24th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
Borders
synopsis
An immobile camera monitors a path winding through the fields. The movements of the crowd are a harbinger of the interruption of the static image. The procession of refugees, under the watchful eye of military forces, winds in an orderly fashion through the Slovenian countryside. They march on, uninterested in the camera’s eye or in the revelation of their existence.
biography
The acclaimed Slovenian director Damjan Kozole (1964) is the creator of successful feature films such as Spare Parts (2003) and Nightlife (2016), winner of the Best Director award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
more about film
| director: | Damjan Kozole |
| producer: | Danijel Hočevar |
| script: | Damjan Kozole |
| photography: | Matjaz Mrak |
| editing: | Jurij Moškon |
| sound: | Julij Zornik |
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Italy, France / 2017 / 15 min.
section: Short Joy
East European Premiere
This animated documentary revives the story of Rudolf Bělohoubek in the form of moving “comic” drawings with commentary. After the Second World War, the son of a Czech father and German mother witnessed the execution of his parents by the Revolutionary Guards, who even had some of the family’s neighbors amongst their ranks.
The Neighbours
Martin Búřil
Czech Republic / 2019 / 9 min.
section: Short Joy
World Premiere
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The Remembered Film
Isabelle Tollenaere
Belgium / 2018 / 18 min.
section: Short Joy
Central European Premiere
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Poland / 2016 / 16 min.
section: Short Joy
International Premiere
The Memory Atlas refers to the unfinished work of Aby Warburg, a mentally ill German art historian. A surrealistic flow of ideas from his authentic writings from his stay in the Bellevue psychiatric hospital in Kreuzlingen, Switzerland commingles with the medical records of his psychotic states, tracing the border between madness and genius in one zoom out.
The Memory Atlas
Domenico Centrone
Belgium, Italy / 2019 / 10 min.
section: Short Joy
World Premiere
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The Marshal’s Two Executions
Radu Jude
Romania / 2018 / 10 min.
section: Short Joy
World Premiere
The goal the protagonist of the film has set for himself seems impossible to him: to contact his former partner in order to see his own son. On a deeper level, this video essay on what is and isn't possible unifies the footage it uses - videos freely accessible on YouTube and a monochromatic yellow filter through which they are presented.
Impossibility
Leonardo Barbuy
Peru / 2019 / 9 min.
section: Short Joy
European Premiere
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Jan Philippe Carpio
Philippines / 2019 / 11 min.
section: Short Joy
World Premiere
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Cooling Waters
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Bosnia and Herzegovina, Switzerland / 2015 / 8 min.
section: Short Joy
European Premiere
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section: Short Joy
European Premiere
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Italy / 2019 / 14 min.
section: Short Joy
World Premiere
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section: Short Joy
European Premiere
