ENFF CATALOGUE 2019

SHORT FILMS, BIG STORIES

WOULD YOU LOOK AT HER

DIRECTOR: GORAN STOLEVSKI
A stubborn girl finds the unlikely solution to all her problems in an all-male religious
ritual.
A misfit, 18-year-old Aneta, is bullied at school for her feelings towards female friend
and for her tomboy attitude. As any teenager, her life revolves around her mobile
phone. In one of the incidents, her phone was tossed off the bus and crashed. In
order to get a new one and solve a problem of a broken TV at home, Aneta decides
to confront the local priest to let her participate in a centuries-old all-male church
ritual of retrieving a cross from the river. The winner of the ritual will receive a brand
new mobile phone and a TV set. If allowed, she will have to compete against the
same bullies that harass her.

VIDI JA TI NEA
North Macedonia | 2017 | 19 min

PRODUCTION: Tomi Salkovski, Dimitar Minov, Kristijan Burovski — Black Cat Pro-
duction; Skopje Film Studio
CAST: Sara Klimoska, Igor Angelov, Pirunika Kiselicki
SCREENPLAY: Goran Stolevski
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Naum Doksevski
EDITING: Goran Stolevski

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EUROPE, 30 YEARS AFTER
THE BERLIN WALL

 I SEE RED PEOPLE  MOSTAR UNITED
 MY GRANNY FROM MARS  PALACE FOR
THE PEOPLE  SWEET EMMA, DEAR BOBE
 THE BRIDGE  THE DELEGATION 
THE DISTANCE BETWEEN ME AND ME

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BREAKING AND BUILDING WALLS IN EUROPE

During our festival, it will be exactly 30 years since the East German Government
announced on 9 November 1989 that all GDR citizens were free to travel to West
Germany and West Berlin from that moment on. The whole of Europe celebrated.
People chipped away parts of the Berlin Wall and the government used profession-
al equipment to remove the infamous barrier of Europe, which – together with the
mass protests that were already going on – signified the beginning of the end of the
communist regime of East Germany and the transition towards a free, democratic
and unified Germany.
Today, 30 years later, Europe is building new walls and becoming increasingly divid-
ed. Boundaries along borders that keep out those fleeing from conflicted or pover-
ty-stricken areas in the Middle East and Africa, are the subject of heated debates.
Shockingly, there are even several cities in Europe that are still or again divided
between East and West, as a result of conflict. For instance, in Bosnia and Herze-
govina, Kosovo or parts of countries like Moldova and Ukraine.
Therefore, ENFF wants to reflect the seriousness of the political and human crises
because of which different types of walls, borders, hurdles and regulations were
and are constructed. Our Focus program deals not only with the films reflecting on
Europe during and after the Berlin Wall, but also very much with the current situation
and re-establishment of divisions among people.

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I SEE RED PEOPLE MY GRANNY FROM MARS

Bojina Panayotova | France | 2018 | Alexander Mihalkovich | Belarus,
84 min | Synopsis on page 27. Ukraine, Estonia | 2018 | 72 min |
Dutch Premiere | Synopsis on page 7.
A brave and thrilling documentary inves-
tigation about the filmmaker’s own fami- When politics and nationalism turn
ly participation in state espionage during Crimea into an unfriendly environment,
communism in Bulgaria. can it still be a safe place for a grand-
ma and her big family? A humorous and
charming film awarded with the Docu
Talent Prize by Ji.hlava Academy.

MOSTAR UNITED PALACE FOR THE PEOPLE

Claudia Tosi | Italy, Slovenia | 2008 | Boris Missirkov/Georgi Bogdanov |
73 min | Synopsis on page 30. Bulgaria, Germany, Romania | 2018 |
76 min | Dutch Premiere | Synopsis
Historically important and attractive for on page 32.
tourists, after the war in the 1990s the
beautiful city of Mostar has lived its An exciting cinematic tour through five
peace as a divided city, separated on impressive palaces from socialist times
two sides by the Neretva River. in Eastern Europe.

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SWEET EMMA, DEAR BOBE THE DELEGATION

Istvan Szabo | Hungary | 1992 | 90 min Bujar Alimani | Albania, France,
| Synopsis on page 8. Greece, Kosovo | 2018 | 77 min | Dutch
Premiere | Synopsis on page 17.
A must-see classic that was award-
ed the Silver Bear at the 1992 Berlina- The film reflects the 1990s in Albania
le, with a remarkable performance by and addresses the destiny of a prisoner
the Dutch actress Johanna ter Steege. and free minded professor, whose friend
Probably the most improvised film ever from France comes to visit him. The
made by Istvan Szabo, it was the first to Frenchman is so important in this tran-
depict the hard changes of the Hungari- sitional period in Albania, that they fake
an society started in 1989. the freedom of the professor to keep up
appearances.

