Shorts International Film Festival, USA (2021)

Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland / 2019 / 14’

MARTIN SMATANA

THE KITE

Script: Martin Smatana Photography: Ondřej Nedvěd Editing: Lucie Navrátilová Sound: Viera Marinová Music: Aliaksander Yasinski Production: Peter Badač Co-production: Jakub Viktorín

Šarkan

Summer is coming to an end, and the fruit is growing ripe on the trees. A grandpa gives his grandson a kite. Then the leaves fall, and grandpa grows weak. A strong autumn wind carries him off into the cloudy sky. Winter comes, then springtime. A warm breeze brings them together again. Told with enchanting, richly-textured images, this tale is about remembering those who are no longer with us. Selected Filmography: Poppy Red/ Rosso Papavero (2015)

Festivals & Awards: RiverRun International Film Festival - Special Jury Award, USA (2020), Poitiers Film Festival - Audience Award, France (2019), Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) - Best Short Film for Children Award, Germany (2019), Austin Film Festival - Best Animated Short, USA (2019), Ale Kino! Film Festival - Best Short Film for Children, Poland (2019)

VERICA POSPÍŠILOVÁ KORDIĆ

Czech Republic / 2019 / 12’

WAY OF SYLVIE

Editing: Matěj Pospíšil Animation: Verica Pospíšilová Kordić, Alexandra Hroncová Sound: Adam Bláha Production: Ondřej Šejnoha (FAMU), Anika Homolová (FAMU)

Podle Sylvie

They say that women are great multitaskers and Sylvie definitely is one. How does she do it? And can she really manage? Sylvie’s life beats in a rhythm of responsibilities. She is efficient, flawless, wonderful and - tired. A small accident happens and everything changes... or maybe not.

KIDS AND YOUTH PROGRAM

MAKEDOX +

Masterclass with Helena Třeštíková, guest of honor at MakeDox 2022

CONVERSATION ON IDEAS The Czech director and documentary filmmaker Helena Třeštíková is more than a director and more than a documentary filmmaker. It can be said that she is an entire phenomenon, one that pushes the boundaries of our notions of documentary cinema. Mikhail Zheleznikov - producer, program curator

Since the beginning of her career as a filmmaker, Helena Třeštíková has been devoted to the method of so-called “time-lapse” shooting.In essence, it means to record the fate of selected protagonists over several years, sometimes even decades. It is actually a fusion of document and story because every person’s life has its peripeteia that is being recorded. In her documentaries, she focuses on continuity, patiently building stories and waiting for events that will signify a life. Her latest trilogy of portraits (Marcela, René, Katka ), shot in the late 2000s, brought her international attention. Masterpieces of editing, the three films confirm the filmmaker’s deftness at transforming the humdrum existence of the downtrodden into unique, fascinating narratives. Within the framework of the masterclass, Treshtikova will talk about the methods of developing ideas for a documentary film and will try to present different aspects of her atypical documentary method by showing excerpts from her most famous films.

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Main topics of discussion: • where is the idea to work with the time-lapse method coming from • how to determine the topic • what is the hypothesis at the beginning of the work • first project - first steps in unknown terrain • work on the film cutting • searching for shapes • financing of time-lapse films

One of the most important Czech documentary filmmakers, Helena Třeštíková has directed some forty films since graduating from Prague’s FAMU film school in 1974. She worked for a long time in Czech television, which funded the hit series “Marriage Stories” (1987), seven years of portraits of young married couples. The series’ six episodes combined sociology, demography, and cinéma-vérité, making the filmmaker very popular in her country. It was followed in 2006 by a second series, “Marriage Stories 20 Years Later,” which catches up with the couples later in their lives. Both series feature Trestikova’s signature working method, known as “time collection.” During her years in Czech television, Trestikova showed an interest in female characters, directing several portraits of women with tragic lives. The disgraced actress in Lída Baarová’s “Bittersweet Memories” (1995), the imprisoned opponents of “Communism in Sweet Century” (1998), the victim of Nazism and Stalinism in “Hitler, Stalin and Me” (2001) and the concentration camp survivor in “My Lucky Star” (2004) all recount their personal histories, marred by 20th-century totalitarian ideologies. Her latest trilogy of portraits (“Marcela,” “René,” “Katka”), shot in the late 2000s, brought her international attention. “René” won the prestigious best documentary prize at the European Film Awards in 2008. “Katka” won two awards at the RIDM in 2010, including best editing. In these three portraits of society’s outcasts, shot over a period of ten to twenty years, the director focuses more than ever on continuity over time, patiently building stories and waiting for events that will signify a life. Masterpieces of editing, the three films confirm the filmmaker’s deftness at transforming the humdrum existence of the downtrodden into unique, fascinating narratives. The trilogy also highlights Trestikova’s complex relationship with her characters, especially in “René,” where her own life increasingly comes into play. She continued with her time-lapse method also in her later works, like “Private Universe,” covering a span of 37 years from one family’s life. Recently, Helena Trestikova’s works have been the subject of retrospectives at several major festivals, including the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema (BAFICI), the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, and RIDM Montreal.

