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Ivan Jovev, Slavica Taseva Aster festivities discover new open-air
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Ilindenka Petruseva, Vlatko Galevski
Romanian Film Centre 90 Years Film in Strumica
Hristina Ivanoska, Armin Meinel
Choir Denica, Art Gallery Boundless Film Views
Janko Micev, Gjorgi Zaprov
Risto Gogovski, Nake Tufekciev In it’s four editions, AsterFest profiled its aim to reg-
Tinka Markova, Dragan Chamovski ister, promote and immortalize the value of the works
Ilinden, Tiveriopol, with a new millennia filmmaker’s signature.
StudioIn, MissStone Strumica, the permanent refuge for restless art souls
under the three border junction of the documentary
and fictional Astraion world, is host to dazzling visual
Logo design developed by events.
Marjan Zahov-Pecev In these endeavours, around 50 countries give their
contribution with a total of 300 short and documen-
Subtitles tary projected contents.
The Balkans have no borders, and the world is within
Aleksandar Zafirovski, Daniel Todorovski, reach, so are the stars.
Nebojsa Vasovik With fortune, faith and hope - towards the light.
Entrance into the courtyard of the Kingdom of mov-
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ASTERDOKS ASTERDOCS
I. Kreativni dokumentarci nad 30 minuti na avtori od JIE
I. Creative documentaries longer than 30 mins by SEE authors

ДОМА AT HOME
D: Gjorce Stavreski
S: Bojan Stilin, Davor Spiroski, Daniela Stilin, Katarina
Karakas Spiroski
DoP: Dimo Popov & Josip Ivancic
E: Dorijan Milovanovic
P: Violeta Kachakova - NGO Lokomotiva
Sasha, Tajna, Marko, Darko, Marija, Safko, Redjo, Denis.
Eight people, eight identities. Analyzing issues of religious
and cultural differences and the relationship of the system
towards an individual, this documentary provides a deep
and warm insight into lives of several individuals who left
their countries of origin for various reasons.
(Doc, 59‘, HDV, 2007, MKD/HRV)
[ZagrebDox, EastSilver]
www.gjorcestavreski.com

НАПУШТЕНИ ПАТЕКИ FORSAKEN PATHS

D/S: Ruya Arzu Koksal
DoP: Aydin Kudu
E: Oguz Karabeli & Aydin Kudu
M: A. Çinkaya, S. Yasar, I. Tarhan, A. R. Yasar, B. Topalo-
glu, F. Saka
P: TurkishMoon
An intimate story of semi-nomadic Cepni tribe in the Black
sea highlands of Turkey. It is told through the words of
three women at ages of 20, 28 and 77. Two young sisters
have had to move to Istanbul to find jobs. They miss their
hometown and the life they left behind. On the other
hand, the old lady back the village is witnessing changes in recent years and feels sad
to see old customs and colors vanish as the village population decreases. Forsaken
Paths ends at the remote mountaintop Kadirga festival where thousands of people
meet to feast and dance all day to the manic tunes of the kemence, drum and the
pipe.
(Doc, 36’, HDV, 2006, TUR)
[Best Documentary – Boston / Ifsak, Special Prize – Ankara; Pesaro, Docusur]
www.turkismoon.com

   
МАЈКА ОД ЦАРСТВОТО НА СЕНКИТЕ
A MOTHER FROM THE KINGDOM OF SHADOWS
D/S: Violeta Gorgos
DoP: Marin Iliut & Vlad Druck
E: Dumutru Marian
P: Virgiliu Margineanu – OWH Studio
According to the law we are delinquents. But nobody took away our right to be moth-
ers and our maternal feelings are as strong as they can be. Moreover, some of us
went crazy or killed themselves because of the love for our children. These unshared
feelings gnaw you inside because you can not transmit your child all your love and
affection. You can not do it even in a letter or in those few minutes of a phone call.
Not even in those three days when we can stay together or during the holidays when
the administration of the prison opens the door for everybody who wants to visit us...
Sensitive and clear portrayal of the fate of women in prison.
(Doc, 29’, DVCam, 2006, MDA)
[Golden Beggar – Kosice, Chronograph - Chisinau]

ПРОБЛЕМОТ СО КОМАРЦИТЕ И ДРУГИ ПРИКАЗНИ

THE MOSQUITO PROBLEM AND OTHER STORIES
D:Andrey Paounov
S: Lilia Topouzova & A. Paounov
DoP: Boris Missirkov & Georgi Bogdanov
E: A. Paounov & Orlin Rouevski
P: Martichka Bozhilova - AGITPROP
A small town and its hopeful citizens are about to embark on
a bright new journey. Massive rusty cranes, foreign investors,
and the joyful chants of cheerleaders carry the dream of a great
nuclear future. Disturbed only by gigantic stinging mosquitoes,
the townsfolk celebrate the atomic hurray by engraving the
nuclear power plant logo on buildings and soup bowls. Amidst
the apparent atomic prosperity, lies a past that no one wants to remember. An island
holding terrifying secrets. Stories of shocking and horrible crimes loom on the city just
like the dark clouds of mosquitoes descending on its citizens.
A world instantly transformed by ideologies, regimes and dreams of economic pros-
perity. The tales of characters whose lives intersect in a sinister past, nuclear future
and the stinging mosquitoes flying through time, sealing their fate together.
(Doc, 100’, 35mm, 2007, BGR)
[First Prize – Documenta Madrid, Best Doc – Mediawave, Honorary Mention – Wies-
baden, Special mention - Oxford and Karlovy Vary, Grierson Award – London, Best
regional Doc – Sarajevo and Motovun, Golden Rython for best producer and cinema-
tographer – Plovdiv, Grand Prix – Dokufest Prizren; Cannes]
www.themosquitoproblem.com


