Bottlemen
Winner of the Heart of Sarajevo for best documentary film, Bottlemen is an homage to a vibrant, essential, yet largely invisible community, as well as an eco-western and a stark contemplation of where our society is going.
On the outskirts of Belgrade, in Serbia, one of the largest unsanitary landfills in Europe stretches over the remains of the ancient Vinca civilization. What was once the cradle of European civilization now mirrors our modern lifestyle fueled by overconsumption. A group of mostly Roma workers, known as ‘bottlemen’, make a precarious living on these unstable mountains of toxic, steaming, sometimes burning waste. Their community is about to face a new threat.
Thursday, 28 November – 18:30
Sunday, 1 December – 17:30
ENGLISH SUBTITLES | 84 MIN
FLAŠAROŠI | Nemanja Vojinovic | 2023 | Serbia, Slovenia
PRODUCTION
Marija Stojnic, Nemanja Vojinovic, RT DOBRE NADE, SET SAIL FILMS, URGH!, RTVS, RTV Slovenia
SCREENPLAY
Nemanja Vojinovic
SOUND
Bostjan Kacicnik
DOP
Igor Marovic, SAS, Nemanja Vojinovic
EDITING
Dragan von Petrovic
CAST
Zani Boc, Slavisa Radu, Bojan Stojkov, Elvis Mojic Stojkov, Darko Ziva
FESTIVALS & AWARDS (SELECTION)
Sarajevo FF, 2023 – Winner Heart of Sarajevo, Best Documentary | Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival, 2024 – Best Documentary Award, Best Camera Award | Freezone Film Festival, 2024 –Winner Best Film | Mediteran Film Festival, 2024 – Winner Documentary (Honorable Mention), Winner Best Cinematographer | Sicilambiente, 2023 – Winner Best Film | Zurich Film Festival, 2023 – Nominee Best International Documentary | UnderhillFest, 2024 – Nominee Best Documentary
DIRECTOR’S BIO
Nemanja Vojinovic studied film directing at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade, where he graduated in 2012. His short documentary film Reality, fuck off won awards at regional and international festivals. He made his feature documentary debut as a director and producer with Las Distancias (2017), in which he followed emigrants from Cuba to the United States. Nemanja is a Member of the Association of Documentary Filmmakers of Serbia, DOKSERBIA.
