Fran and Verka; or A Usual Day in an Abandoned Village
The long fingers of the Kosovo War reach into the present in Sovran Nrecaj’s patient and stark documentary about Fran and Verka’s isolated life in an abandoned village.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Aug 16, 2023 | Festivals, Sarajevo, Sarajevo 2023, Verdict Shorts |
The long fingers of the Kosovo War reach into the present in Sovran Nrecaj’s patient and stark documentary about Fran and Verka’s isolated life in an abandoned village.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Aug 15, 2023 | Festivals, Sarajevo 2023, Verdict Shorts |
Domonkos Erhardt’s student short ‘From the Corner of My Eyes’ uses the malleability of the animated image to great effect to capture a miniature moment of connection.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Aug 14, 2023 | Festivals, Sarajevo 2023 |
With ‘Medium’, Greek filmmaker Christina Ioakeimidi adapts Giorgos Sibardis’ novel about a 16-year-old girl coming of age across a scorching Athens summer. Premiered in Sarajevo International Film Festival
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Aug 14, 2023 | Festivals, Sarajevo 2023, Verdict Shorts |
With ‘Lost Children’ Lola Cambourieu and Yann Berlier have created an aching, poignant and keenly observed depiction of a dislocated father-daughter relationship, premiered in Sarajevo International Film Festival,
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Aug 13, 2023 | Festivals, Sarajevo 2023, Verdict Shorts |
The personal and the political entangle in Self-Portrait Along the Borderline, Anna Dziapshipa’s excellent essay doc about Georgian-Abkhazian relations through the lens of her own family history. It is competing in Sarajevo International Film Festival
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