СРПСКИ ШАЈКИ SERBIAN NAILS
D/S: Dimitar Anakiev
DoP: Jovica Krstic
E: Uros Knez, D. Anakiev
P: D. Anakiev - DAF
The first Serbian democratically elected president, Dr
Zoran Đinđić, is assassinated. Serbian government
declared a state of emergency in the country. The police
launched a general action against organised crime called
“The Sabre”. The present story begins on the eve of the
“Sabre” operation and later coincides with it. Milivoje Savić, holder of a degree in
chemistry and his family are “collateral damage” of the “Sabre”.
(Doc, 50’, BetaSP, 2007, SVN)
[Best Documentary – DokMa; ZagrebDox, IDFA]

СТУДЕНИ БРАНОВИ COLD WAVES

D/S: Alexandru Solomon
DoP: Andrei Butica
E: Catalin Cristutiu
M: Sorin Romanescu
P: Ada Solomon – HI Film
This is the unique story of a love and hate triangle built
around something one cannot see, touch or weigh: radio
waves. ‘I grew up with it. Every evening, in an underground
atmosphere, my father listened to Radio Free Europe as
anyone else did. It meant more than information. While
Ceausescu’s propaganda had less and less to do with reality,
Free Europe’s Romanian section provided - apart from news
– some hope. We had no idea it is a CIA operation. Simultaneously, in thousands of
houses and blocks across the country, millions of people performed this daily ritual.
And, the next day, the words of Free Europe were on everybody’s lips.’
(Doc, 108’, 2007, 35mm, ROM)
[Leipzig, IDFA, Goteborg, Nyon, Trieste, Londra]
www.coldwaves.ro

   
II. Kreativni dokumentarci do 30 min na avtori od JIE
II. Creative documentaries not longer than 30 mins by SEE authors

БАБА ВИШЊИНА 38 38 BABA VISNJINA

D/S/DoP: Ivan Ramljak
E: Jovana Krstanovic
M: Jarboli
P: Srdjan Keca – Atelje Varan Belgrade
In the Belgrade quarter Chubura, at the address
38 Baba Visnjina street, there is a yard where until
recently 11 families were living. A few days before the
demolition team arrived, there remained only fig tree,
one apple tree, and one man…
(Doc, 15’, miniDV, 2007, SRB)
[ZagrebDox]

ЛУЃЕ СМЕ, НЕЛИ? WE ARE HUMANS, AREN’T WE?

D/S /DoP: Pero Pavlovic
E: Zoran Galic
M: Propellerheads
P: Vizart
In the Drinic village near Bosanski Petrovac, competition of
strapars, lumberjacks who take chunks out of the woods
with the help of horses, is held for the first time. The men’s
behaviour towards horses raises one question – Who is
human?
(Doc, 7’, DVCam, 2007, BIH)
[Special recognition – ZagrebDox; Belgrade]

ТОНЕЧКО СЕЛО SINKING VILLAGE

D/S/E: Marton Szirmai
DoP: Gergo Palos
M: Attila Fodor
P: Gyorgy Palos – Instant Films
A small Hungarian village has to look on at ts slowly sinking. A
mysterious phenomenon – and no one helps. However, there is
Joseph, the eternal optimist. He acts as a spokesman and hopes
for a change.
(Doc, 23’, DVCam, 2007, HUN)
[Kassel, Gdansk, Tartu, Kassel, Johannesburg]
www.instantfilmek.hu


BALKANSKA FIKCIJA BALKANS FICTION
Dolgometra`ni, srednometra`ni i kratkometra`ni igrani filmovi od balkan-
ski filmmejkeri ili na balkanska tema
Full-length, middle-length and short fiction by Balkans filmmakers or based on the
Balkans motives

ВИСТИНСКО ЧУДО TRUE MIRACLE

The President has a stroke at a dinner party. He is
cured by a waiter endowed with supernatural pow-
ers. One year later, we find the miracle-worker and
his son on a picture-postcard Croatian island, where
they plan to build the temple of business of their
own. The islanders are, to say the least, peculiar.
The local baker, a mother of six who is shunned by
the community, turns out to be especially so for the
shy youngster...
D/S: Lucas Nola
DoP: Stanko Herceg
E: Slaven Zecevic
M: Hrvoje Crnic Boxer
P: Ankica Juric Tilic - Kinorama / HRT
C: Rade Sherbedgia, Franjo Dijak, Barbara Nola, Ivana Roscic, Leon Lucev, Ivo Gre-
gurevic
(Fict, 100’, 35mm, 2007, HRV)
[Award - BridgeFest, Vancouver, Golden Medal for artistic excellence - Park City FF;
Pula, Split, Orašje]

КОМПАС BUSSULA
D/S: Bujar Alimani
DoP: Christos Karamanis
E: Bonita Papastathi
M: Christos Triantafilou
P: Maku production & Stefilm
Mira, a 17 years old young girl, lives isolated together with
her family due to the pressure of vendetta’s violence in a village of North Albania.
Confronted with the extreme poverty as the result of that terrible situation, she de-
cides to learn driving the family’s van in order to self milk around her village , keeping
a tight hold on the arm.
(Fict, 19’, 35mm, 2007, ALB/GRC)
[Cine Cinecourts Award – Cinemed, Special Prize – Siena; Drama, Tirana]

