Section: Focus

TEN YEARS OLDER

TEN YEARS OLDER

Daniel Brennecke
Kosovo, Germany, 2015, 8 Min

It's Fatmir's last day in Prizren, and before he leaves there's an issue that needs to be settled. Though rarely adhered to by today's youngsters, the Kanun dictates they he fight for the freedom of a friend. Caught between a rock and a hard place he is confronted by a losing battle from which he must retreat with honour.

Balkan Onions – Short Films from the Roma Community of Prizren

The 'Balkan Onions', a Berlin-based multicultural team made up of fifteen young filmmakers and cinéastes from the cultural organisation RomaTrial, as well as the filmArche film school, set off in August 2015 to the historic city of Prizren with the aim of collaborating with Kosovan colleagues from Durmish Aslano on a fourteen-day film summer school, producing a few short films and then showing these at the 14th DokuFest, the renowned documentary and short film festival held annually in Prizren. Implemented by amateur filmmakers, with the help of amateur actors and actresses from the local Roma community, the aim was to bring together filmmakers from two very different countries, provide a platform for mutual exchange and ultimately allow participants to gain a wider perspective on documentary and narrative filmmaking, whilst placing particular focus on the issues of migration and the fate of Roma people.

Filmformat
HDFile | Farbe / colour
Drehbuch
Fatmir Menekshe, Benyamin Menekshe, Melisa Menekshe, Daniel Brennecke, Clio Flego, Sergi Sánchez
Kamera
Sergi Sánchez
Produzent
Hamze Bytyci, Veronika Patočková
Produktion
RomaTrial e. V.
Co-Produktion
filmArche e.V.
Kontakt
RomaTrial e. V.
Hamze Bytyci
Postfach 440 624
12066 Berlin
Germany
Tel.: +49.173.4598 235
balkanonions@romatrial.org
www.romatrial.org

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