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- NTC Award Ceremony
New Talent Competition gives young filmmakers from Central, Eastern and Southern Europe the opportunity to present their outstanding debut or second film to the public. Join us on Sunday 1 December at 19h - Music at ENFF
The Eastern Neighbours Film Festival welcomes special musical guests each year to enrich our program. For this 16th edition, we’re thrilled to present two talented young musicians: guitarist Antonio Peršak (CR) and violinist İdil Yunkuş (TR). Together, they will perform a traditional Balkan dance and folk song, highlighting the beauty of this music through the… Read more: Music at ENFF - Masterclass with Janez Burger
This masterclass presents a unique opportunity to explore Burger's distinct storytelling style, genre use, and exploration of contemporary social issues. Join us on Saturday 30 November at 17h - Room 5 - Panel Discussion: Exploration of individual and collective memory in cinema
Panel Discussion: Exploration of individual and collective memory in cinema on Friday 29 November at 18h
| Director | Mladen Mitrovic |
| Producer | Mladen Mitrovic – Fabrika snova, Balkan Art Centar, Factum |
| Writer | Mladen Mitrovic |
| Editor | Davor Bosankic |
| Camera | Zoran Petrovic, Mladen Mitrovic, Uday Shandal |
| Screening | Saturday 12 November at 21:30h / Sunda 13 November at 14:15h |
| Original Title | U POTRAZI ZA SNOM |
| Year | 2015 |
| Length | 137 min |
| County | Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia |
| Subtitles | English |
| Section | DOCUMENTARIES OPEN DEBATES: DOCS TALK |
A compelling awakening of emotions while reconstructing a beautiful friendship. Dutch Premiere
SYNOPSIS
Yugoslavia broke apart in a blood-soaked civil war. The very heart of the country, Bosnia and Herzegovina, suffered the most. This conflict of Bosniacs (Muslims), Serbs (Eastern Orthodox) and Croats (Catholics) resulted in hundreds of thousands of victims and changed the destinies of many people, dispersing them around the world as refugees. The director embarks on a world tour to find the then 10-year-old actors from his first film, scattered away from their native city by the whirlwind of war.
Mitrovic points out: “I was born on a movie set and lived a happy childhood. And just when the stars seemed closer than ever, the sky above me got overcast, bringing along the war that put everything on hold. I stopped dreaming and started escaping from a reality that was suffocating my emotions and I`ve distanced from film.”
Emoties bloeien op tijdens het ontstaan van een mooie vriendschap.
VERHAAL
Joegoslavië viel uit elkaar door een met bloed doordrenkte burgeroorlog. Het hart van het land, Bosnië en Herzegovina, leed het meest. Dit conflict van Bosniërs (moslims), Serviërs (Oosters-orthodoxen) en Kroaten (katholieken) maakte honderdduizenden slachtoffers en veranderde het lot van veel mensen, die zich over de hele wereld verspreidden als vluchteling. De regisseur maakt een wereldreis en treft de toenmalige tienjarige acteurs uit zijn eerste film ver weg van hun eigen stad, verjaagd door de turbulentie van oorlog.
Mitrovic vertelt: “Ik ben geboren op een filmset en had een gelukkige jeugd. En op het moment dat de sterren dichterbij leken dan ooit werd de lucht boven mij bewolkt en kwam alles tot stilstand door de oorlog. Ik stopte met dromen en ontsnapte uit een realiteit die mijn emoties verstikte en distantieerde me van de filmwereld.”
FESTIVALS & AWARDS (selection)
Sarajevo Film Festival, 2015 – Audience Award | ZagrebDox, 2016 | Beldocs, Serbia, 2016 | European Film Festival, Kenya, 2016