Kosovo 1998. It only takes a quick online search these days to loosely be made aware of some of the crucial implications and nuances that director Jelena Vujović surely considered much closely when making the aforementioned specific time-jump act as temporal background for how a Romeo and Juliet forbidden love story is destined to fall […]
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During early self-assessments of personal identity specific social and institutional systems that mediate each phase of our growing up in society are bound to come up as contributing factors. Still, there is no invisible threshold through which a person can just walk through and find themselves, on the other side, instantly knowing how to live […]
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The universal spoken and unspoken language of togetherness and lack thereof inspiring perspectives shared by directors Tasou Palisidou, Mihai Gligan, Jasmina Cloșcă, Karina Logothetis, Buse Halaçoğlu and Milorad Milatović translates into a rich selection of cinematic syntax and grammar; the reading of each relational situation shaping the next section of this year’s Competition festival program. […]
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The four short films screened during the second half of the first day dedicated to untiling the mosaic of cinematically transformed experiences coming from the Balkans all connect through the compassion shown to the tireless and difficult task of not forgetting to remember oneself. While watching The Lark, Offside Again?, 45’’ and Granny’s Sexual Life […]
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The longest possible human lifespan is not yet lengthy enough to completely satisfy existential curiosity. Scientifically speaking, this long-lasting search is especially vulnerable from birth up until the point when the prefrontal cortex, the part of our brain that helps curb impulsive behavior, is fully developed. In my personal experience, up until true self-awareness can […]
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What is the difference between being looked at and felt seen? What helps close the distance between the polite “nice to meet you” first handshake exchange and sharing the very necessary embrace of being thought of as someone with whom an essential connection has been formed? The quality of our belonging to the world depends […]
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