EUROPEAN SHORT PITCH / 2019
INTENTION NOTE I was taken over by the children’s world and the way they understand it, so I started to explore it in my work. Provoked by the stories of my small provincial hometown by the lake, I decided to investigate the influence of the traditional surrounding on the children through an emotional coming of age story about friendship between two kids working on the beach. Like me, most of the children in my town are raised by their traditional grandparents. One of them, our protagonist Boris, not the smartest boy in the class-influenced by his grandmother is showing the world his struggle to understand his friend, Kira, who is pointed as representation of the Devil. This will make an emotional discrepancy between the two friends which at the end will be solved, because even the harshest truth creates greater empathy to what fears us the most. Opposing the Devil’s element there is the symbol of the water as process of cleansing, which will enrich the realistic visual approach with an intimate poetic touch. Set on a beach by the Ohrid lake, also working with non-actors, this film will draw the audience nearer to the authentic world of a small Balkan place by the water.
DIRECTOR'S BIOGRAPHY
PRODUCER'S BIOGRAPHY
Lidija Mojsovska (Director & Co-Writer), graduated Film and TV directing, at Faculty of Dramatic Arts. Her graduation short film The Award was screened on many festival and has won 10 international awards.
Marija Dimitrova has produced 10 short fiction and documentary films. Her first feature film Sister will go into production in the autumn 2019. She is Maia Workshops, Talents Sarajevo and Midpoint alumni and a winner of the promoting prize for young East European producers from Film Festival Cottbus for 2016.
lidija.mojsoska@ gmail.com
dimitrova@ listproduction.mk
WRITER'S BIOGRAPHY Jakov Poposki (Co-Writer), mastered Screenwriting at Film Institute Ohrid. He has wrote 6 short and 1 feature scripts. His short script Bridge won several awards on script development workshops. jakovfendu@gmail.com
PRODUCTION NOTE Genre: Drama, Coming of age Length: 15 minutes Language: Macedonian Production company: List Production Budget: 40.000 EUR Secured funding: 15.000 EUR (Macedonian Film Agency) 13.000 EUR + Producer’s investments 2.000 EUR)
Start of principal photography: September 2019 Looking for: Co-Producers, Postproduction
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