SEED 2015 Catalogue

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Dear documentary friends,
We have been watering this documentary initiative for three years already and roots are
obviously getting stronger and stronger. This year, we are ready to present you 37 feature
and short documentaries, finished in the last few months, 15 additional almost finished
feature docs, waiting to see the world through your selector’s eyes and 17 documentaries
in development, trying to find co-production partners. All together, almost 70 films
from Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Kosovo, from
countries that are actively promoting their documentary production, gaining success at
the festivals and receiving recognition for their work.
I want to thank to the film centres, film agencies and our partners for making SEED up-
and-running and more than anything to the tireless documentary filmmakers who are
developing great ideas to the final art piece, ready for screening around the world.
Please, search through the catalogue, keep an eye on our documentaries in the video
library, watch them at the cinemas and I hope you will recognize the flourishing exiting
documentary signature from Southeast Europe.
Oliver Sertić
SEED co-ordinator
October 2015
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CONTENTS
FINISHED FILMS FILMS IN DEVELOPMENT
4 - A DAY TO BE HAPPY, Macedonia 43 - BEYOND THE END OF THE WORLD, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, USA
5 - BITTER REGRET, Macedonia 44 - HOW DO YOU DEFINE AROGANCE?!, Macedonia
6 - CHILDREN OF THE SILENT REVOLUTION, USA, Bulgaria 45 - i_ISLAND, Slovenia, Croatia
7 - ČAP - MOMENT OF DECISION, Slovenia, Czech Republic 46 - IN SEARCH OF A LOST COUNTRY, Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia
8 - HOME, Slovenia 47 - LORDS OF THE LAND, Bulgaria
9 - I LIKE THAT SUPER MOST THE BEST ABOUT YOU, Croatia 48 - MATCHMAKING, Kosovo
10 - LIFE IS AN ETERNAL SWING, Bulgaria, Belgium 49 - MEET ENVER HADRI, Belgium, Kosovo
11 - LILA, Croatia 50 - SISTERS, Bosnia & Herzegovina
12 - LITTLE HOUSES, Slovenia 51 - SLATAN DUDOW: HOW DIRECTORS LIVE, WORKERS IN THE WORLD OF
13 - LOST BUTTON, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Austria, Serbia EMPTY STOMACHS, Bulgaria
14 - MANAKI – A STORY THROUGH PICTURES, Macedonia 52 - SRBENKA, Croatia
15 - ONCE UPON A DREAM - A JOURNEY TO THE LAST SPAGHETTI WESTERN, 53 - STORKS, Croatia, Slovenia
Germany, Finland, Bulgaria 54 - STORYTALLERS TALE, Kosovo
16 - ONE DAY IN SARAJEVO, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Austria, Croatia 55 - THE AVENGE, Slovenia, Kosovo
17 - RUSSIAN, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia 56 - THE LOVE ROOM, Macedonia
18 - SCHOOL TIME FOR MISS ROMA, Croatia 57 - THE MAN WITH TWO FACES, Macedonia
19 - SICK, Croatia 58 - THE ONLY THING LEFT TO DO IS TO CUT OFF MY EAR,
20 - SOUL TRAIN, Bosnia & Herzegovina Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro
21 - THE CHILDREN OF MY FATHER, Macedonia 59 - THE PRISON BEAUTY CONTEST, Bosnia & Herzegovina,
