Projects and Participants

Sonic Silence

Thirty years after the Dayton Agreement, the “Sonic Silence” can still be heard. That whistle and unsettling silence inducing alienation and fear, preceding and following an explosion.

Lost and Found: Uncovering the Truth

Lost and Found uncovers the unknown world of child trafficking in Romania. This documentary unravels, firsthand accounts, the complex networks exploiting the vulnerable and seeks to bring light to the shadows of this hidden crisis.

Lost in Tehran, Lost in Japan

After arriving at the front lines in Iran-Iraq War, Farshad was so frightened he couldn’t move. A nurse told him there was a certain vaccine that makes fear go away. And it did, but after a while, Farshad realized that the anti-fear vaccine was just morphine, and he had become an addict.

Two Pictures Per Second

This film/essay would be a documentary experimental reflection of myself through the time that has passed. The basic tools I would use to visualize this would be the family archive of Super 8 films (about four hours of various material), photographs, and newly filmed material from the present time.

No Offence

No Offence is a feature-length documentary set in Međimurje, the smallest and northernmost county in Croatia, where a unique coexistence unfolds. Croatians, Roma, and Nepalese live in complete separation, yet their unresolved conflicts create a neverending cycle of discrimination.

Entr'actes

A retired concierge Olena from Kyiv leads an amateur theater group for the elderly. Neither war nor deteriorating health can stop them from preparing for a local competition, which might be their final chance to perform on stage. Through observational storytelling, the film captures their resilience, friendships, and the power of art as quiet defiance in times of uncertainty.

In the Winds of the Icefields

Throughout his career, Vello has built a few dozens of ice yachts. Today he is crafting his last. When the filmmaker hears that, he rushes to the island to film it. Vello forces a helmet on his head instead as he realizes this is his last chance to go on the ice. Over time, the filmmaker starts to enjoy his new reality. He, too, starts to wait for something that might never come – the ice.

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Nests of Storks and People

Two storks travel 12,000 kilometers to reach their home in the Bulgarian village of Palamartza and spend the summer there. Like the 250 foreigners from all over the world who choose the poorest European country as the last and dearest dream stop in their lives.