Czech Republic, 2010, 25 min
Martin Šmoldas
29.01.2011 16:10
The compatriotic village of Holuboje was founded in the so called Bessarabia (part of today’s Moldavia) by Czech colonists in 1864. Holuboj compatriots managed to preserve aspects of their language and folk culture, often long forgotten in the Czech Republic, in the manifold national variety of this region. The most extraordinary of all is the folk band which has continuously functioned here for incredible 146 years and which has various Czech songs in its repertoire.
Despite these folk singularities, local people are afflicted with the same problems as all the people of the isolated and poor Moldavia. The decline in economics, disintegration of agricultural co-operatives and everyday existential problems endanger the existence of this folk band. The author of the film introduces four protagonists, inhabitants of Holuboj, who provide an insight into the past and present lives of compatriots in Moldavia.
Director, production, camera, edit: Martin Šmoldas
Martin is a student of Social Anthropology at the University of Pardubice. He is interests in the field in Moldova.
Language of dialogues: Czech
Language of subtitles: No subtitles
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Russia, 2008, 26 min
Ivan Golovnev
29.01.2011 17:20
This film takes us into the world of old man Peter Sengepov, tha last surviving Shaman of the Kazym River, who lives alone in the depths of the Siberian taiga. The region of the Khanty people is the basic source of oil recovery in Russia. About 70 percent of all Rusian oil is extracted here. The oil companies actively buy huge territories in the North of Siberia. Indigenous people are compelled to leavethese places, their own patrimonial territories, and do a modern civilization gradually absorbs an ancient culture.
Director, Camera: Ivan Golovnev
Was born in 1978. Graduated at the Omsk State University. In 2002 finished college at the Sverdlovsk Film Studio in Ekaterinburg, department of directors of cinema and TV. In 2005 finished the Highest Courses of Film Writers and Directors in Moscaw. Winner and participant of the international film festivals and film projects.
Production: Ethnographic Bureau Studio, Ekaterinburg, Russia
Edit: Yuri Yatsencko
Language od dialogues: Russian, Khanty
Language of subtitles: English
Awards(selection):
Best international documentary at the International Film Festival CORTOPTERE, Italy 2008
Best international documentary at the International Teheran Short Film Festival, Iran 2008
Prize of the Directorate of the SHAKEN STARS International Film Festival, Kazakhstan2009
Best short documentary at the International "Gold Panda" Awards, China 2009
Special Mention of International Jury at the Festival de Aguilar de Campoo, Spain 2009
Audience Award at the ESPIELLO International Film Festival , Spain 2010
Prize of the Jury at the "Toamna la Voronet" International Film Festival, Romania 2010
Special Mention of the International Jury at the InkaFest Mountain Film Festival, Peru 2010
Special Mention for editing at the XIX International Festival of Ethnological Film, Serbia 2010
Grand prize at the XII "Finno-Ugric World" International Film Festival, Russia 2010
Hungary, 2007, 41 min
Kriszta Bódis
28.01.2011 21:40
“A man is different from a woman. A man is allowed to do more things, a woman to do nothing.” say Oláh gypsies from Békés County Hungary. Traditions based on these kinds of suppositions keep this community firm. Grown Girl means: Mature Woman. Becoming Grown Girl is a turning point.”
‘Báriséj’ – is a gender documentary showing gender roles of an oláh gypsy community with its unique laws and traditions for women with their own interpretations.
Director: Kriszta Bódis
Born in Budapest in 1967. She is a writer, documentary-film director, psychologist.
Production: FILMPLUS, Budapest, Hungary
Camera: Francisco Gózon, Márton Vízkelety, Mária Takács
Language of dialogues: Hungarian
Language of subtitles: English