The discussions will be led by Tue Steen Müller, documentary consultant, and critic.

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DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WITH TUE STEEN MÜLLER The focus of the 13th edition of MakeDox is the development of ideas.

Tue Steen Müller, documentary consultant and critic, Denmark.

6 projects in development were selected for the development workshop with Tue Steen Müller.

Worked with documentary films for over 20 years at the Danish Film Board as press officer, festival representative, and film consultant/commissioner. Co-founder of Balticum Film and TV Festival, Filmkontakt Nord, Documentary of the EU, and EDN (European Documentary Network).

The workshop participants are directors and producers with short or featurelength creative documentary projects in development produced or co-produced in Greece, Albania, Bulgaria, N. Macedonia, Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Slovenia, Romania, and Turkey.

Workshop schedule:

Aim of the workshop: “It will be a pleasure for me to meet filmmakers who have film proposals that are still in the development phase. Maybe you have written down your idea, and maybe you have a treatment, maybe (actually, I think this is the most important thing) you have some visual materials to show. The crucial part is that you are open to feedback from colleagues and me.

20.08. – group session & masterclass 21.08. – individual sessions 22.08. – group session & presentation of the projects

Awards: In 2004, he received the Danish Roos Prize for contributing to the Danish and European documentary culture. Two years later, he received an award for promoting Portuguese documentaries in 2006. In 2014, he received the EDN Award “for an outstanding contribution to the development of the European documentary culture”. In 2016, he was awarded with the Cross of the Knight of the Order for Merits to Lithuania. 2019 a Big Stamp at the 15th edition of ZagrebDox. In 2021 he received the highest state decoration, Order of the Three Stars, Fourth Class, for the significant contribution to the development and promotion of Latvian documentary cinema outside Latvia. In 2022 he got an honorary award at DocsBarcelona’s 25th edition and has served as organizer and programmer since the start of the festival. From 1996 until 2005, he was the first director of EDN (European Documentary Network). Since 2006 a freelance consultant and teacher in workshops like Ex Oriente, DocsBarcelona, Archidoc, Documentary Campus, Storydoc, Baltic Sea Forum, Black Sea DocStories, Caucadoc, CinéDOC Tbilisi, Docudays Kyiv, Dealing With the Past Sarajevo FF as well as a program consultant for the festivals Magnificent7 in Belgrade, DOCSBarcelona, Message2Man in St. Petersburg and DOKLeipzig. He teaches at the Zelig Documentary School in Bolzano, Italy, and writes reviews for www.filmkommentaren.dk.

Three days: Introduction and presentation; Individual sessions; Presentation for MakeDox participants. And hopefully, you will go home full of inspiration and what I always call “creative confusion and doubt.”

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Dates: August 22 and 23, 2022

MAKECOPRODOX FORUM #4 “It is hard not to be in love with MakeDox. The location, the films, and the people. After nine years as a Film Commissioners for documentaries in Denmark and Norway, it makes sense to share knowledge, and I am happy to learn more about the way Balkan is doing things. I am also moderating a network of key persons from the Balkan film agencies and centers and it is a privilege being together with a group who wants to exchange, innovate and work for the best conditions for filmmakers and films in the future.” - Helle Hansen

KIDS AND YOUTH PROGRAM Moderators: Helle Hansen (Former Film Commissioner documentary at Norwegian & Danish Institute) Brigid O’Shea (Documentary Association of Europe)