   
СКАЛИ STAIRS
D/P: Ilir Harxhi
S: Artan Minarolli
DoP: Clauz Betzl
E: Valon Jakupaj
M: Miron Kotani
C: Margarita Xhepa, Gentian Zenelaj, Agnesa Vuthaj,
Genc Fuga, Ledio Lako
Ramiz’s friends make great sacrifices to transport the
stretcher with him on it being sick through the narrow
and dark staircase of his own building.
Ramiz’s is nephew falls in love with the beautifully looking nurse that accompanies
then during the struggle up the stairs. Later the Ramiz dies. Bringing the coffin down-
stairs becomes more difficult and dramatic. There is no end to the vicissitudes, until
an original solution is finally found....
(Fict, 29’, 35mm, 2008, ALB)
[First International Festival Premiere]


EDNA #ENA/EDEN FILM ONE WOMAN/ONE FILM
Filmovi od `enski avtori Films by female authors

ACE SLASH
D: Frosina Naumovska
P: FDU & F. Naumovska
(Doc, 22’’, DVCam, 2008, MKD)

VAN AMORE
D/S/DoP/E/P: Werther Germondari & Maria Laura Spagnoli
M: Leon Giesen
C: Serena Catella, Fabio Testini, Silvia Terribili van der
Vreselijk
Anna, an italian girl, felt in love with a south american
boy known during a vacation in Cuba. One year later,
Anna decides to go and find him in Amsterdam, where
he lives, on an island…
(Fict, 30’, HDV, 2007, ITA)
[Amsterdam, Dhaka, Tirana]
www.werthergermondari.com

EAST T(W)O WEST

D/S/E: Irena Paskali
DoP: M. Jorg & S. Sclonberg
P: Academy of Media Arts Cologne/MKRTV, NGM
Departure/arrival/survival.
(Exp. Fict, 4’49’’, BetaSP, 2007, MKD/DEU)
www.irenapaskali.com

   
МАРЦЕЛА MARCELA
D/S: Helena Trestikova
DoP: Jan Malir
E: Alois Fisarek
M: Petr Provaznik
P: Katerina Cerna, Pavel Strnad, Anna Beckova - Negativ
The life of Marcela, an ordinary Czech woman is explored
throughout several decades of her life. The documentary observes several impor-
tant societal issues. We are engaged to struggle and fight back with Marcela as her
tragic life unfolds before our eyes especially dealing with her daughter’s unexpected
death which almost drives her to suicide. However, the responsibility she feels for her
retarded son gives her the will to survive. The making of Marcela was initially part
of a six-part series on Czech television about the fate of six married couples but the
events that happened throughout Marcela’s life arose a wave of solidarity from the
Czech public who sent her money and personal support. This was the reason why
Helena Třeštíková decided to focus solely on a documentary about Marcela. The dis-
tressing destiny of Marcela’s life and the act of human support from the Czech public
was therefore, worthy to be expressed in this film. She is currently looking forward
for a better future.
(Doc, 82’, 35mm, 2006, CZE)
[Best European Documentary - Festival de Cine de Sevilla 2007, Honourable Mention
– Lagow, Best Czech Documentary – Plzen, London, Leipzig, Karlovy Vary, Guth Gafa]

МОМЕНТИ MOMENTS
D/S/PoP/E/P: Liliana Resnick
M: Dalibor Bukvic
C: Niniane Kelley
A film about the mistery of moments, some of which get con-
nected into the life recognized to be living, while others come to
pass by posing questions rather than giving answers.
(Exp. Fict., 6’25’’, 16mm, 2007, HRV)
[New York Dance on Camera Festival, Porto Black and White Audiovisual FF, Busho FF,
Festival Tous Courts]
www.cyclofilm.com

ФЕЛИКС И ШКОРПИОНОТ FELIX UND SCORPION

D/S/E/P: Tan Tolga Demirci
DoP: Ilker Berke
M: Semih Tareen
‘Felix Und Scorpion’ is the only ‘unfinished’ literary book which
was written by Karl Marx. The mission of this film is to complete
the other half by the help of Margaret Thatcher’s surrealist shoe.
(Fict., 18’30’’, DVCam, 2007, TUR)
[Mediawave, Antalya, Lucania]

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СЕЌАВАЊА MEMORIES
D/S/P: Nena Sesic Fiser
DoP: Nenad Fiser
E: Aleksandar Stanojevic & Nenad Fiser
M: Zsuzsanna Varkonyi & Franck Dematteis
(Exp. Fict, 3’40’’, DVCam, 2006, NLD)
[Alternative film/video, Belgrade 2007, Int’l Art Exhibition and FF
Eastern Neighbours, Utrecht 2006]

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MUVILEND MOVIELAND
Fokus kon filmski dela i avtori od Romanija od poslednite godini
Focus on Romanian filmworks and authors from the last years

БРАНОВИ WAVES
D: Adrian Sitaru
C: Sergiu Costache, Adrian Titieni
At the seaside, on the beach, two people experience extreme situations. A beautiful
Western mother asks a gypsy boy to look after her 4 year old baby; a husband and
father fights ennui by flirting with the same beautiful foreigner while teaching her
how to swim. But the story takes a different course when the beautiful mother disap-
pears in the waves…
(Fict, 16’, 35mm, 2007, ROM)
[Best Short - Locarno; Sundance, Sarajevo, Namur, Milano]

