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AN INSTANT OF NON EXISTENCE

Country: France, Serbia, Slovakia

Director: Hannah Papacek Harper

Producer: Dorian Blanc

Production company: Retroviseur Productions

Four characters in a small Slovak town inside Serbia try to escape the lethargic village life by acting in the 150 year of theatre where they struggle to recreate the feelings of their youth and find a sense of belonging while navigating complex interpersonal relationships, great expectations and self doubt.

 

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EXCHANGE OR HOW I SURVIVED PUBERTY

Country: Serbia

Director: Nikola Polić

Producer: Nikola Polić

Production company: Kino Radionica

Nikola (17) goes to a youth camp to shoot his first documentary, not realising that the filming will reveal who he is and what kind of a man he could become.

 

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DELTA

Country: Greece

Director: Vivian Papageorgiou

Producer: Ioanna Peteinaraki

Production company: Mooving Rooster Productions

In the Delta of the river Pinios, a small community of fishermen fight with nature’s forces and  environmental problems. The river constantly changes the landscape, shapes their character,  gives or sometimes takes away life, revealing this way the ephemeral and insignificance of  man in front of nature’s eternity. 

 

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ANIMALIUM ISTANBUL

Country: Turkey

Director: Sila Unlu Intepe

Producer: Sila Unlu Intepe

Production company: Kim Bu Video

Surviving the concrete jungle: a documentary exploring the fascinating interplay between human and animal populations in the bustling metropolis of Istanbul; as they adapt, struggle and coexist in the midst of rapid urbanization, cultural tradition and political context.

 

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CLEANED BY A MASTER

Country: Bulgaria

Director: Stefan Boyadjiev

Producer: Teodora Stoilova-Doncheva

Production company: Trafaret Films

“Cleaned By A Master” is a contemporary socio-psychological film portrait of several women with higher education who, for various social reasons, work in the field of cleaning. In positions far lower than their education suggests. But far better paid.

 

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I DON’T WANT

Country: North Macedonia

Director: Hanis Bagashov

Producer: Hanis Bagashov

Production company: Hithra Films

In spite of the idyllic village life, a family of three is tormented by their past mistakes.

 

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THE COUNSELLING OFFICE FOR WORKERS

Country: Slovenia

Director: Nika Autor

Producer: Andraž Jerič

Production company: Hithra Films

The Counselling Office for Workers is a refuge for working men and women, the unemployed, the disabled, pensioners, and students, where new networks of solidarity, new understandings and formations of political struggle, and daily visions of a better, more equitable future for the working class are woven.

 

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MY GRANDMA’S SISTER

Country: Greece, Albania, Uzbekistan

Director: Eleni Kavouki

Producer: Christine Tsakmaka

Production company: Honeybee Productions

Her story is our journey.

 

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CON 24000 BACI

Country: Croatia, Italy

Director: Ivana Marinić Kragić, Alessio Bozzer

Producer: Ivana Marinić Kragić

Production company: MARINIS MEDIA

Starting from the song “Con 24000 baci”, the film introduces the audience to the world of the influence of Italian music on the music and culture of Yugoslavia, imbued with nostalgic notes opens new positive worlds in collective consciousness and history.

 

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ADELINA

Country: Kosovo

Director: Aurela Berila

Producer: Eroll Bilibani

Production company: Tabakhane Film

 

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THE WATER

Country: North Macedonia

Director: Batuhan Ibrahim & Gorgi Pulevski

Producer: Ilija Tiricovski

“The Water” tells a story of the people of Nize Pole, a picturesque village nestled beneath the majestic Pelister mountain peak.