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Paris

December 22th - 24th, 2020

Online


 

 

City of Memories

Mara Siegel
Germany and Serbia / 2019 / 0:07:13


The story of Belgrades post-war informal architecture, told by the houses themselves. After NATO bombed the city in 1999, reactionary urban structures grew out of its ashes. Now, the informal architecture of Belgrade is reviving its past as citizens want to overthrow the current dictatorial regime. Mara Siegel lets the buildings do the talking in an uncommon urban analysis. HOW: In a short movie, the houses of Belgrade memorise their experiences of 20 years ago. How their inhabitants hid inside them, how they fled from terror, and returned home after the war. Now, in 2019 they see what unfolds on the streets and they share their concerns. “The buildings in Belgrade embody the memories of the city”

INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE



 

The Flood
Potop

Kristijan Krajnan
Slovenia / 2019 / 00:15:37


A long-absent father and his neglected son set off on a reconciliation trip, heading for the family mountain hut. As heavy rains, curiously predicted by the father, suddenly disrupt a sunny day, the two men need to settle their scores before an ominous flood comes upon them.

PARIS PREMIERE

 

Trenutek

Matic Stamcar
Slovenia / 2018 / 0:16:13


A family is leaving for a trip. Parents are behaving strangely. Dad stays at home, mom seems distant, her daughter is taking over her role. Eight-year-old Lin is increasingly feeling the unspoken among them. What will the day bring?

FRENCH PREMIERE



 

Otranto

Jonian Bisai, Sotiris Tsiganos
Albania, Italy, Greece / 2019 / 0:24:21



Katër i Radës was the first boat that sank in a naval blockade against migration flows. Now it is a monument for global migration established by the same authority that ordered its sinking. During the civil war in Albania more and more people were seeking a way out. On 28 March 1997, at the port of Vlorë, Albania, 120 people boarded the vessel Katër i Radës bound for Italy. In the Otranto Canal, the Italian navy warship Sibilla intercepted the Albanian ship, using military manoeuvres. The military action was part of Operation White Flags (operazione Bandiere Bianche), by mutual agreement of the Italian and Albanian state, which gave the Italian navy permission to patrol the entire Otranto Canal and prevent Albanians from escaping the country. The Albanian boat sank, causing the death of 81 people, including women and children; justice for this still has not been done. In the film, four female voices interweave a polyphonic narration of the story, asking questions ignored by the media and the court. The relatives of the victims perform a voyage by crossing the Mediterranean Sea following the same route. During the voyage they reexamine the traces of the event and the transformation of the shipwreck from evidence into a context-free sculpture. In front of the distorted shipwreck, a restorative act brings back the missing memory.

EUROPEAN PREMIERE


 



Space is Not Enough

Vedran Suvar
Croatia / 2019 / 0:20:30


Everything happened at the same time.

FRENCH PREMIERE