RETREAT
Germany, North Macedonia / 2022 / 30'
RETREAT
The documentary depicts the complex connections between supposedly far-off and abstract wars and their very real effects at home. Over the past twenty years thousands of young people were recruited in North Macedonia to work in the kitchens and laundries of the US military bases in Afghanistan and Iraq. With the withdrawal of the last troops from Afghanistan in 2021, many of them returned home – bringing with them quickly-earned money, soon invested in real estate, but also traumatic memories that have marked them.
Director: Anabela Angelovska
Script: Anabela Angelovska
Photography: Betty Herzner
Editing: Imke Koseck, Anabela Angelovska
Sound: Petar Jovanovski
Music: Sven Janetzko
Production: Anabela Angelovska
Selected Filmography:
Hakie – Haki: Living as a Man (2015)
Remix (2010)
Festivals & Awards:
Berlinale, Germany (2022), Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia & Herzegovina (2022), EBS International Documentary Festival, South Korea (2022), Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam, The Netherlands (2022), La Cabina International Medium Length Film Festival, Spain (2022), 2022), Lübeck Nordic Film Days, Germany (2022), Eastern Neighbours Film Festival, The Netherlands (2022), Regensburg Short Film Week, Germany (2022), Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival, Serbia (2023), Hamburg Documentary Film Festival, Germany (2023), Crossing Europe, Austria (2023), SEEFest, USA (2023), FeKK Ljubljana Short Film Festival, Slovenia (2023), Herceg Novi Film Festival, Montenegro (/)
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