MakeCoProDox Forum is a forum whose main goal is to develop a strategic plan to increase documentary film co-production between the Balkan countries. The Forum welcomes representatives from 12 regional film agencies, documentary associations, documentary professionals, and 10 projects in different stages of production selected through an open call. In anticipation of an economic crisis, the culture and film industry are often the most affected by budget cuts. Only by acting in solidarity and increasing regional co-productions can Balkan countries increase the number of funded projects despite the reduced funds. The first documentary film co-production forum took place during the 10th edition of the Creative Documentary Film Festival MakeDox in 2019, and its 4th edition will be held this year. Our objective with this project is to establish a new alliance sector in the Balkan region for the first time, as the only way to amortize the consequences of the crisis. Within the online sessions we will present the problems that regional countries are facing, and try to find possible ways of overcoming them, while emphasizing their unspecific regulations dedicated to supporting the development and production of documentary films. The Forum is organized & supported by: MakeDox, North Macedonia Film Agency, MEDIA Desk MK, Greek Film Center, City of Skopje & Youth Cultural Center Skopje. 90

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Children have always been the joy of the Earth, and it is the same at our festival. Therefore, this year as for all editions before, the reactive Documentary Film Festival MakeDoxhas selected several short documentaries combined with animated Czech short films for children, created under the supervision of FAMU International, and taken over by the Czech Film Fund to increase the joy even more. We hope that the program created for children will encourage the development of their synaesthetic experience and the need to visit the cinema and watch movies on the big screen. For the Youth Program this year, we selected two feature films - “Shabu,” a Dutch-Belgian co-production by the director Shamira Raphaëla, as well as the documentary film “DIVAS” by the director Máté Kőrösi, plus many short documentaries and animated films for young people. We believe that young people will like our choice and show interest in watching movies at the cinema, thus further actively participating in the film story under the open sky. So pack up, and come to MakeDox with your mothers and fathers, and grandparents. Let’s jump into another festival-film adventure together!

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DOC TALKS UNDER THE FIG TREE

NIGHT STORIES

Location: Kurshumli An Date: 19.08 - 25.08 Time: 06:00 - 08:00 p.m The day is slowly going away and if the mind becomes silent for a moment, and takes the body along, you may hear the words of the song which the muezzin sings in a language indecipherable for many of us. But what does it say, really? To slow down, to let go, to lighten up our heavy steps while walking down the cobblestone alleys in the Old Turkish Bazaar in Skopje, rushing toward the An in order to escape the scorching August heatwave. Suddenly, a relief! Behind the massive stone walls a cool breeze embraces us, our thoughts become clear, water is flowing in the center… All is well. We hear the sound of children’s laughter and a distant echo of dogs barking. It’s just a few minutes before 6 p.m, so that means that it’s too early for screenings for it’s still daylight. However, it’s time to talk, to listen, and then talk and listen a bit more… We are sitting in a circle. For a moment we become silent, all of us are here and we may begin. А summer scent is gently spreading in the air- black Turkish tea, wild figs, and watermelon. The tiny metal spoon is making a swirl, melting away the sugar cube. Ching, ching, the spoon goes, announcing the beginning of our discussion. We are talking about characters who live lonesome lives in the middle of mountains, ice deserts, and oceans, and others who found luck in the midst of unfortune, next we turn toward new forms of communication and technology, then we are listening about the craziness of going shooting when everyone tells you that you shouldn’t, then someone shares their aches and pains when they realized their entire recorded material had simply vanished, then we hear about the joy upon seeing all the nonsense finally making sense when revealed on the film screen… Dear dreamers, this year we will, once again, in person, talk under the shadow of our fig tree. 92

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The docu-nights at MakeDox prove that where words fail, music speaks… When the day is done, after hours of working, indulging into film screenings, or maybe digesting personal stories, we stop for a moment to rest and feel that the An is also taking a breath. Then, the film canvas turns black, so our menu offers a hot spot that links directly to emotions - we dwell upon them, feed their inside, share them or let them go wild… It’s time for our version of Scheherazade and 1001 Nights, our bedtime stories. While the guitar, the oud, the kemane, and the accordion echo around, one should just carefully listen, and they will hear all the stories that were once told in the dark nooks of this place - all the adventures, misfortunes, boastful lyrics of personal praises and hard fates, and all those who played here prompted by joy, delight, grief, or for the sake of shelter or bread. See you at night, in the stories…