THE BRIDGE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN
ME AND ME
Valmira Hyseni | Kosovo | 2018 | 17 min
| Dutch Premiere | Synopsis on page 47. Mona Nicoara/Dana Bunescu |
Romania, USA | 2018 | 89 min | Dutch
Kosovo today. The city of Mitrovica is Premiere | Synopsis on page 33.
divided in two parts – the northern with
Serbian population and the southern A portrait of the mesmerizing artist Nina
where Albanians reside. Visiting family Cassian. From Ceaușescu’s Romania to
members’ graves can be a real struggle. her final years in America, forever a trou-
blesome intellectual.

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CINEMA BY MIGRANTS/
CINEMA ON MIGRANTS

 BASHKIMI UNITED  CLOUD FOREST 
EASY LESSONS  GREAT WALL OF CHINA
 I SEE RED PEOPLE  IN BETWEEN 
IN TOUCH  KINDERS  SEPARATION,
VIVID DREAMS  THE STONE SPEAKERS

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History is teaching us that migrants should not be seen as parasites who come to
profit from the benefits of society. Not seldom do they make tremendous contribu-
tions to their new homelands, either in politics, art, culture or science. From Nikola
Tesla to Jonas Mekas, from Marina Abramovic to Milos Forman, to name a few.
In this program section we show work by people who contributed considerably to
the film world of western Europe where they live, while originally coming from East
and South East Europe. At the same time, the program aims to show how revitalized
contemporary European cinema is, how an eclectic mix of non-western traditions,
cultural connotations and sensibilities are creating the new identity of European con-
temporary cinema.
Let’s recall makers like Jasmin Dizdar who made Beautiful People (1999) in the
UK, a satirical comedy that won Un Certain Regard Award in Cannes; or Fraulein
(2006), made in Switzerland by Andrea Staka, that was awarded in Locarno. Here in
the Netherlands, Ena Sendijarevic with Take Me Somewhere Nice (2019), that was
awarded at IFFR and won the Heart of Sarajevo this year.
This section also presents films made by local filmmakers that look at the life of mi-
grants; either in dealing with job opportunities, the way they adapt to the new social
establishment, or their emotional charge of homesickness.

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BASHKIMI UNITED EASY LESSONS

Lasse Linder | Switzerland | 2018 | Dorottya Zurbo | Hungary | 2018 |
10 min | Dutch Premiere | Synopsis 78 min | Synopsis on page 26.
on page 38.
On the brink of adulthood, beauti-
An award-winning short documentary ful Somalian Kafia breaks free from
about a seemingly small player from everything she grew up with. A poetic
Kosovo and a larger than life story. and captivating journey of a refugee in
today’s Hungary, learning to adapt to
her new life.

CLOUD FOREST GREAT WALL OF CHINA

Eliane Esther Bots | The Netherlands | Aleksandra Odic | Germany | 2017 |
2019 | 18 min | Synopsis on page 39. 36 min | Dutch Premiere | Synopsis on
page 40.
A fairytale-like film in which five Dutch
girls take the viewer on an imaginative A compelling story from today’s Bosnia
journey through the memories and where the temptation to migrate is om-
images they have of their parents’ nipresent among the young generation.
experiences of the war in the former
Yugoslavia.

I SEE RED PEOPLE

Bojina Panayotova | France | 2018 |
84 min | Synopsis on page 27.
A brave and thrilling documentary
investigation about the filmmaker’s own
family participation in state espionage
during communism in Bulgaria.

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IN BETWEEN SEPARATION, VIVID DREAMS

Samir Karahoda | Kosovo | 2019 | Bojana Radulovic | Montenegro/
14 min | Synopsis on page 43. Belgium | 2018 | 19 min | Synopsis
on page 46.
Emigration is about to tear families
apart, but the feeling of belonging Upon return to a dilapidated home, an
determines an awkward form of ex- artist feels caught between the war-torn
pressing their unity. A moving short, past and a bleak future.
premiered at this year’s Berlinale.

