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The Cars We Drove into Capitalism

The Cars We Drove into Capitalism
Georgi Bogdanov, Boris Missirkov
Competition for the Audience Award 2021
Documentary Film
Bulgaria,
Croatia,
Czech Republic,
Denmark,
Germany
2021
93 minutes
Bulgarian,
Czech,
English,
German,
Norwegian,
Russian
Subtitles: 
English

A nostalgic trip into a past when buying a car constituted a lifetime’s work – especially for those Europeans who had a maximum of two handful of brands at their disposal. This cheerfully edited collection of auto biographies from socialist production evokes seemingly carefree times when the motorized vehicle was allowed to be simply a status symbol: free from ideological turf wars revolving around the climate crisis and mobility diets.

From Russia via Bulgaria and the Czech Republic to Germany and Norway, love stories between humans and Trabi, Moskvitch and Volga are captured on film. We meet protagonists who are fond of their beloved piece of tin, then or now, or have even amassed a considerable collection. There’s a couple who met and fell in love at a retro car exhibition and still drive the same model today. We meet a sexton who passes on his official car after 32 years of use. We make the acquaintance of a pin-up who always poses in front of vintage cars from the East. They all have a soft spot for these rickety rust buckets, because even though the products of the socialist car industry were usually slow, chunky, tedious to drive and to repair, they were all regarded as showpieces of a successful life. And there was one in almost every family: coveted, long longed-for, assiduously polished.
Lina Dinkla

Credits DOK Leipzig Logo

Director
Georgi Bogdanov, Boris Missirkov
Script
Boris Missirkov, Georgi Bogdanov
Cinematographer
Boris Missirkov, Georgi Bogdanov
Editor
Emil Granicharov, Jacob Thuessen, Georgi Tenev
Producer
Martichka Bozhilova
Co-Producer
Tina Leeb, Miljenka Čogelja, Dana Budisavljević, Jiří Konečný, Sigrid Jonsson Dyekjær, Sascha Beier, Simone Baumann
Sound
Veselin Zografov
Filmstill The Family Portrait

The Family Portrait

Obiteljski portret
Lea Vidaković
International Competition Animated Film 2023
Animated Film
Croatia,
France,
Serbia
2023
14 minutes
without dialogue
Subtitles: 
None

András and his daughter Zsófia enjoy a relaxed Sunday in their stately city mansion, just before the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. But soon the silence in the house is disturbed by an escaped pig, closely followed by an unexpected visit: András’ brother, his large family and lots of luggage barge in through the front door. Running children and garrulous relatives bring noise and bedlam to all floors. Art objects are handled without permission, furniture is moved, objects fall to the ground. The visitors have brought chaos. Zsófia’s father and the maid try in vain to restore calm and order. Though András and his brother get closer to each other, the old house is not up to the changed circumstances. A leaking water pipe heralds a finale that at least makes them all stand still together.

Franka Sachse

Credits DOK Leipzig Logo

Director
Lea Vidaković
Script
Lea Vidaković
Cinematographer
Lea Vidaković, Damien Buquen
Editor
Iva Kraljević
Producer
Draško Ivezić, Jean Francois le Corre, Nikolina Vucetic Zecevic
Sound Design
Zoran Maksimovic
Animation
Marion le Guillou, Bilitis Levillain, Violette Delvoye
Nominated for: mephisto 97.6 Audience Award