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WINTER MAKEDOX

DIDA Dida NIKOLA ILIĆ CORINA SCHWINGRUBER ILIĆ

Fifteen years ago Nikola left Serbia to follow his heart to Switzerland. Since then his life is shared between two countries and three women: his mother Dida, his grandmother and his wife. His mother has learning disabilities and has been dependent on the grandmother since forever. As grandmother is getting older, Belgrade is now calling Nikola back home. He can’t let his mother down, but he doesn’t want to give up his life in Switzerland. This forces him to face a moral dilemma: How can he help his mother live a life of independence without losing his own? A heartwarming and amusing documentary about a son who’s trying to step into his grandmother’s shoes.

Selected Filmography: Nikola Ilić Rakija Fair/ Rakijada (2016) Just Another Day in Egypt (2015) Canton of Yugoslavia/ Kanton Jugoslawien (2013) On the Corner/ Kod Ćoška (2013)

We are launching the WINTER MakeDox this year as an initiative that aims to increase interest in the online viewing of creative documentaries in North Macedonia. We are all aware that in the past two years, the interest in VOD platforms has increased worldwide due to the pandemic. Yet, the situation in North Macedonia shows that the population has not yet developed the habit of using online platforms.

Corina Schwingruber Ilić All Inclusive (2018) In the Woods/ Ins Holz (2017) Just Another Day in Egypt (2015) On the Corner/ Kod Ćoška (2013) Excavating - Tons of Passion/ Baggern Tons of passion (2013)

However, new VOD and online platforms have appeared on the market in the country, slowly forming their audiences. Unfortunately, the offer of creative documentary films on these platforms is very low. Therefore, as the only Association for promoting creative documentary films, we have decided to start this initiative to enrich these online platforms with quality creative documentary films. For this initiative, four films have been selected, winners from the 2021 editions, from the National Programs of the festivals in the Doc Around Europe network (DOK.fest München, DocsBarcelona, MakeDox, and FIPADOC).

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Script: Nikola Ilić, Corina Schwingruber Ilić Photography: Nikola Ilić, Corina Schwingruber Ilić, Pablo Ferro Živanović Editing: Myriam Flury Sound: Vladimir Rakić, Ivan Antić Music: Heidi Happy Production: Franziska Sonder for Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG

Festivals & Awards: Visions du Réel, Switzerland (2021), Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival, Ukraine (2021)

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Spain / 2020 / 91’

LADIES OF THE WOOD

THE SECRET OF DOCTOR GRINBERG

CLAUS DREXEL

Au cœur du bois

El Secreto del Doctor Grinberg

In this green lung bordering the city, between dusk and dawn wandering among joggers and dog walkers, you may come across queer mystical souls. They all share their life story paced by the clients who come and go. Those are the Ladies of the Wood.

Photography: Sylvain Leser Editing: Anne Souriau Sound: Nicolas Basselin, Thierry Blandin Music: Valentin Hadjadj Production: Daisy Days Films

Considered by many as the “Einstein of consciousness” Grinberg pushed the traditional boundaries of science in an attempt to better understand the potential of the human brain. He claimed he could demonstrate the first steps of telepathy, and he had a personal obsession with explaining scientifically the mysterious practices of shamanism in Mexico. It was during this time, in 1994, at the height of his career, that Jacobo Grinberg mysteriously disappeared. The strange circumstances surrounding his sudden disappearance have given rise to multiple theories which continue to obscure the real version of events.

Selected Filmography: America (2018) On the Edge of The World (2013)

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Script: Ida Cuéllar, Miguel León, Juan Muñoz-Tébar, Fernanda Rossi Photography: Jose Luis Bernal (AEC) Editing: Judith Miralles, Gabriela Soria, Carlos Rufete Sound: Laia Casanovas Music: Eduardo Pacheco Production: Carles Brugueras, Marieke van den Bersselaar, Ida Cuéllar, Inés Massa

Festivals & Awards: DocsBarcelona - Premi Latitud, Spain (2021), DocsMX - Audience Award, Mexico (2020), DocsValència Panorama Prize, Spain (2020), Sheffield IDFF, UK (2020) , Festival de Málaga, Spain (2020)

Festivals & Awards: FIPADOC, France (2022), CPH: DOX, Denmark (2021)