ВО БАРОТ IN A BAR
D/S: Patricia Radoi
DoP: Steven Smith
E: Haim Litani
M: Francois Gamaury
P: Daniel Mitelpunkt
C: Rebecca Rebecca Perry, Oliver Oliver Chatham
Rebecca is not quite sure what she will say to the girl who is sleeping with her
husband, but she has up the meeting anyway. While waiting for her rival in love,
however, an opportunity crops up to get revenge.
(Fict, 5’, DVC-Pro HD, 2008, GBR/ROM)

Добар ден за пливање A GOOD DAY FOR A SWIM

D: Bogdan Mustata
C: Florin Sinescu, Okan Kaya
(Fict, 10’, 35mm, 2007, ROM)
[Golden Bear, Berlin]

ДОЛЖНОСТ DUTY
D/S: Vlad Trandafir
DoP: Augustin Bucur
E: Daniel Simion
P: Nicoleta Daraban – NUDC I.L. Caragiale
C: Dan Chisu, Nathalie Arsenie Macry
Mikey, as he is caressly being called, does shopping for Vali, his old mother who lives
alone with her kitten. Vali calls for him daily, insisting to buy her, among other stuff,
sugar. It’s a demand which annoys the entire family and which Mikey himself wearily
accomplishes. It’s a duty he carries out distantly, like an obligation.
(Fict, 13’, HDV, 2006, ROM)
[Best Fiction – Tehran Short FF)

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ЈАС И МОЈОТ ЖИВОТ БЕЗ НЕКОИ РАБОТИ ME AND MY LIFE WITHOUT SOME
THINGS
D/S: Ilija Piperkoski
DoP: Dan Kosuth
E: Lodrin Iftodi
M: Radu Georgescu
Macedonian Ilija Piperkoski, who studied directing in Bucharest, made
his first movie “Me and my life without some things” by following the
journey of Dumitru Dragosh, 22 years-old Gipsy, through Romania,
who is trying to find his father. Search finishes completely unexpected,
but through it we can find distressful life story of Dragosh who after
all won’t loose his cheerfulness and decisiveness.
(Doc, 40’, DVCam, 2007, ROM/MKD]
[Cinedays]

СООБРАЌАЈ TRAFFIC
D: Catalin Mitulescu
S: Andrea Valean & C. Mitulescu
DoP: Marius Panduru
E: Ion Ioachim Stroe
C: Bogdan Dumitrache, Maria Dinulescu
On his way to a business meeting, Tudor has a 20-minute break. Enough time to
invite a girl for coffee, talk about his daughter and take a photo.
(Fict, 15’, 35mm, 2003, ROM)
[Palme d’Or - Cannes, Arte Award - Anger]

ХУМАНИТАРНА ПОМОШ HUMANITARIAN AID

D/S: Hanno Höfer
C: Eugen Cristea, Mirela Oprisor
Three young men from Western Europe arrive in Romania with humanitarian aid. The
inhabitants of a little mountain village have been waiting for them. There’s a little give
and big take about the whole thing.
(Fict, 16’, 35mm, 2003, ROM)
[Clermont Ferrand, Cottbus, Milano]

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PAST LAUREATES
2006
BRONZE HORSESHOE – NEW ELDORADO by Tibor Kocsis
P: Flora Film International
(Hungary)
SILVER HORSESHOE – SEVDAH - THE BRIDGE THAT SURVIVED by Mira Erdevicki
P: Arcimboldo&BBC
(Bosnia and Herzegovina/United Kingdom)
GOLDEN HORSESHOE – SHUFFLE - POLITICS, BULLSHIT AND ROCK’N’ROLL by Ylber Mehmedaliu & Edon
Rizvanolli
Deebeeduss&1244
(Kosovo)
SPECIAL PRIZE: gOLDen projector – COLORS IN TIME by Stefan Saskov
P: Delta Polzer
(Macedonia)
ASTERAWARD for high achievements in auteur film –
Branko Gapo (1931, Macedonia)

2007
BRONZE HORSESHOE – WITH EXTREME CRUELTY by Rossen Elezov
P: B Plus
(Bulgaria)
SILVER HORSESHOE – SUGARTOWN: THE BRIDEGROOMS by Kimon Tsakiris
P: Anemon&Bi-optic&Arte/ZDF
(Greece/Germany)
GOLDEN HORSESHOE – THE GRANDMOTHERS OF REVOLUTION by Petra Seliskar
P: Petra Pan
(Slovenia/Cuba/Macedonia/Netherlands)
SPECIAL PRIZE: gOLDen projector – A GIRL AND HER ACCORDION by Biljana Garvanlieva
P: Gebrueder Beetz
(Germany)
CRITICS Movieland AWARD – ABANDONED EDEN by Eno Milkani
P: B&G FilmPro
(Albania)
ASTERAWARD for high achievements in auteur film –
Karoly Vicsek (1941, Vojvodina; Serbia)