IN TOUCH THE STONE SPEAKERS

Pawel Ziemilski | Poland/Iceland | 2018 Igor Drljaca | Canada/Bosnia and
| 60 min | Synopsis on page 28. Herzegovina | 2018 | 92 min | Dutch
Premiere | Synopsis on page 34.
A moving story of immigration, the
hopes of those left behind and the This visually superb, poetic, and
desires of others who chose to leave thought-provoking documentary exam-
their country. Winner of the Special Jury ines the cross points between tourism
Award for Mid-Length Documentary at and ideology in four post-war Bosnia
IDFA 2018. and Herzegovinian towns. The film was
screened at Berlinale 2019.

KINDERS

Arash & Arman T. Riahi | Austria | 2016
| 95 min | Synopsis on page 29.

A touching film about hidden potential,
creativity, integration, the power of
music and the possible future of our
society. It shows new ways of inspiring
adolescent creativity and is a push for a
new education policy.

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BULGARIAN NEW VOICES

 I SEE RED PEOPLE  IRINA 
PALACE FOR THE PEOPLE  THE PIG

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Gifted new voices, among whom are several strong female directors, have already
being spotted and presented at big festivals like Berlin, Cannes, Rotterdam, Venice
and IDFA. However, distribution of their films in the West is rare. That’s why we put
in the limelight several compelling, exciting films from Bulgaria that reflect the spirit
of today’s society.
Female director Nadejda Koseva was already noticed as a talent with her first film
story, part of the omnibus Lost and Found (2005). There, as well as in her last film
Irina, she focuses on a young woman who has to invent a way to save her family
from the economic malaise that severely affects a large part of society.
Another fiction film, The Pig by Dragomir Sholev, mirrors the country in which 25
percent of the population today works abroad. The story deals with the drama of a
bullied child that, in the absence of his parents, lives with his granny.
Two documentaries in our program are also part of the sections Europe, 30 Years After
the Berlin Wall and Cinema by Migrants/Cinema on Migrants. In Palace for the Peo-
ple, the directors Boris Missirkov and Georgi Bogdanov are looking at the meaning
of the socialist heritage - ridiculously huge palaces that were built as life monuments
to the communist rulers at the time. In intimate documentary I See Red People, the
female director Bojina Panayotova, herself migrant in France, tries to reveal her family
secrets, examining the family’s position within the communist ruling strata.

I SEE RED PEOPLE PALACE FOR THE PEOPLE

Bojina Panayotova | France | 2018 | Boris Missirkov/Georgi Bogdanov |
84 min | Synopsis on page 27. Bulgaria/Germany/Romania | 2018 |
76 min | Dutch Premiere | Synopsis
on page 32.

IRINA THE PIG

Nadejda Koseva | Bulgaria | 2018 | Dragomir Sholev | Bulgaria/Romania |
96 min | Synopsis on page 13. 2018 | 96 min | Dutch Premiere |
Synopsis on page 18.

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OLD GOLD

GGRRAANNDD LLOOVVEE AAFFFFAAIIRRSS

 A YEAR OF THE QUIET SUN  KUDUZ

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For many years the ENFF has featured the section OLD GOLD. This category is dedi-
cated to films that survived the political and social changes in the countries where they
were made and prove to still be relevant, as well as being watched and loved by new
generations. We as a festival provide this ‘blast to the past’ because we believe that it
is important to bring to Dutch viewers the context in which their neighbours grew up
and use to live.
In order not to keep the whole program as heavy and tragic, as Eastern European films
often are, we give our audience the opportunity to revel in epic LOVE stories. Although
these films have a rather accessible and light cinematic theme, they often feature more
serious political and social circumstances that are crucial to unfolding the destiny of a
loving couple.
One of the classic masters of European film, Krzysztof Zanussi from Poland, directed
A year of the quiet sun that won the Golden Lion in Venice in 1984. With remarkable
performances by the famous Polish actress Maja Komorowska and the American actor
Scott Wilson. We hope that this film will bring a breeze from home and cheer up many
Polish expats living in the Hague.
Furthermore, the Festival brings cult Bosnian film Kuduz by veteran director Ademir
Kenovic. The film was made just in the eve of the ex-Yugoslav tragedy and it is based
on a true story. The script was written by Abdulah Sidran, well-known Bosnian poet and
early Kusturica scriptwriter. The main actress Snezana Bogdanovic won several prizes
with this film. Music was composed by famous Goran Bregovic and the traditional song
Zute Dunje became a great hit afterwards.

A YEAR OF THE QUIET SUN KUDUZ

Krzysztof Zanussi | Poland/Germany/ Ademir Kenovic | Yugoslavia | 1989 |
USA | 1984 | 110 min | Synopsis on 105 min | Dutch Premiere | Synopsis
page 20. on page 21.