IDA CUÉLLAR

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ZUHUR’S DAUGHTERS

LAURENTIA GENSKE ROBIN HUMBOLDT

Zuhurs Töchter

Teenagers Lohan and Samar both feel they were born in the wrong body. Together with their family the siblings have fled the Syrian war and received asylum in Germany. Gradually Lohan and Samar dare to live out their female identity, while their religious parents consider it a sin to be trans. Increasingly Lohan and Samar are drawn away from the conservative environment in the refugee home and into the liberated world of nightlife. For three years the film accompanies the siblings transitioning to the opposite sex and searching for an own identity. The film brings us close to a special family that sticks together despite countless conflicts and hardships.

Script: Laurentia Genske, Robin Humboldt Photography: Laurentia Genske, Robin Humboldt Editing: Carina Mergens Sound: Laurentia Genske, Robin Humboldt Production: Erik Winker, Martin Roelly, Ümit Uludağ

Selected Filmography: Laurentia Genske El Manguito (2017) Outside/ Afuera (2015) At Kölnberg/ Am Kölnberg (2014) Robin Humboldt At Kölnberg/ Am Kölnberg (2014) Festivals & Awards: AMOR Festival Internacional de Cine LGBT+ - Best International Feature Film, Chile (2022), DOK.fest Munich - Winner of Victor DOK.deutsch Competition, Germany (2021), Hot Docs, Canada (2021)

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The loveliest, most carefree part of the year has arrived, devoted to summer breaks in grandma’s village. We’ll load our donkey with stories and head towards Belasica and Ogražden’s embrace to chop onions alongside the renowned peppers. We start from the village between two rivers, Turia on the east and Strumica on the west. We continue to Elenica’s base, between Plavuš and Smrdeš, in former Paleokastro, where there was basketweaving and pot-baking in the past. We are going to a green repose to enjoy crimson tomatoes, watermelons, melons, and leeks which have a whole festival next door devoted to them. We continue to the village of the voivoda, “the village of the lonely house” neighboring Ednokukjevo, and after that to Bosilkovo. Moving through the river path of Garlieva češma and the endemic ferns, we will finish our stories by the waterfalls, in a pastoral idyll by the verdandahs with the villagers from Gabrovo. The donkey will carry stories, but it will also collect them. It will collect stories from the great-grandsons of the komiti in the southeast whose great grandfathers challenged the world media to write about Macedonia in the first half of the XX century. We will collect stories of anthills, mud, and the endemic flora, but also of the Macedonian’s five centuries shriek – the story of the first modern kidnapping in the world. 102

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It is a perfect moment in history to start new collaborations with already acclaimed European festivals from Germany, France, Spain. Festivals are meant to be celebrations of life and a meeting place for creativity, a market where opinions and ideas are exchanged and where collaborations come to life. Festivals are necessary for filmmakers to meet their audience, to celebrate films. Since documentaries usually take a long time before they reach their viewers, festivals acknowledge the filmmaker’s achievement and mark an important moment in the film completion process. This is why it is important to establish strong festival bonds - even more so in times of social crisis. Now it is time to strengthen the ties, help each other with advice and thus support the art of filmmaking. At the moment, one such network is the Doc Around Europe Network, which helps us make the best of the new forms of festivals we’ve had to face in the past two years and take advantage of the new online reality. Moreover, it gives us the opportunity to engage documentary filmmakers from faraway places to understand the differences of the European realities. Doc Around Europe started spontaneously between the German Dok.fest Munich, the French FIPADOC from Biarritz, the Spanish DocsBarcelona, and MakeDox. All of them decided to join their creative forces and different festival experiences and bring films from France, Spain, Germany, and the Balkans to audiences that don’t have the opportunity to see the realities in these countries live. That is also the reason why we’ll organize screenings locally, and we’ll also cross borders to reach the audiences from rural and other urban areas. Last year, the Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, the largest documentary film festival in Hungary, joined our initiative. This collaboration strengthens our festival markets and seeks possibilities for co-production of documentary films. We’ll therefore involve all three festivals in the CoProDox Forum pitching session, and during the discussions under the fig tree, we will open the question Where do we go now?, referring to the festivals in Europe where the next logical step would be the exchange and screening of films from each country and attending each other’s festivals. MAKEDOX LAYERS