References
• First international festival of drama arts in Strumica and eastern Macedonia (promoted at 28.IV.2005)
• Focus on Hungary (I), Moldova (II), Albania (III ed.), Romania (IV ed.)
• Ca 5000 public visitors (2005-2007)
• Other projects: Symposium; theatre Dry tree of Babylon; Promotion of books, Photo shows, Portraits, SEE
Docs Meetings; animator in distribution for Bal-can-can, Alexander, Passion; TV fiction production of Martin
from the stairs; Tiberiopolian Film Evenings; Multimedial project Strumica 1918
• Presentation in Wiesbaden, Skopje, Stip, Bogdanci, Kavadarci, Bansko, Probistip, Tetovo
• http://www.makedonija.rastko.net/default.html

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MERRY-DIONES
Filmovi i videa od razni prostori ili za razni ne[ta
Films & videos from various teritories or on various things

АГЊЕШКА 2039 AGNIESZKA 2039

D/S/E: Martin Gauvreau
S/E: Martin & Levelgate
DoP: Olmo Couto Perez
M: Kamil Lazikowski
P: Levelgate
A dark symophony of 2039. Joy and pain go hand in hand
when an angelic being is delivered the box of eternity and
subjected to the fateful decision of the Gods. Visual FX from
Academy Award Winner The Mill, London.
(Exp. Fict, 12’, 2007, GBR/POL)
[Stockholm, BFI London, Montreal, Rome, Oldenburg, Istanbul; Best Film - Hardacre and Ilin-
ois, Best Cinematography – Santa Monica, Best Original Score – Oxford]
www.agnieszka2039.com
БАЛАДИТЕ НА МОСТОТ BRIDGES BALLADS
D/S: Mehdi Rahmani
DoP: Majid Azad Manesh
E: Ramtin Lavafi Pour
M: Mana Rabiee
P: Mohammad Fijani - Farhat Film Co.
To stay in the heart of the silence and the tumult of night / To stay and to sing...
Singing “The Bridge’s Ballads”
(Doc, 19’, DVCam, 2006, IRN)
[Prize - Seoul Net Festival; Belgrade]

БОЛЕН SICK
D/S: Mike Rymer
DoP: Sam Garwood
E: Rosa Bond
M: Innes Johnston
P: Christine Hartland (Patchwork Productions)
The experience of depression and alcoholism have left Brian’s
daughter(Amanda) relying on him for her son’s welfare. When
Brian’s wife dies and he gives the child into social care, Amanda’s
world falls apart and she and her father don’t speak for 15 years.
That is until she gathers the strength to visit him. Rymer assisted
to Greenaway in Nightwatching.
(Fict, 15’, 35mm, 2007, GBR)
[Naoussa, Rome, Salerno, Lille, Orlando; REMI Award – Houston]
www.sick.egoproject.net

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ВЕТЕРИНАР VETERINARIAN
D/S: Signe Baumane
DoP/E: Renars Zalitis
M: Raimonds Tiguls
P: Vilnis Kalnaellis – Rija AF Studio
A veterinarian routinely goes on house calls to treat sick
animals. He is able to save most, but one time he arrives
too late. The animal dies, and that breaks the Veterinarian’s
heart. One night the animals that he hastreated come to
him in a dream. He receives love and forgiveness. When the
Veterinarian wakes up his heart has healed.
(Ani, 18’30’’, 35mm, 2007, LVA)
[Honorable Mention – GIRAF; Mediawave, Tiburon, Arizona]
www.signebaumane.com

ЗАМОЛЧИ, ПЕПЕРУТКО! SHUT-UP BUTTERFLY!

D: Erek Kuhn
S: Stefan Petermann
DoP: Lorenz Trees
E: Torsten Archut
M: Peter Oberlander
P: Ingelore Konig, Christine Haupt
After a family feud Vincent is taken to a youth centre. There
he meets Butterfly, a diffident boy who collects butterflies.
Vincent gets curious about him and tries to empathise.
But then his mother appears to tell him he is not wanted
anymore. Vincent is stunned and beats up Butterfly.
C: Vincent Gohre, Georg Feltz
(Fict, 15’, 35mm, 2007, DEU)
[Goldener Spatz, Selb]
www.zitronenfalter.randlicht.de

ЗАТАЛКАН ПАТНИК STRAY PASSENGER

D/W/P: Claire Walka
C: Zeljko Vidovic, Varia Linnea Sjostrom
On the 11.111st day of Aimo’s usually homogenous life,
mysterious traces appear and encourage him to go off the
beaten track. On a Odyssey through different realities Aimo
has to face fears and temptations but also gets to know the
inscrutable Giselle…
(Fict, 20’, HDV, 2007, DEU)
[TofiFest, Tabor, Busho]

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ПРВИОТ THE FIRST
D/S/E: Anastasya Pavlovich
DoP: Sury Ishakov
M: Sergery Navetnyi
P: Vladimir Smorodin
Small country town at the sea. Four friends, each which dreams to change the destiny.
(Fict, 20’, 35mm, 2008, RUS)
[St. Petersburg]

РУРУ RURU
D: Haruka Yoneda
M: Aya Toma
Ruru… It seems to continue without becoming interrupted. It is a dream chain.
(Ani, 5’30’’, DVCam, 2008, JPN)
www.pyramidfilm.co.jp

ФОНДАЦИЈАТА THE FOUNDATION

D/S/P: Alastair Ferran
The near future. In a hidden training facility, Ethan and Jiro
practice their fighting skills. Members of a secret organiza-
tion sworn to combat an ancient evil, they are preparing for a
fight many of their members feel will never come. The young
apprentice Ethan, however, has high ideals, and when their
organization comes under attack it will be left to him alone to
fulfill the Foundation’s destiny. Now, the clock is ticking and for
the inexperienced Ethan the academic is about to become a reality in a no holds barred fight to
the death.
(Fict, 15’, DVCam, 2007, USA)
www.ferranfilms.com

