RODNIJE / CLOSE RELATIONS
Director: Vitaly Mansky
Country: Ukraine
Producers: Guntis Trekteris, Simone Baumann, Marianna Kaat, Natalya Manskaya
Kamera: Alexandra Ivanova
Film length: 80/52 min
Stage of development: production
Estimated date of premiere: early 2016
Synopsis
Director Vitaly Mansky explores Ukrainian-Russian relations through the eyes of his closest relatives: his mother Victoria, his aunts and their families in Lvov, Odessa, Crimea and Donetsk. Although they are closely related, these relatives represent very different walks of life and perceive the conflict in very different ways. This unique personal approach provides the viewers with the opportunity to gain a profound understanding of the roots of the Ukrainian-Russian crisis.
Producer
Ego Media - Guntis Trekteris, Baltic Film Production - Marianna Kaat, Saxonia Entertainment - Simone Baumann, Studio Vertov - Natalya Manskaya
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ČIERNA / PERIPHERY
Director: Mária Rumanová
Country: Slovakia
Producer: Ivan Ostrochovský
Director of photography: Michal Fulier, Radka Šišuláková
Film length: 70 min
Stage of development: production
Estimated date of premiere: March 2016
Synopsis
A portrayal of a town at the very edge of the European Union and of the collective identity of its residents. Čierna nad Tisou, once called the “Golden Gate of Socialism”, turned into a dilapidated picture of the Eastern periphery. The town residents are trying to find a new gateway to the world and their role in the seemingly static environment of the former railway transhipment.
Producer
Punkchart films - Ivan Ostrochovský
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KIEDY WRÓCISZ / WHEN YOU RETURN
Director: Anna Zamęcka
Country: Poland
Producers: Anna Wydra, Zuzanna Król-Maziarzewska, Anna Zamęcka
Director of photography: Małgorzata Szyłak
Film length: 75 min
Stage of development: post-production
Estimated date of premiere: November 2015
Synopsis
A teenage girl prepares her autistic brother for the holy sacrament of church confirmation, while juggling taking care of her father and house that is falling apart. She dreams of picture perfect family with her mom coming back home for good, but instead she learns her first lesson of mature life – sometimes the hardest thing to do, is to let go of your own dreams.
Producer
Otter Films – Anna Wydra, Zuzanna Król-Maziarzewska, Anna Zamęcka
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SFÉRA / THE SPHERE
Director: Martin Kollár
Country: Poland
Producer: Ivan Ostrochovský
Director of photography: Martin Kollár
Film length: 52 min
Stage of development: post-production
Estimated date of premiere: November 2015
Synopsis
A story of a 42-year-old man who one day decided to leave his family. His low-key journey is filmed 10 years after he has hit the road. His trip is an escape, a way how to avoid a serious decision, a way to get rid of a two kilo tumour on his face which he is unsuccessfully trying to cover with a beard. These escapes represent his way of running away from fear, from unbearable situations, the weather and the daily search for a place to spend the night. But his health keeps reminding him of reality – he is waiting for a surgery, which could have fatal consequences.
Producer
Punkchart films - Ivan Ostrochovský
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SAGNEBI / THE THINGS
Director: Nino Gogua
Country: Georgia
Producer: Natia Guliashvili
Director of photography: Sandro Khutsishvili
Film length: 60 min
Stage of development: production
Estimated date of premiere: June 2016
Synopsis
Documentary project The Things is about the only and the last Things that Georgian refugees took with them when leaving their homes during the August War between Russia and Georgia in 2008. The movie captures the present relationship between the Things and their owners and the way they shape each other’s new identities. Being exceptional souvenirs from the past, Things have become the only tangible remaining bridge connecting the present and the past. And today, having them in new houses, in the refugee settlement of Khurvaleti, what kind of emotions do they provoke?
Producer
CineMark - Natia Guliashvili
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MUQEDDES INEK / HOLY COW
Director: Imamaddin Hasanov
Country: Azerbaijan
Producer: Andra Popescu
Director of photography: Cerver Azimzadeh
Film length: 80/43 min
Stage of development: production
Estimated date of premiere: November 2015
Synopsis
One man's dream of bringing a European cow in his picturesque village in Azerbaijan unsettles the conservative community that wants to keep their secular traditions intact. He found out on TV that a European cow can provide up to 40 litres of milk per day, if well taken care of, 4 times more than a local cow. Tapdyq is so bewildered with the cow’s beauty, height and its enormous features that he wants to call it Madonna. Finally, after years of saving money, he will be ready to bring the cow home in the spring. Holy Cow tells a story about dreams, prejudices and the fear of the unknown.
