Year: 2021
Country: Serbia
Length: 62 min
Language: Serbian
Subtitles: Spanish, English
Director: Marko Grba Singh
Producer: Marko Grba Singh
Screenwriter: Marko Grba Singh
Cinematographer: Ivan Marković
Editor: Mina Petrović
Sound: Luka Barajević
World Sales: Kino Rebelde
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SYNOPSIS
Marko spends time in the abandoned apartment of his childhood in Belgrade. Traces of the past are being drawn and memories, both idyllic and traumatic, are combined. The family VHS archive shows his universe during 1998 and 1999: gatherings, pets, videogames, and moments of uncertainty reveal a common life embraced by a historical event.
With the presence of the director.
Marko Grba Singh
Marko Grba Singh was born in 1988 in Belgrade, Serbia. He is currently on Ph.D. studies in Film Directing at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. His short documentaries At Least We’ve Met (2012) and Pale (2013) premiered at Visions du Réel. His first mid-length film Abdul & Hamza (2015) got a Special Mention at FIDMarseille. His short film If I Had It My Way I Would Never Leave was screened at the Cannes Film Festival in the ACID Section in 2017. Since 2018 he serves as the Artistic Director of BELDOCS - Belgrade International Documentary Film Festival. His first feature film Rampart (2021) premiered in August at the Locarno Film Festival.
Why must you see it?
On the outskirts of the city of Belgrade, a filmmaker wanders among the memories of his childhood. The silence and contemplation present, the gaze absorbed in empty spaces, the magic of capturing invisible sounds, resurrect images and rekindle emotions from the past. His childhood, early teenage years, mum and dad, the NATO bombing of Serbia seen from the window. All of that which surrounds you and impregnates you for life. Amateur films that transcend history, which encapsulated fleeting moments that will never return. Deep and dramatic moments, but also humble, beautiful and, ephemerally, happy.
Miquel Martí Freixas
MajorDocs programmer
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