ХОТЕЛ ЗАТВОРЕНИ ОЧИ SHUT-EYE HOTEL

D/S: Bill Plympton
3D: Anna-Maria Jung
E: Biljana Labovic
M: Corey Jackson
P: Biljana Labovic
“Shuteye Hotel” is a film noir murder mystery that takes place in a
sleazy hotel. As cops investigate the gruesome murders they become
victims of this evil force. What “Jaws” did to swimming, “Shuteye Hotel”
will do for sleeping.
(Ani, 7’, 35mm, 2007, USA)
[ASIFA FF; Lisbon, Krakow, Vienna]
www.plymptoons.com

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POSVETI HOMAGES

Промоција на документарниот омнибус-серијал На екс; документарец за забранетите

филмови од екс-ју просторите; документарен филм за Тетовирање на С. Попов
Promotion of the documentary omnibus - serial Na ex; doc about forbidden films from ex - YU;
doc Tattoo by S. Popov

ЖИВОТЕН СТИЛ LIFESTYLE

D: Tadeja Bučar, Dušan Šaponja, Saša Stanišić i Filip Jovanovski,
Ćazim Dervišević, Burim Baftiu & Erson Zymberi, Željka Kovačević
P: Project Idea - Ciklotron, Project leader - Milosav Marinović, Ex.
Prod.: Tadeja Bučar (TiPovej! - Ljubljana), Dušan Šaponja (Ciklotron
- Beograd), Robert Alagjozovski (NVO Kontrapunkt - Skopje), Ćazim Dervišević (XY Films - Sara-
jevo), Emine Ismajli (ANP - Gnjilane), Magdalena Petrović (FADE IN - Zagreb)
(Doc, 33’, DVCam, 2008, MKD/SLO, BIH/HRV/SRB/Kosovo)

ЗАБРАНЕТИ БЕЗ ЗАБРАНА CENSORED WITHOUT CENSORSHIP

D: Dinko Tucakovic & Milan Nikodijevic
P: Miljana Martinovic – Art&Popcorn
(Doc, 58’, digiBeta, 2007, SRB)

СНЕЖНО ПОЛЕ SNOW FIELD

D: Marija Apchevska
P: FDU-Skopje
(Doc, 25’, DVCam, 2007, MKD)

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Дела со интересен видео или телевизиски израз
Works with interest video and TV look

1000 ЈАРДИ ЗЈАПАЊЕ 1000 YARD STARE

D: Corrine Bot
(Exp. Fict, 4’20’’, miniDV, NLD)
www.corrinebot.com

ГЕТО 103 GHETTO 103

D: Jane Altiparmakov
(Doc, 11’, BetaSP, 1999, MKD)

ЗА ЕЖОТ OF A HEDGEHOG
D: Natalia Beliaeva
(Fict, 11’, 35mm, 2007, RUS)

ЗВУК И ФОРМА SOUND&FORM

D: Nena Sesic-Fiser
(Exp. Fict, 8’10’’, DVCam, 2007, NLD)

ЗДИВ BREATH
D: Elmaddin Aliyev
(Fict, 28’, DVCam, 2007, AZE)

ИГРАВ, ПЕЕВ I DANCED, I PLAYED

D: Roze Stiebra
(Ani, HDV, 33’, 2007, LVA)

КОМИТИ ЗАПАД – НЕКОГАШ И СЕГА KOMITI WEST STAND – PAST AND PRESENT
D: Dorijan Milovanovik
(Doc, 38’, DVCam, 2007, MKD)
НАТРУПАЈ PILING IT ON
D: Jia Min C. Lim
(Ani, 1’8’’, DVCam, 2008, GBR)

НИВНИТЕ ОКОЛНОСТИ THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES

D: Jihyun Ahn
(Ani, 10’, miniDV, 2007, USA)

ОДЕЊЕ ДОМА GOING HOME

D: Diana Rumjahn
(Fict, 4’22’’, miniDV, 2006, USA)

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ON/OFF
D: Irena Skoric
(Fict, HRV)

СЕЛОТО НА БАБИТЕ THE GRANDMAS’ VILLAGE

D: Dragana Zarevska
(Doc, 18’15’’, 2007, miniDV, MKD)

СКЕНДЕРБЕГ И СВЕТИГРАД Skenderbeg and Svetigrad

D: Atanas Cuposki
(Doc, 50’, 2007, BetaSP, MKD)

SLUG
D: Breven Angaelica Warren
(Doc, 12’36’’, DVCam, 2007, USA)

SCHLEMIL
D: Mikhail Mareskin
(Fict, 25’28’’, HDV, 2006, RUS)

NA EX
(choice from the serial episodes)

UNTITLED
D: Henri Turunen
(Mus. Doc, DVCpro HD, 2007, 5’, FIN)

ХОТЕЛ ЗА ПЦИ DOG HOTEL

D: Miranda Herceg
(Exp. Doc, 7’, 35mm/DV/mobile, 2007, HRV)

NEXT

FASSBINDER in Strumica
(in collaboration with Goethe Institute and Cinemateque of Macedonia) 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 June