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Events: MakeDox in Classroom introduced the documentary film into formal education. With the support of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), we have published two toolkits consisting of 19 creative documentary films for high school teachers in Macedonia. Today, this program is implemented by 140 trained Sociology and Civic Education teachers in 80 high schools throughout Macedonia, reaching at least 30,000 students every year since 2013! We are Visual! Education and Audio-Visualization of Human Rights (WAVE) is a two-volume story. In the first volume we were looking for ways to bring closer documentary stories to teachers and students aged 12-16. Supported by the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), we have published a set of 12 documentary films and a handbook for their use within the formal and informal education. Last year we closed the second volume: training of 139 educators and NGO representatives who implement this program in 56 cities and villages across the country. We reached the end of this story in December 2017 when we organized the international conference “Audiovisual Education – future or present” which gathered around one hundred of participants from Macedonia and abroad, including 80 teachers and students, eager to share their experiences and talk about the need of introducing audiovisual content in today’s education system. Youth Film Clubs is a story we began telling together with the Youth Educational Forum. The media clubs in Skopje, Bitola, Resen, Debar, Gevgelija, Kumanovo, Veles, Kichevo, Negotino, Struga, Tetovo and Kratovo were the first to host small temporary cinemas and vast discussion forums. Nowadays, young people’s horizons widen and strong opinions soften as a chopped onion in a heated pan in a few more youth associations and organizations in Macedonia.

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Events: ACTive is a regional creative documentary film school open to young people from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Serbia. This fantastic story that we’ve told twice so far, together with “Pravo Ljudski” from Bosnia and Herzegovina and “DokuFest” from Kosovo, inspired 11 short doc stories, signed by 30 ACTive participants. Last year, we planted the DocuSprouts seeds for the fourth time. DocuSprouts is a project aiming to provide education and film literacy to young people, namely high school students aged 15-19 years. It seeks to offer a program - in an informal way, outside of the schools - to young people through which they will not only get acquainted with the basic stages of documentary filmmaking but also get hands-on experience. Driven by the idea of active youth participation in the creation of new cultural values, DocuSprouts recognizes and brings together the weak points in terms of culture availability among young people allowing for new cultural initiatives to emerge. Over the four sessions that take place during MakeDox Traveling Cinema, the film festival and during the autumn and winter months, the future young filmmakers acquire knowledge and develop skills in the field of documentary filmmaking mentored by MakeDox creative team members and acknowledged docuprofessionals from abroad. So far, three short documentaries have been produced by young people for young people, conveying their messages to a wider audience and at the same time motivating the young audience to proactively contribute to the development of the cultural scene. So far, through MakeDox in Cinema, we have shared 75 exceptional documentary stories with nearly 15,000 primary school pupils in Skopje. Pilot project “Using Documentary Film as a Teaching Tool in Secondary Education” In November 2021, MakeDox implemented the pilot project “Using Documentary Film as a Teaching Tool in Secondary Education,” as part of the “Building Bridges” fund of the OSCE mission in Skopje. The teachers, in collaboration with the MakeDox team, worked on creating model lessons for two documentaries which can be used as teaching tools. In this phase of implementation, 11 professors from secondary schools who teach in Macedonian and Albanian participated.

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MOVING DOCS

BDDN

In 2017, MakeDox became a partner in the Moving Docs – a partnership founded for the purpose of joint distribution of documentaries across Europe. As a new EDN initiative supported by Creative Europe, Moving Docs aims to create innovative outreach strategies and to provide opportunities for urban and rural European audiences to enjoy regular screenings of documentary films through a wide variety of media and platforms.

The most beautiful stories deserve to travel and the docu-audiences deserve to hear them. This is why we have founded the Balkan Documentary Distribution Network (BDDN), together with Restart (Croatia), Free Zone and Delta Video (Serbia), DokuFest (Kosovo), UnderhillFest (Montenegro), Demiurg and Petra Pan (Slovenia).