22 - THE LAST MACEDONIAN - ROAD TO EXTINCTION, Macedonia Serbia, France, Croatia
23 - THE SPIRITS DIARY, Croatia
24 - TRAPPED BY LAW, Kosovo, Germany SHORT DOCUMENTARIES – FINISHED
25 - VANJA LAZAROVA (BORN IN PAIN), Macedonia 60 - 2000 KILOMETERS, Bosnia & Herzegovina
60 - ANA SQUARE, Croatia
FILMS IN POST-PRODUCTION 60 - EYES OF GLASS, Croatia
27 - “8” - MACEDONIAN CHALGIA TRADITION, Macedonia 61 – IMMIGRANT JOURNAL, Kosovo, Albania
28 - BLUE VELVET REVISITED, Germany, Slovenia 61 - IMPERATIVE, Bosnia & Herzegovina
29 - DAYS OF MADNESS, Croatia, Slovenia 61 - I SMOKE WHATEVER’S LEFT, Croatia
30 - DIONIS’ MUSEUM, Macedonia 62 – KANG E DEFA: FEMALE RHAPSODY IN KOSOVA, Germany, Kosovo
31 - FAMILY, Slovenia 62 - LIONHEART, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia
32 - FROM CREMONA TO CREMONA, Bulgaria, Italy 62 - MUCI THE FIREMAN, Macedonia
33 - MY WORLD IS UPSIDE DOWN, Slovenia, Macedonia, Croatia 63 - OPERA, Macedonia
34 - PARALLEL SOLDIERS, Kosovo 63 - RED LORRY YELLOW LORRY, Croatia
35 - PEOPLE OF BAUSHTELLE, Kosovo 63 - SELF REFLECTION, Bosnia & Herzegovina
36 - RELEASED, Croatia 64 - SHINING DARKNESS, Macedonia
37 - SAILOR STORIES, Bulgaria 64 - THE LADINO LADIES’ CLUB, Bulgaria, USA
38 - TETOVO STORY, Macedonia 64 - VERUDA - A FILM ABOUT BOJAN, Croatia
39 - THE LAST BATTLE OF 20TH CENTURY, Kosovo, Albania, UK
40 - THE SUMMER HELP, USA, Bulgaria 65 - country index
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41 - WOMEN FROM GJAKOVA, Kosovo 66 - festivals
FINISHED FILMS
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FINISHED FILMS
original title: ДЕНОТ ДА Е РАДОСЕН
finished: November 2014
length: 65’
shooting format: HD
DIRECTOR: Ljubica Popovska
DOP: Igor Angelovski
EDITOR: Tode Kocev
SOUND DESIGN: Darko Spasovski - Packi
PRODUCERS: Vladimir Stojčevski,
Goran Stojilkoviќ A DAY TO BE HAPPY
PRODUCTION: AWARD FILM & VIDEO, Macedonia
MUSIC DOCUMENTRAY ABOUT K.U.R. Ljubica Popovska, Macedonia
(KULTURNO UMETNIČKI RABOTNICI) www.award-film.com
producer’s contact: The question whether punk is dead is constantly thrown around, as well as what punk is and if this
AWARD FILM & VIDEO or that is punk enough. ‘A Day to Be Happy’ is a movie in the shape of a testimony about the constant
Kosta Novaković 1a/32, 1000 Skopje, Macedonia fight of a few musical individuals not to be put in the bin where music has some purpose, some genre,
gsm: +389.78.318083, +389.70.346905 some goal, or some fee. The film uses the band Kulturno Umetnicki Rabotnici as the main protago-
[email protected], [email protected], nist to show an intimate conversation with some of the most important figures of the Macedonian
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alternative scene. What is the meaning of the word in-law? How is Thursday more important than
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the other days in a week? Who is in charge of making ‘turshija’ and who is in charge of ‘rakija’ during
CONTACT PERSON: Vladimir Stojčevski, Goran Stojilkoviќ
their 15 years of making music? One is for sure: it is easy to get in KUR, but getting out is trickier. So,
A Day to Be Happy!