ALI, SITE DRUGI SE VIKAAT ALI (ANGST ESSEN SEELE AUF, 1974)
BRAKOT NA MARIJA BRAUN (DIE EHE DER MARIA BRAUN, 1979)
#IVOTOT NA VERONIKA VOS (DIE SEHNSUCHT DER VERONIKA VOSS, 1982)
FONTEJN – EFI BRIST (FONTANE - EFFI BRIEST, 1974)
LILI MARLEN (LILI MARLEEN, 1981)
MARTA (MARTHA, 1974)

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Документарно ДВ - катче за маркетнишки и информациски цели
Documentary DV-corner for marketing and information aims

ЖИВОТОТ И НЕКОИ ДВОРОВИ THE LIFE AND OTHER BUILDING YARDS

D: Giuseppe Schettino
(Doc, 37’, DVCam, 2007, ITA)

КУЌАТА НА АВГУСТОВА THE HOUSE ON AUGUST STREET

D: Ayelet Bargur
(Doc, 63’, DVCam, 2007, ISR)
www.edenproductions.co.il

НАЈСВИРЕПОТО ПАТУВАЊЕ THE CRUELEST JOURNAY

D: Geir Kreken & Fridtjov Konglevoll
(Doc, 50’, digiBeta, 2007, NOR)

ЧЕ ГЕВАРА – ТЕЛОТО И ЛЕГЕНДАТА CHE GUEVARA – THE BODY AND THE LEGEND
D: Raffaele Brunetti & Stefano Missio
(Doc, 52’, digiBeta, 2007, ITA/ARG/BOL/FRA)

СТОЛ STOOL
D: Yaroslav Andrushchenko
(Doc, 66’, DVCam, 2007, UKR)
www.lizardfilms.com/ua

SURYA
D: Laurent Van Lanker
(Doc, 76’, 35mm, 2006, BEL)
www.polymorfilms.be

ТРИВИЈАЛНА ЕВРОПА TRIVIAL EUROPE

D: Gerald Harringer & Wolfgang Preisinger
(Doc, 60’, DVCam, 2007, AUT)
www.fabrikanten.at

ТРУБАЧКА РЕПУБЛИКА TRUMPETS’ REPUBLIC

D: Stefano Missio & Alessandro Gori
(Doc, 48’, DVCam, 2006, ITA)
www.alessandrogori.info/trumpetsrepublic

OTHER EVENTS
Portrait of Lordan Zafranovic
Excursion at Veljusa and Vodoca
CD – Old Stars of the New Screen (12 texts)
*
Summer Cine Revue
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Filmography (IMDb): Predgradje (1972) (TV)
Antika (1972)
Ma je pomsta (1995) Ubistvo u nocnom vozu (1972) (TV)
...aka Lacrimosa/Pomsta/Revenge/Ven- Prvi valcer (1971)
geance Is Mine ...aka The First Waltz
Zalazak stoljeca (Testament L.Z.) Mora (1971)
(1994) Ave Marija (1970)
...aka The Decline of the Century: Nedjelja (1969)
Testament L.Z. Dan i noc (1968)
Haloa - praznik kurvi (1988) Poslije podne (1968)
...aka Aloa: Festivity of the Whores Ljudi u prolazu (1966)
Vecernja zvona (1988) TV series ...aka Man in the Passage
Vecernja zvona (1986) Zivjela mladost (1965)
Mare Adriaticum - Jugoslavija (1985)
Ujed andjela (1984)
Krv i pepeo Jasenovca (1983)
Pad Italije (1981)
...aka The Fall of Italy
Zagreb zivi s Titom (1981)
Osmi kongres SUBNOR-a Jugoslavije
(1979)
...aka 8th Congress of War Veterans of
the National Liberation War Union
...aka Free Interpretation
Okupacija u 26 slika (1978)
...aka Occupation in 26 Pictures/Occu-
pation in 26 Tableaux
Zavicaj - Vladimir Nazor (1978)
...aka Family Nest: Vladimir Nazor
Gosti i radnici (1976) (TV)
Muke po Mati (1975)
...aka Passion According to Matthew
Zagrebacki velesajam (1975)
...aka The Zagreb Fair
Rad zida grad (1974)
...aka It’s Hard Work to Build a City
San (1974)
...aka Dream
Zavnoh (1973)
...aka Common Anti-Fascist Council of
the National Liberation of Croatia
Kronika jednog zlocina (1973)
...aka Chronicle of a Crime/Dalmatian
Chronicle/Dalmatinska kronika

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ASTER - ME|UNARODNA NAGRADA ZA VISOKI DOSTIGNUVAWA VO AVTORSKIOT FILM
ASTER - INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR HIGH ACHIEVMENTS IN AUTHOR FILM