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CHILDREN’s
PROGRAM

FAMILY FILMS

 GAJA’S WORLD 
MY GRANDPA IS AN ALIEN

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This year the Eastern Neighbours Film Festival will be launching a children’s program
for the first time! We have chosen two exciting films from Slovenia and Croatia that have
become a huge hit at home box office and have travelled internationally with success.

Our young audience will have an opportunity to watch the Dutch premiere of Gaja’s
World by Peter Bratusa. A Slovenian family comedy with a little crime story. The Best
Film in Children’s Program at the Sarajevo Film Festival and Motovun Buzz@teen.

Another film that we are bringing to the Netherlands is My Grandpa Is An Alien by
Marina Andree Skop and Drazen Zarkovic. An extraordinary adventure of a girl and the
robot on a mission to save her partly alien family. This inventive sci-fi children’s film that
parents will enjoy too, won awards for Best Visual Effects and Best Cinematography at
the Pula Film festival.

GAJA’S WORLD MY GRANDPA IS AN ALIEN

Peter Bratusa | Slovenia | 2018 | 89 min Marina Andree Skop/Drazen Zarkovic |
| Dutch Premiere | English subtitles | Croatia, Luxembourg, Norway,
Synopsis on page 22. Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2019 |
79 min | Dutch subtitles |
Synopsis on page 23.

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SIDE
PROGRAM

 NEW PRO FORMULA  DEBATE
 MASTERCLASS  LUX FILM PRIZE
 AUDIENCE PRIZE  WINE TASTING

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NEW PRO FORMULA

PITCH YOUR PROJECT AND BRAINSTORM WITH THE ENFF!

FRIDAY 8 NOVEMBER film LOOKING FOR THE HORSES) his
relationship to the culture and language
14:00 hours | Filmhuis Den Haag | of his parents, that is unfamiliar to him,
free admission and exploring other ways of communi-
cation, beyond words.
Most film festivals’ industry events THE CHANNEL, by Eliane Esther Bots,
present work in progress to film profes- a filmmaker from the Hague, explores
sionals and decision makers. We want the experiences of three interpreters
to diversify these pitch sessions and from the International Criminal Tribunal
provide the possibility for filmmakers to of the former Yugoslavia in The Hague
directly collaborate with their potential and their position as a channel between
audience. After all, films are intended for speakers and listeners, witnesses and
viewers. During this unique event film- defendants, judges and attendees, and
makers will be able to take advantage of the confrontation of their own memories
direct feedback from future audience in and emotions with the stories of oppos-
a lively and constructive dialogue. We’re ing parties in the conflict.
inviting filmmakers to pitch their current During her four years living in Amster-
projects, still in the production stage, dam, Kristina Daurova, a Russian
to the audience of ENFF. We bring to filmmaker decides to approach her Mo-
the spotlight five new and exciting film roccan neighbours to get to know the
projects in the production stage, direct- community. In her THE MOROCCAN
ed by filmmakers of the Eastern and TEA (working title) she tries to connect
South-Eastern European origin living in with the women in her neighbourhood
the Netherlands, as well as one Dutch over tea and conversation.
filmmaker dealing with a topic closely Andreea Dumitriu, Rotterdam based
related to the SEE region. filmmaker from Romania, explores in
Lidija Zelović, Bosnian/Dutch filmmak- BEYOND RITUALS how waiting be-
er, delves into a personal story in her comes a religious experience on the
new tragi comical film essay HOME streets of the Romanian city Iasi. Once
ABROAD. The Bosnian/Serbian/Croa- a year, during the Saint Parascheva
tian and yet Dutch film director Zelović Pilgrimage, few hundred thousand pil-
tries to reveal/investigate what makes grims queue for up to 20 hours to pray
a migrant life so unique while exploring at her shrine. It is believed the Saint
this universal struggle of identity and makes miracles happen. A film reflect-
community: is true integration possible ing on the desire for miracles in our lives
or even something we should strive for? and in Romanian society.
Stefan Pavlović, a recent graduate from
the Master of Film program in Amster-
dam and born in the Netherlands but
of Bosnian parents, examines in a per-
sonal documentary (and his graduation

