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Dejan Petrović
An animal shelter in Serbia, a trainer working with the mixed-breed mutt Vanja. This study about the training of an endearing dog transcends itself and asks: What is freedom?
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Prilagođeni
Dejan Petrović
Doc Alliance Award 2023
Documentary Film
Serbia
2021
19 minutes
Serbian
Subtitles: 
English

An overcrowded dog shelter in Serbia. It’s hard to see how many animals are kept here behind wire mesh in desolate kennels. They are cared for and trained by prison inmates who are shown doing their job without further comment or explanation. However, the camera never focuses on the men’s faces. Observations take place at eye-level with the dogs. Especially shaggy Vanja and his training progress are at the centre of Dejan Petrović’s short study of freedom. The uniform, concentrated shots leave plenty of space for questions, above all whether this (dog’s) life is really unfree or whether the desire for freedom must take a backseat under these circumstances, since there is a roof over one’s head and a task that fills the day. While we are still thinking about this, Vanja with his alert eyes and engaging nature has already found a place – not just in the heart of his initially rather dismissive trainer.

Lina Dinkla

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Director
Dejan Petrović
Script
Dejan Petrović
Cinematographer
Dragan Vildović
Editor
Aleksandar Uhrin, Aleksandar Popović
Producer
Dejan Petrović
Co-Producer
Ivica Vidanović
Sound
Nikola Cvijanović
Sound Design
Nikola Cvijanović
Score
Vojin Ristivojević
World Sales
Wouter Jansen