selected festivals: director’s selected filmography:
CINEDAYS, Skopje, Macedonia / DORF, Vinkovci, Osijek, LIFE N.2, short documentary, 2010
Croatia / SKOPJE CINEMA CITY, Skopje, Macedonia / ME AND YOU, short fiction, 2008
MANAKI BROTHERS, Bitola, Macedonia
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FINISHED FILMS
original title: Caimo
finished: September 2015
length: 72’
shooting format: full HD
DIRECTOR: Aleksandar Zivkov
SCRIPT: Lydia Papadimitriou
DOP: Ivan Zoroski, Sotir Ivanovski
EDITORS: Kirsten Kieninger, Aleksandar Zikov
SOUND DESIGN: Darko Spasovski-Packi
PRODUCER: Aleksandar Zivkov
CO-PRODUCERS: Ilija Cvetkovski,
Mite Petrov, Sterija Zikov
PRODUCTION: ARKA MEDIA, Macedonia
BITTER REGRET CO-PRODUCTION: IMPAKT MEDIJA, Macedonia,
QUASAR FILM, Macedonia
Aleksandar Zikov, Macedonia AROMANIANS, TRADITION, OBSERVATION,
www.facebook.com/caimothemovie DRUGS, POVERTY
Traditionally nomadic shepherds, Aromanians, or Vlachs, are an ethnic group with a Latin-based producer’s contact:
language that can be found in different parts of south-eastern Europe. Caimo, meaning „bitter ARKA MEDIA
regret“, follows one of the few remaining Aromanian families in a village in the Balkans. Using an Orce Nikolov 109, 1000 Skopje, Macedonia
observational and poetic style, it depicts the everyday routine, the dysfunctions, the poverty, the gsm: +389.78.309988
[email protected]
music and the ambivalent attachment to the past of a ruptured family that struggles to maintain its
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identity in a world that has no use of its traditional values.
CONTACT PERSON: Aleksandar Zikov
selected festivals: director’s debut
MANAKI BROTHERS, Bitola, Macedonia
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FINISHED FILMS
original title: ДЕЦА НА ТИХАТА
РЕВОЛЮЦИЯ
finished: September 2015
length: 84’
shooting format: DV, HD
DIRECTOR: Viktoria Ershova
DOP: Viktoria Ershova
EDITORS: Petar Marinov, Viktoria Ershova
PRODUCER: Viktoria Ershova
CHILDREN OF THE SILENT
CO-PRODUCER: Krastyo Lambev
PRODUCTION: VIKTORI PICTURES, USA REVOLUTION
CO-PRODUCTION: CONCEPT STUDIO, Bulgaria
BULGARIA, TRANSITION, CLASSMATES, Viktoria Ershova, USA, Bulgaria
DREAMS, HAPPINESS www.viktoripicures.com
producer’s contact: Bulgaria, 1995. A group of classmates are graduating from high school. They believe in their dreams
Viktori Pictures like only 18-year-olds who have witnessed the fall of communism and known the value of freedom
1818 Corinth Ave., #1, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA do. Svetlana dreams of becoming a doctor, Nikolina wants to be a business woman, Angel claims he
ph: +1.323.360.5001 would be a president. But their country is still in turmoil, which will continue for the next 20 years.
[email protected] What will happen to the friends? ‘Children of the Silent Revolution’ is a unique journey into the lives of
www.viktoripicures.com
these classmates, following their paths over two decades – from their graduation to the present days.
