FAST FORWARD 2024 / Projections:
13/12/2024 / 17h00 / Montenegrin Cinematheque / Podgorica
13/12/2024 / 19h00 / Cinema “Boka” / Kotor
Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík / Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine / 2023 / 71’
SYNOPSIS
Twelve-year-old Niki and eleven-year-old Vika are hiding from the terrifying war in a metro station in Kharkiv. Daylight is synonymous with mortal danger, and they, with no chance to escape, live under the constant glow of neon lights.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ivan Ostrochovský was born in 1972 in Žilina, Slovakia. He studied documentary directing and worked as a director and producer in Bratislava. He’s a founder and producer of Punkchart films. After making several short documentaries and series, he directed his first feature-length documentary, Velvet Terrorists, which premiered at the 2014 Berlinale and won several awards (FEDEORA Award at the Karlovy Vary IFF, Tagesspiel Award at Berlinale). His debut fiction feature film, Koza, screened at the Berlinale in 2015, received various awards and was selected as Slovakia’s 2016 Oscar entry. One of his latest films, Služobníci (Servants), was screened at Berlinale 2020.
FESTIVALI I NAGRADE / FESTIVALS AND AWARDS
- Beldocs 2024
- Venecijanski filmski festival 2023 / Venice Film Festival 2023
- Europa Cinemas Label Award 2023 / São Paulo International Film Festival – Pobjednik / Winner /
- International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film DOK Leipzig 2023
- Göteborg Film Festival 2023