Producer
Free Art – Andra Popescu, Kloos & Co. – Veronika Janatková
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ARKHI / THE STATION
Director: Salomé Jashi
Country: Georgia
Producers: Salomé Jashi, Urte Fink, Gregor Streiber
Director of photography: Salomé Jashi
Film length: 90/75 min
Stage of development: post-production
Estimated date of premiere: January 2016
Synopsis
Dariko is a sole journalist and a staple of Jikha TV – a two-man broadcasting station based in a small town. She travels around the town in search of news, quietly unveiling the aspirations of the locals. The film is a mosaic, made of various components, which are united by the TV and the circumstances related to being on the stage. The TV station is now facing major challenge. It has to switch to digital broadcasting. With old equipment and scarce income, the station might be counting its last days. It might also be the last chance for the locals to appear on the TV screen before nationwide broadcasters take over.
Producer
Sakdoc Film - Salomé Jashi, inselfilm production - Urte Fink, Gregor Streiber
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NEBEZPEČNÝ SVĚT RAJKA DOLEČKA / THE DANGEROUS WORLD OF RAJKO DOLEČEK
Director: Kristýna Bartošová
Country: Czech Republic
Producers: Kristýna Hněvsová, Dagmar Sedláčková
Director of photography: Kristýna Bartošová
Film length: 70 min
Stage of development: post-production
Estimated date of premiere: October 2015
Synopsis
A young director sets out to visit an old professor and asks him for recipes for the body and the soul. What advice can a girl with a family in Bosnia receive from a Serbian nationalist and a close friend of Ratko Mladič? A dialogue about overcoming one's own prejudices and ideologies that seek reconciliation.
Producer
MasterFilm - Kristýna Hněvsová, Dagmar Sedláčková
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FOUR PASSPORTS / FOUR PASSPORTS
Director: Mihajlo Jevtić
Country: Germany, Serbia, Croatia
Producers: Natalia Imaz, Morana Komljenović
Director of photography: Mihajlo Jevtic, Stanimir Tomic, Bojana Burnac
Film length: 80/52 min
Stage of development: post-production
Estimated date of premiere: October 2015
Synopsis
Four Passports is a partly animated first-person documentary about emigration, identity, and the recent history of former Yugoslavia told from the director's perspective. From the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) to today's Serbia, from Mihajlo's childhood into his adulthood. This film is a portrait made by a guy about to leave his country, his traveller's suitcase. A story of four passports and one country – a farewell 25 years in the making. A personal journey through Mihajlo's own microcosm of family and friends, present day images, family super 8 archives and animated dreams and memories.
Producer
Parabellum film - Natalia Imaz, Fade In – Morana Komljenović
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RINO / RINO
Director: Jakub Wagner
Country: Czech Republic
Producer: Richard Malatinský
Director of photography: Viktor Smutný
Film length: 90 min
Stage of development: production
Estimated date of premiere: January 2016
Synopsis
Documentary film Rino aims to provide a detailed look inside the mind and life of Karel Köcher, the most successful Czechoslovak spy during the Cold War, who infiltrated CIA in the 1970s, passing the classified information on to his homeland secret services and the KGB. Karel, who is now eighty years old, speaks about his actions, motivations, and looks back on his life in general. What does it take for a seemingly ordinary man to become a high-profile spy in a foreign country? And what impact does such a decision have on a man's mind and soul? Questions are being answered, secrets revealed. Welcome to the world of international espionage – closer than even.
Producer
SCREENFABRIC - Richard Malatinský
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TJ ROMA / FC ROMA
Directors: Tomáš Bojar, Rozálie Kohoutová
Country: Czech Republic
Producer: Pavla Janoušková Kubečková
Director of photography: Jiří Chod, Rozálie Kohoutová
Film length: 80 min
Stage of development: production
Estimated date of premiere: October 2015
Synopsis
Football is the most popular sport in the world and every football fan knows the UEFA slogan Say No To Racism. However not everywhere in the world all players are considered equal on the football field. Last year an unusual football club started playing in the lower Czech league. FC Roma is composed mainly of Romani players. Because the minority Roma population is highly unpopular, players of other teams refused to play with the team. Full of gentle humor our movie will portray the story of this football club on the background of one football season.
Producer
nutprodukce - Pavla Janoušková-Kubečková
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85 GRAMME / 85 GRAMS
Directors: Ion Gnatiuc, Petre Matei
Country: Romania
Producer: Mihai Andrei Leaha
Director of photography: Ion Gnatiuc
Film length: 90 min
Stage of development: production
Estimated date of premiere: May 2016
Synopsis
85 grams follows the struggle of a Romanian historian and activist in his attempt to help the last survivors of the Roma Holocaust to obtain their deportee pension. In this urgent process, he faces resistance from state authorities and bureaucracy in a country where institutions are still in thrall of racism.
Producer
TRIBA Film - Mihai Andrei Leaha
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