CONTACT PERSON: Viktoria Ershova
director’s selected filmography:
MOVIN’ ON, short fiction, 2008
IN BETWEEN, short fiction, 2006
LIVING IN LIMBO, short documentary, 2006
A SUNDAY IN VENICE BEACH, short documentary, 2005
HOPE FOR TOMORROW, short fiction, 2005
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FINISHED FILMS
original title: ČAP – TRENUTKI ODLOČITEV
finished: November 2015
length: 75’ / 56’
shooting format: HD
DIRECTOR: Urban Arsenjuk
DOP: Jernej Vavpetič
EDITOR: Črt Brajnik
SOUND DESIGN: Pavel Kovařík
COMPOSER: Gašper Piano
PRODUCER: Danijel Hočevar
CO-PRODUCER: Pavel Berčik
PRODUCTION: VERTIGO, Slovenia
CO-PRODUCTION: EVOLUTION FILMS, Czech
ČAP – MOMENTS OF DECISIONS Republic, CZECH TV, Czech Republic, RTV
SLOVENIA, Slovenia
Urban Arsenjuk, Slovenia, Czech Republic FORCED IMMIGRATION, DILEMMA, YUGOSLAVIA,
www.vertigo.si NIHILISM, LAST ONE ADVICE
‘Čap – Moments of Decision’ is a documentary portrait of a successful film director, but also a very producer’s contact:
lonely and unhappy man. All he knew and wanted to do was to make films. During his 31-year-long VERTIGO
career, František Čap, a Czech filmmaker working in Czechoslovakia and former Yugoslavia (in par- Metelkova 6, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
ticular in Slovenia), made 32 films, became in his time the youngest successful director in the world, ph: +386.1.4397080
gsm: +386.41.645267
received an award at the Venice Film Festival and won the Grand Prix at the 1st Cannes Film Festival.
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However, he had to fight ideologies that he found stifling: first Nazism, then communism. When it
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almost seemed that in Yugoslavia he had found an oasis of peace and his own inner peace, he was
CONTACT PERSON: Danijel Hočevar
forced to fight envy, exaggerated pietistic scruples and covert Slovenian xenophobia.
territories sold:
ex-Yugoslavia (VERTIGO, Slovenia)
selected festivals: director’s selected filmography:
JIHLAVA INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL, THE COORDINATES OF THE MEMORY, short
Jihlava, Czech Republic documentary, 2008
CRISIS TOURISM OFFICE, short documentary, 2006
MADE IN MÜLLERLAND, short documentary, 2005
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FINISHED FILMS
original title: DOM
finished: August 2015
length: 82’ / 52’
shooting format: HD
DIRECTOR: Metod Pevec
DOP: Metod Pevec
EDITORS: Janez Bricelj, Jurij Moškon
SOUND DESIGN: Julij Zornik
PRODUCER: Danijel Hočevar
HOME
PRODUCTION: VERTIGO, Slovenia
UNEMPLOYMENT, ADOLESCENTS, IMMIGRANTS, Metod Pevec, Slovenia
EXPLOITATION, SHAME www.vertigo.si
producer’s contact: As a result of the privatisation process, a five-storey building with three entrances, originally built
VERTIGO as a temporary workers’ home mainly for guest construction workers from Bosnia, is now shared by
Metelkova 6, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia nineteen owners. Men who live there came to Slovenia as young lads and spent 30 years working on
ph: +386.1.4397080 various construction sites across Slovenia. When the construction companies they worked for went
gsm: +386.41.645267 bankrupt, they lost everything, and their bankrupt employers owe them a lot of money. The first floor
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is occupied by adolescents who come from disturbed families and prefer the welfare youth home.
www.vertigo.si
A few tenants found refuge here in this cheapest accommodation facility, because they had been
CONTACT PERSON: Danijel Hočevar
evicted from their former apartments. The house is large, but for most of its residents accommodation
here means that they have just a bed and not much else. Nobody calls it a home; they all thought it
territories sold:
ex-Yugoslavia (VERTIGO, Slovenia) would be just a temporary solution, but sometimes this temporariness drags on endlessly. Besides
social marginalisation, they have something else in common: stories.
awards: director’s selected filmography:
FESTIVAL OF SLOVENIAN FILMS, Portorož, Slovenia – Vesna TANGO ABRAZOS / PRACTICING EMBRACE, feature, 2012
award for best documentary, audience award ALEXANDRIANS, feature documentary, 2011
GOOD NIGHT, MISSY, feature, 2011
selected festivals: HIT OF THE SEASON, feature, 2008
SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL, Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina ESTRELLITA, feature, 2007
– documentary films competition BENEATH HER WINDOW, feature, 2003
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CARMEN, feature, 1995