Festival Opening Ceremony

The ceremony will be hosted by Tomasz Raczek, a known and valued expert on the widely understood art of film. Tomasz Raczek. Film critic, journalist, publisher, lecturer, director of film channels, creator of television and radio programmes, author and co-author of books on cinema. Along with Zygmunt Kałużyński he created the famous review duo known for their heated arguments about films. Has worked for many papers and periodicals, including “Wprost,” “Rzeczpospolita,” “Polityka,” “Film,” “Teatr,” “Ekran,” “Kino,” “Cinema,” “Playboy,” “The European,” and “The Montreal Gazette.” He loves the sea and passenger ships. He collects books, paintings, and all manner of marine-related objects. He dreams to live in a real lighthouse with a view of the horizon.

 

 

 

 

OPENING MOVIE

ANPLAGD/UNPLUGGED
Mladen Kovacevic, Serbia/Finlandia 2013

Vera, a private detective retired to the village where she grew up as shepherdess, and Pera, the know-it-all peasant of many esoteric skills, are the last remaining leaf-players -  both in the autumns of their lives, still strongly blowing into leaves. Josip is an amateur inventor set out to decode the obscure artistry of leaf-playing. “Unplugged” is an existential allegory about music played on tree leaves, humorously rattling between the most primitive of instruments and the most universal escapism of music. Music has rarely been so offbeat.

  

 

MLADEN KOVAČEVIĆ 

Short biography

After years of studying fiction film directing in Belgrade, London, and Cape Town, Mladen Kovacevic has wholeheartedly dedicated himself to documentaries. In just few years, he made two commissioned documentaries, a thematic documentaryDumbfounded Hog, and his début documentary feature, the unpretentious and highly acclaimed Unplugged (Visions du Réel, Hot Docs, CPH:DOX, FIDMarseille, RAINDANCE, Best Film Award at BELDOCS - Best Serbian Documentary in 2013, etc.) [kropka] The Wall of Death, and All That, his latest project, is currently in production.

Dumbfounded hog (2010, thematic documentary)
Unplugged (2013, debut documentary feature)
The Wall of Death, and All That (ERD 2015, [documentary] feature in production)