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DEBATE

NEW IDENTITY OF EUROPEAN CONTEMPORARY CINEMA

SUNDAY 10 NOVEMBER Hungary and France, whose films are part
of the program. We also invite a group of
12:00 hours | Filmhuis Den Haag | the filmmakers based in the Netherlands,
Studio A | free admission but originating from Bosnia and Herze-
govina, Croatia, Russia, Poland, Ukraine
In our program Cinema by Migrants/Cine- and Romania. We want to examine how
ma on Migrants, we screen some ten films they chose their topic and whether they
made by directors from Eastern or South- feel obliged, doomed or inclined, to de-
eastern origin living in the West or by lo- liver content about migrants in the films
cal filmmakers whose films deal with the they make in their new homelands. Read
life of migrants. Next to the film screen- more about the program Cinema by Mi-
ings, we will have a debate about the new grants/Cinema on Migrants on page 56.
identity of European contemporary cine-
ma. What kind of new themes, different,
refreshed aesthetics the filmmakers bring
in their work. We will talk about this topic
with ENFF guests from Austria, Germany,

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MASTERCLASS

FILMING ARCHITECTURAL GIANTS IN EAST EUROPE

THURSDAY 8 NOVEMBER Boris Missirkov is internationally acclaimed
14:30 hours | Filmhuis Den Haag Bulgarian cinematographer, director, visu-
Palace for the People tells the stories of al artist and photographer. The author of
the most emblematic five buildings of so- visual campaigns, full-length documenta-
cialist times - highly representative for the ries, videos and short films. Together with
epoch and witnessing the historical turbu- Georgi Bogdanov, he founded Bulgarian
lence in Eastern Europe in the second half Photographic Association and AGITPROP
of the XX century. This documentary made Production Company. DOP of the most
by Bulgarian new voices Boris Missirkov/ successful AGITPROP’s films, among
Georgi Bogdanov will have its Dutch pre- which: “Georgi and the Butterflies” (Silver
miere at the ENFF and it’s part of Focus Wolf, IDFA 2004), “The Mosquito Problem
program - Europe, 30 Years After the Ber- and other stories” (Cannes 2007, Grierson
lin Wall. After the screening, director Boris Award for Best Documentary, BFI London
Missirkov will give a masterclass (duration FF), “Corridor #8” (Berlinale 2008 – Inde-
45 minutes). Synopsis on page 32. pendent Ecumenical Jury Award), “The Boy,
Who Was a King” (Toronto IFF 2011). DOP
of the first original Bulgarian productions for
HBO, documentaries “Concrete Pharaohs”,
“Paradise Hotel” (Golden Magnolia for Best
Doc; Thessaloniki 2010 - Best Doc) and
“Dad Made Dirty Movies” (Visions du Reel).
He was also the author of the first original
Bulgarian content for National Geographic
Channel, “Explore Bulgaria” (2014-2019),
the coproducer of “15”, the first Bulgarian
omnibus film and author of The Ladino La-
dies’ Club (Bulgaria/USA, 2015), screened
at IDFA and Warsaw FF. A renowned visu-
al artist and photographer who had solo
shows as well as major photography and
contemporary art exhibitions in Europe and
the USA.

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LUX FILM PRIZE

GOD EXISTS, HER NAME IS PETRUNYA

THURSDAY 7 NOVEMBER About Lux Prize
The Lux Prize was set up by the Europe-
17.00 hours | Filmhuis Den Haag | an Parliament in 2007 and is intended to
free admission promote the European film industry and
express shared European values. The Eu-
Teona Strugar Mitevska, North ropean film industry encounters more dif-
Macedonia/ Belgium/Slovenia/Croatia/ ficulties than the American, especially due
France | 2018 | 100 min to the existence of many different language
areas in Europe. Adapting movies in other
Macedonian filmmaker Teona Strugar languages is a costly process. The winning
Mitevska made a powerful cinematic work film is therefore, as a prize, subtitled in all
that tells the story of a woman who finds official European Union working languages
herself in a position that only men have ac- and screened in all EU Member States.
cess to at a religious ceremony. A signifi- On November 27, the winning film of the
cant contribution to the feminist struggle, 2019 competition will be announced and
the most acute social issue of our times, awarded in Strasbourg. Currently the fol-
which has yet to gain momentum in the lowing films are still included in the com-
Balkans. Full synopsis on page 12. petition: “Cold Case Hammarskjöld”, “God
Exists, Her Name is Petrunya” and “The
“God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya” is Realm”. Read more about the Lux Prize
one of the finalists for the European Par- here: www.luxprize.eu
liament’s Lux Prize 2019. Join this free Made possible by the European Parliament.
screening and get a chance to talk to the
actor Stefan Vujisikj during the elaborate
Q&A. After the film the European Parlia-
ment offers you the opportunity to reflect
on the film with a complimentary drink.

