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Filmstill Fragile Memory

Fragile Memory

Krykhka pam’yat
Igor Ivanko
Panorama Middle and Eastern Europe 2022
Documentary Film
Ukraine,
Slovakia
2022
85 minutes
Ukrainian,
Russian,
Polish
Subtitles: 
English

In the 1960s, the Soviet cinematographer Leonid Burlaka worked on films that went around the world for the Odesskaya kinostudiya in his native city of Odesa in the former Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Today he is eighty years old and diagnosed with Alzheimer’s; his memory is visibly fading. Filmmaker Igor Ivanko follows the traces left by his grandfather and discovers an archive of immense value in the garage.

Dozens of rolls of photo film, albeit almost decayed, are found between gardening and other tools. The grandson scans the material and shows it to his grandparents. Burlaka’s face brightens when he recognises familiar faces, but he can’t remember much. Ivanko realises that he has a treasure of historical dimensions in his hands. Leonid Burlaka began his career when many Soviet creative artists were struggling with censorship. When state repression eased in the mid-1960s, he had long established himself in his profession. The political change, however, was reflected in his works. Ivanko’s attempt to record his grandfather’s memories before they disappear forever comes too late. But he succeeds at making a film that looks back on fifty years of cinema and life in the USSR: a stirring portrait of the times and the family between emotion and information.
Lina Dinkla

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Director
Igor Ivanko
Cinematographer
Igor Ivanko, Illia Yehorov
Editor
Igor Kosenko
Producer
Mariia Ponomarova, Alexandra Bratyshchenko, Igor Ivanko, Peter Kerekes
Sound
Karina Rezhevska
Score
Marek Piaček
World Sales
Clementine Engler
Nominated for: MDR Film Prize
Filmstill Money and Happiness

Money and Happiness

Money and Happiness
Ana Nedeljković, Nikola Majdak
Competition for the Audience Award Short Film 2022
Animated Film
Serbia,
Slovenia,
Slovakia
2022
10 minutes
English
Subtitles: 
English

In Hamsterland, everybody is 100 percent happy. Their religion is statistics and the perfect employee is young, a team player and stress-resistant. Even the most mindless computer jobs and piece work drudgery are fun, without exception. Until one day something goes wrong after all and the mantras “think positive” and “follow your dreams” are temporarily silenced. An entertaining polemic on hyper capitalist, neoliberal societies that makes you smile.

Samuel Döring

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Director
Ana Nedeljković, Nikola Majdak
Cinematographer
Nikola Majdak
Editor
Milina Trisic
Producer
Jelena Mitrović
Co-Producer
Tina Smrekar, Peter Badac
Sound
Julij Zornik
Score
Dusan Petrovich
Animation
Ana Nedeljković, Nikola Majdak, Leon Vidmar
World Sales
Luce Grosjean
Nominated for: mephisto 97.6 Audience Award
Kids DOK 2022
Filmstill Suzie in the Garden
Suzie in the Garden
Lucie Sunková
Suzie and her parents spend a lot of time in their garden on the outskirts of town. One day she discovers a hole in the fence. Creepy! But then she dares to slip through anyway.
Filmstill Suzie in the Garden

Suzie in the Garden

Zuza v zahradách
Lucie Sunková
Kids DOK 2022
Animated Film
Czech Republic,
Slovakia
2022
14 minutes
Czech
Subtitles: 
German (Overvoice)

Suzie and her parents cycle out to their garden on the outskirts of town on the weekend. This is where Suzie feels at home! Digging, picking flowers, nibbling berries – gorgeous! One day a black dog crosses her path and she discovers a mysterious site. Who could be the owner? Suzie is a little scared, but dares to slip through the fence anyway.

Lina Dinkla

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Director
Lucie Sunková
Cinematographer
Jaroslav Fišer
Editor
Anna Ryndová
Producer
Martin Vandas
Co-Producer
Simona Hrušovská
Sound
Martin Večeřa
Score
Aliaksandr Yasinski
Animation
Lucie Sunková
World Sales
Georg Gruber