A A House Made of Splinters All That Breathes Arctic Utopias Awaker

APART FROM MAKEDOX, MOVING DOCS PARTNERS ARE: Against Gravity – Poland ARTE – France Autlook Film Sales – Austria Berlin Documentary Film Club – Germany CineDoc – Greece Demiurg Distribucija – Slovenia Doc Lounge – Sweden DocPoppies, Docs Barcelona – Spain Doc.Fest Munich – Germany DOXBiO – Denmark European Documentary Network – Denmark Five Stars Film Distribution – Serbia Lemesos International Documentary Festival – Cyprus Film and Campaign и New Notions Cinema from the United Kingdom One World Human Rights Film Festival – Czech Republic Rise and Shine Cinema – Germany Take One Action Film Festivals – United Kingdom Taskovki Films – Bosnia and Herzegovina 106

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COFFEE AND ONION We often stretch our film canvas at the most unexpected places - in the middle of a meadow, in a library, at a playground and sometimes even in some old or new cinema, garden or backyard. Last year, we launched a collaboration with the multimedia venue “Film and Coffee Kotur”, whose menu also offers “Coffee and Onion”. So far, we have screened 10 documentary films but we are looking forward to see you at many more screenings and “Coffee and Onion” hang outs soon.

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B Babajanja Babushka Balcony Concert Bato Nebo, Chants to the Gods Bosnian Broadway Brotherhood Brotherhood Burning Memories C Chickens, Virus and Us Children of the Mist Cloudy D Daughter Dida Disturbed Earth Divas Dodek Doggy Love E End of the Road

H Herd Hide ‘N Seek Hopus

P Paradise Polaris

I I Am Michelle I Am Trying to Remember In Between In Flow of Words Invisible Demons K Kapr Code Kuku L Ladies of the Wood Land that Rises and Descends Leaf Life Living Water Love, Dad M Memory Mist My Home My Uncle Tudor My Unknown Soldier

R René René - The Prisoner Of Freedom S Sculpting Vibration Shabu Splinters Summer Fling Summer Nights T The Dreamer From Zorzor The Eclipse The Floating World The Kite The Pawn Shop The Same Dream The Secret of Doctor Grinberg The Territory Tolyatti Adrift Tomorrow Is a Water Palace Turkish Riviera V Vedette

F Five Dreamers and a Horse Fruits of Clouds

N Near and Dear Nelly and Nadine Nuisance Bear

W Water Has No Borders Way of Sylvie When We Were Bullies

G Geamana

O Overboard!

Z Zuhur’s Daughters

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IMPRESSUM

Alicia Ferro, Aleksandra Stojanovska, Anastasija Jurukovska, Anastasija Popovska, Angela Stojanovska, Andrijana Papić Mancheva, Brand Ferro, Branko Avramovski, Darko Nabakov, Dimitar Shopov, Dorijan Milovanovik, Dorian Krivičič Popovski, Dragan Mishevski, Erik Omeragikj, Ena Alushevska, Galina Strachkova, Gorjan Atanasov, Gracija Atanasovska, Ilindenka Petrusheva, Jelena Belic, Kiril Donev, Kira Gjorgjieska, Kiro Shopov, Kirijana A. Nikoloska, Kiril Shentevski, Kosta Nechovski, Lea Dimitrova, Lena Mancheva, Magda Origjanska, Marija Angelovska, Martin Ivanov, Malik Krivičič Popovski, Mia Ferro, Nada Nikoloska, Natasha Shopova, Nil Ferro Selishkar, Ognen Stojanoski, Oliver Mileski, Pavle Ignovski, Petar Krstevki, Petra Selishkar, Petrula Veljanovska, Ramona Kochishka, Ruse Arsov, Samir Karahasan, Sara Ferro, Sasho N. Alushevski, Sirma Shopova, Stela Popovska, Terra Ferro Selishkar, Teodor Jurukovski, Toni Dimkov, Valentino Apostolovski, Vasil Manchev, Vladan Carichich-Tzar, Vladimir Vladimirov

Publisher: MakeDox For the Publisher: Pavle Ignovski Editor: Magda Origjanska Editor assistant: Gracija Atanasovska Collaborators: Darko Nabakov, Petrula Veljanovska Translation: Gracija Atanasovska, Magda Origjanska Proofreading: Suzana V. Spasovska Editorial design: Natasha Shopova Art Direction and Photographies: Samir Karahasan Print: ProMedia Circulation: 400

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Creative Europe MEDIA Financial support in the development, distribution and audiovisual indistries

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13.MakeDox Catalogue - 2022

Articles inside

Main Program

Short Dox

Newcomers

Peeling Ideas

Awards and Juries at MakeDox

Country In Focus: Czech Republic