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AUDIENCE PRIZE Sevda will guide you for 2 days (4-8 hours
per day), take you to visit traditional tourist
Win a trip to Montenegro! attractions or hidden villages only Sevda
By attending a film at ENFF! Our audience knows about. Hiking, cycling and horse-rid-
will have a chance to win an award and ing enable you to visit places outside the
enter into a random draw to win a trip to beaten path, but if you want to you can rent
Montenegro with airfare for one and ac- the resort’s jeep. Upon arrival, you will also
commodations for up to two persons gen- discover the stories and beauty of Tara Riv-
erously provided by BovenCA. At the clos- er and Tara canyon, the deepest and lon-
ing ceremony on Sunday 10 November in gest canyon in Europe protected as UNES-
Filmhuis Den Haag, the lucky winner will be CO World Heritage Site. You will encounter
randomly picked and will have the chance and appreciate the famous Balkan hospi-
to have an authentic experience around the tality and Balkan culture and breathe the
Western Balkans! cleanest air there is. More info: www.enff.nl
The venue
You will stay in a spacious and comfortable
mountain villa, the Celebic-BovenKuca. It
is beautifully located, 100 m above the tiny
village of Crhalj, in the unspoiled mountain
area of Northeastern Montenegro. Crhalj
belongs to the municipality Bijelo Polje;
co-ordinates: 42.58.675 N; 19.55.271 E;
1050m above sea level.
What to do in Crhalj
During your 7-day stay you will be provid-
ed with all the information about what you
can do and where you can go. Your host

WINE TASTING The wine tasting is brought to you by An-
dereWijn – a wine webshop stocked with
Filmhuis Den Haag | Studio A | many wines from the neighbouring East-
free admission ern European countries. Every year they
taste hundreds of wines, out of which they
This year we take a wine tour through Cen- choose the best.
tral and Eastern Europe. Come and taste Visit their website: www.anderewijn.nl
eight different quality wines from countries
that are also part of the film festival. Not
only the cinema of our Eastern neighbours
is becoming more popular every year, but
also the centuries-old wine culture is flour-
ishing. During this wine tasting you will get
an impression of what the region has to
offer today. In addition, you will learn more
about several indigenous grape varieties,
still unfamiliar in rest of Europe.

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ON TOUR
PROGRAM

ON TOUR IN AMSTERDAM  AMERSFOORT
 ROTTERDAM  UTRECHT

ON TOUR IN AMERSFOORT ON TOUR IN ROTTERDAM

12 SEPTEMBER 2019 IN DE LIEVE 22 SEPTEMBER 2019 IN KINO
VROUW, AMERSFOORT ROTTERDAM
From 18:30 hours | SCREAM FOR ME 19:30 hours | LET THERE BE LIGHT
SARAJEVO by Tarik Hodzic, Bosnia and by Marco Skop, Slovak Republic/Czech
Herzegovina, 2016. Synopsis on www. Republic, 2019 | Synopsis on page 14.
enff.nl | STITCHES by Miroslav Terzic, Tickets: www.kinorotterdam.nl
Serbia/Slovenia/Croatia/Bosnia and
Herzegovina, 2019. Synopsis on page
16 | Tickets: www.lievevrouw.nl

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ON TOUR IN AMSTERDAM ON TOUR IN UTRECHT

26 OCTOBER 2019 IN DE BALIE, 3 NOVEMBER 2019 IN METAAL
AMSTERDAM KATHEDRAAL, UTRECHT
19:30 hours | GOD EXISTS, HER 16:30 hours | THE WINTER GARDEN’S
NAME IS PETRUNYA by Teona Strugar TALE by Simon Mozgovyi, Ukraine,
Mitevska, North Macedonia/Belgium/ 2018. Synopsis on page 35 | Tickets:
Slovenia/Croatia/France, 2018. Synopsis www.metaalkathedraal.nl
on page 12 | Tickets: www.debalie.nl

2 NOVEMBER 2019 IN RIALTO, 5 NOVEMBER 2019 IN LOUIS
AMSTERDAM HARTLOOPER COMPLEX, UTRECHT
15:00 hours | THE DISTANCE 19:00 hours | BAD POEMS by Gabor
BETWEEN ME AND ME by Dana Reisz, Hungary/France, 2018. Synopsis
Bunescu/Mona Nicoara, Romania, 2018. on page 9 | Tickets: www.hartlooper.nl
Synopsis on page 33 | Tickets: www.
rialtofilm.nl