Lordan Zafranović’s Sunny Inferno

“Throughout his life”, says Zafranović (14.02.1944, Maslinica na Solti, Croatia),
“an artist carries with him sort of an original stamp of the so-called primordial
image, scenes that have been carved into his consciousness and sub-conscious-
ness. Those are the images that the artist always returns to”… And further:
“The intensity of the impact that the finished film has on the viewer is equal to
the amount of inner energy that the author managed to put into his film and
project into its scenes”... These are interesting points if for no other reason
than for the fact that they manage to ideally decipher the basic characteristics
of Zafranović’s opus, and in fact his basic artistic ideals.
These ideals include, first of all a close organic connectedness with his
homeland’s Mediterranean landscape and with not only in the ambient and icon-
ographic senses but also in the dramatic and symbolic senses: a space whose
extreme natural elements (the burning sunny whiteness of the rocks in contrast
with deep shadows, the infinity of the open sea in contrast with the boundless of land) on the screen take
on the meaning of elemental categories of being and moving forces, Being and Nothingness, Eros and
Thanatos, heaven and hell, earth and space).
The combination of so many contrasting elements gives these films lavish outer garments as well as a
confusing dream-like depth. These films are on one hand aesthetically very “concrete” in their beauty
and impressive ambience, but on the other hand poetically completely “abstract” primarily because of the
mysterious spheres that they manage to reach with their pictures, movements and sounds. The Mediterra-
nean landscape is the common denominator of Zafranović’s film opus as well as his perspective in life: no
matter whether it appears on screen as an existential, symbolically extended or mythically universal model
(where concrete set design, land and sea become marks of the infinity of the universe and the smallness
of the scattered planets, while the coast stands for a “boundary”, a “transitional zone”, a sort of a fateful
crossing zone that sets apart the earthly and concrete from the remote and the conceptual).
The power and meaning of Zafranović’s on-screen reality always rests partly upon the values of this
basic model. However, it mainly draws from the author’s energetic vision, from what Zafranović calls the
personal energy that he puts into his work.
From his early works as an amateur filmmaker (Dnevnik, 1964) and his first professional pieces (Poslije
podne-puška, 1967), across flights into the sizzling exteriors (Ave Marija, 1970) and haunted interiors (Prvi
valcer, 1970), to his “war trilogy“, the central segment of Zafranović’s opus (Okupacija u 26 slika, 1978,
Pad Italije, 1981, Večernja zvona, 1986), one constant is a specific kind of visual and spiritual energy
that is the author’s trademark and signature. The orchestration of such extremes (natural elements on
a visual level and symbolic crystallizations on a spiritual level) always, thanks to its spontaneity, avoids
the fine chiseling of the whole, which results in an exciting unevenness in Zafranović’s films followed by
monumentally perfect moments of rare balance. This is the reason why there are often so many oppos-
ing, sometimes provocative and at other times even annoying reactions to his films. There have often
been many fierce controversies and polarized judgments about Zafranović’s films, but no matter what the
reaction to his work is, it is always quite energetic: nobody stays indifferent or uninvolved. This brings us
to the next link in Zafranović’s work and life. Like all other authentic, spiritually free filmmakers from the
former Yugoslavia, Zafranović always broke the “rules of conduct” of film production in a Communist coun-
try. His works, just like those by Makavejev, Saša Petrović, Mimica, Žika Pavlović and others, caused many
discussions, fights and scandals. And for a reason; his films really did not belong in the “official” program
of Yugoslav cinema because they endangered its “ideological order” and “dogmatic peace”. Nevertheless,
as soon as we widen the analytical scope and review these films and the entire opus as part of European
cinema, everything fits into place.
Proof? Let us remember the specific chapter in Mediterranean film production (first of all Italian and
Yugoslav cinema) in the 1960s and 1970s that focused on a somewhat surprising topic for that time:
the topic and problem of fascism, a review of the local emergence of that evil that peaked in WWII. The
chapter consists of Vatroslav Mimica (Kaja ubit ću te, 1967), Visconti (La caduta degli dei, 1969), De Sica
(Il giardiano dei Finzi Contini, 1971), Fellini (Amarcord, 1973), Liliana Cavani (Portiere di notte, 1974),
Pasolini (Salo o le centoventi giornate di Sodoma, 1975) and Bertolucci (Novecento, 1976). Zafranović’s
“war trilogy” (1978-1986) is an organic and natural continuation.
Courtesy by Ranko Munitić

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ASTERDOKS ASTERDOCS
Dokumentarci nad 30 minuti od avtori na JIE Documentaries longer than 30
minutes by SEE authors

BELA BARTOK, TURCIJA, 1936... BELA BARTOK, TURKEY, 1936…

D: Sezgin Turk
DoP: Sabri Savci
E: Ahmet Can Cakirca
M: Tamas Kobzos Kiss, Mihaly Hunor Hoppal
Istanbul; Alanya; Canakkale; Ayisigi
In 1936, Bela Bartok makes a field trip to Turkey to compile folk songs. In the fiction
part of the film, Atilla, a young Hungarian musician, meets Su, a young girl from
Turkey also involved in folk music. The story of their mutual attraction evolves within
the framework of the cultural interaction between their people.
(Doc, 53’, BetaSP, 2004, TUR)

BOI VO VREMETO COLORS IN TIME

D/DoP/E: Stefan Saskov
S: Vladimir Plavevski
M: Fidan Jakovski
P: Delta Polzer
Ova e portret na isklu~itelno interesnata li~nost, akademskiot slikar
Milo[ Koxoman. Filmot treba da go definira ras~ekorot pome\u nego-
voto sekojdnevno `iveewe, ispolneto so iscrpuva~ka rabota vo oblasta na
likovnata umetnost i negovata opsesija so otkrivawe na novi i novi svetovi
vo i nadvor od realnosta na ednostavniot `ivot, [to vodi do pronao-\awe na
filozofski adekvati vo sekoja narodna mudrost.
(Doc, 40’, miniDV, 2005, MKD)

#IVOTITE NA KOSTA HAKMAN LIVES OF KOSTA HAKMAN

D: Miljan Glisic
S: Zoran Stefanovic
DoP: Vladan Obradovic
M: Silvija Milosevic
E: Ksenija Savicevic
P: RTS