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SIDE
EVENTS

 WOULD YOU LOOK AT HER  IN TOUCH 
IN GREAT WALL OF CHINA  UNCONDITIONAL
LOVE  HIDE AND SEEK  ONE HUNDRED AND
TWENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND  ONE TWO ZERO
 EASY LESSONS  POLONAISE 
MASTERCLASS  MUSIC AT ENFF

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9 NOVEMBER 2019 IN THEATER DAKOTA, THE HAGUE

14:30 hours 16:30 hours
WOULD YOU LOOK AT HER by Goran GREAT WALL OF CHINA by Aleksandra
Stolevski, North Macedonia, 2017. Odic, Germany, 2017. Synopsis on page 40.
Synopsis on page 51. UNCONDITIONAL LOVE by Rafal Lysak,
IN TOUCH by Pawel Ziemilski, Poland/ Poland, 2018. Synopsis on page 36. Tickets:
Iceland, 2018. Synopsis on page 28. www.theaterdakota.nl
Tickets: www.theaterdakota.nl

28 SEPTEMBER 2019 IN DE 4 OCTOBER 2019 IN
NIEUWE REGENTES, THE HAGUE LAAKTHEATER, THE HAGUE
17:00 hours 19:30 hours
HIDE AND SEEK by Beno Gabor EASY LESSONS by Dorottya Zurbo,
Baranyi, Hungary, 2016. Hungary, 2018. Synopsis on page 26.
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT POLONAISE by Agnieszka Elbanowska,
THOUSAND by Ondrej Erban, Czech Poland, 2016. Synopsis on www.enff.nl
Republic, 2018. Tickets: www.laaktheater.nl
ONE TWO ZERO by Anna Pawluczuk,
Poland, 2017 Synopsis: www.enff.nl |
Tickets: www.denieuweregentes.nl

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MASTERCLASS

ARAF BY DIDEM PEKUN

ENFF On Tour in Utrecht brings a Didem Pekun is a filmmaker and scholar
special screening of ARAF (‘araf’ - the from Turkey who did her artistic research
Turkish word for limbo, or purgatory), in different parts of Europe: Berlin,
an essayistic road movie and diary of Budapest, Vienna. In her masterclass
a ghostly character, Nayia, who travels she will reflect on her process of making
between Srebrenica and Sarajevo to this visually superb essay film where
Mostar in Bosnia. She has been in image and sound are being transposed
exile since the war and returns for the from the level of reality to mythical,
memorial of the Srebrenica genocide. balancing between particular and
The film is guided by her diary notes universal. Carefully composed images
of the journey which merges with the and minimalist approach in director’s
myth of Daedalus and Icarus. Icarus cinematic choices build in this work
being the name given to the winner of successful dramatic tension and multi-
a bridge diving competition in Bosnia layered meaning.
and Herzegovina, her home country. More info: www.enff.nl
Synopsis on page 24. In her work Didem Pekun combines
research and practice. Her essay films
are addressing how violence and
displacement define and destroy life. Her
documentaries and video installations
have been shown internationally and
have received various awards. She
is a founding member of the Centre
for Spatial Justice (MAD). She holds
a BA in Music from SOAS, an MA in
Documentary from Goldsmiths, and a
practice-based PhD in Visual Cultures
from Goldsmiths, University of London.
After being a faculty member at Koç
University, a Research Fellow at Visual
Cultures, Goldsmiths, a Joint Fellow at
Institute for Advanced Studies & Visual
Studies Platform at CEU, Budapest, she
is currently a fellow at Graduate School
/ Berlin Center for the Advanced Studies
in Arts and Sciences. Filmography: The
Tree that Smiles at Me (2007) | Tülay
German; Years of Fire and Cinders (2010)
| Of Dice and Men (2016) | Araf (2018).
More info: www.didempekun.com

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MUSIC AT ENFF

One of our special guests this year Furthermore, special musical
is ALEKSANDRA POPOVSKA, performance by BALKAN
Macedonian-Dutch musician who VROUWENKOOR AMSTERDAM.
is challenging the way we listen to These passionate singers led by Julia
the voice. The Hague-based singer, Scepanovic have been performing
composer, choir leader and researcher, songs from the Balkans and East Europe
is renowned for adventurous approach since 2010. The choir was founded in
to live performance and her creative Amsterdam and it consists of women
projects fusing traditional music with of all ages, from those in their early
contemporary/classical, live electronics. twenties to sixty plus.
Info: www.aleksandrapopovska.com More info: www.balkanvrouwenkoor.nl

Vocal ensemble CHERVONI KORALI Jazz guitarist, composer and educator
(red choral - typical Ukrainian necklace) LUDMIL KRUMOV will perform at the
unites amateur singers who live in The opening of ENFF with THE SMALL
Netherlands, love to sing Ukrainian BULGARIAN FOLK JAZZ ORCHESTRA.
songs and promote Ukrainian traditions A collective of Bulgarian instrumentalists
and culture abroad. who cross the boundaries of stylistic
conventions, blending their diverse
More info: www.chervonikorali.nl musical and life experience in amalgam
of talent, characters, composition and
spontaneous improvisations.
More info: www.ludmilkrumov.com

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AND A GREAT THANK YOU
TO ALL THE EMBASSIES

AND OTHER PARTNERS WHO
GENEROUSLY CONTRIBUTE TO

ENFF AND HELP MAKE THIS
FESTIVAL A SUCCESS!

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FILM INDEX 90 SECONDS IN NORTH KOREA ............................. 37
A YEAR OF THE QUIET SUN .................................... 20
ARAF ........................................................................ 24
BAD POEMS ............................................................ 9
BASHKIMI UNITED ................................................... 38
BEFORE FATHER GETS BACK ................................. 25
CLOUD FOREST ...................................................... 39
COLD NOVEMBER ................................................... 10
EASY LESSONS ....................................................... 26
ERASED ................................................................... 11
GAJA’S WORLD........................................................ 22
GOD EXISTS, HER NAME IS PETRUNYA .................. 12
GREAT WALL OF CHINA .......................................... 40
HOPE ....................................................................... 41
I CAN BARELY REMEMBER THE DAY ...................... 42
I SEE RED PEOPLE .................................................. 27
IN BETWEEN ............................................................ 43
IN TOUCH ................................................................ 28
IRINA ........................................................................ 13
KINDERS .................................................................. 29
KUDUZ ..................................................................... 21
LET THERE BE LIGHT .............................................. 14
MOSTAR UNITED ..................................................... 30
MY GRANDPA IS AN ALIEN ...................................... 23
MY GRANNY FROM MARS ....................................... 7
NEIGHBORS ............................................................ 15

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ON THE WATER ....................................................... 31 FILM INDEX
ONCE UPON A TIME IN SHANGHAI ......................... 44
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND... 45
PALACE FOR THE PEOPLE ...................................... 32
SEPARATION, VIVID DREAMS .................................. 46
STITCHES ................................................................ 16
SWEET EMMA, DEAR BOBE .................................... 8
THE BRIDGE ............................................................ 47
THE DELEGATION .................................................... 17
THE DISTANCE BETWEEN ME AND ME ................... 33
THE END OF DARKNESS ......................................... 48
THE LOVER .............................................................. 49
THE PIG ................................................................... 18
THE STONE SPEAKERS ........................................... 34
THE WINTER GARDEN’S TALE ................................. 35
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE ........................................... 36
VOLCANO ................................................................ 19
WAITING FOR A MIRACLE ....................................... 50
WOULD YOU LOOK AT HER ..................................... 51

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ENFF TEAM Social Media
Mariana Hristova
Festival Director Sophie Tiedemann
Rada Sesic Website
Managing Director Igor Lesic
Kostana Banovic Zeljka Ferencic
Production Arjen Tienkamp
Gaby Brinkman Stefan Pavlovic
Kristina Daurova Design
Production Support Anna Trofimenko
Corina Burlacu Interior Design
Maarten Savelkoel Nena Sesic-Fiser
John Bosters Photography
Goran Medvedev Mladen Pikulic
Technical Department Videography
Igor Lesic Alma Imamovic-Ivanov
Film Coordination Trailer
Oana Stupariu Igor Lesic
Volunteer Coordination
Alma Kofrc Eastern Neighbours Film Festival
Hospitality is a project of Stichting artTrace
Milica Milic Oude Houtensepad 34
PR 3582CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
Anna Lillioja
Catalogue
Rada Sesic
Zeljka Ferencic
Mariana Hristova
Oana Stupariu
Alma Imamovic-Ivanov
Kristina Daurova
Tanja Matic
Elsa Court

COLOFON ALL FILMS AT ENFF HAVE ENGLISH SUBTITLES
TICKETS: WWW.ENFF.NL

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