Eight highly influential movie projects from Eastern Europe occupied the center of CPH: Forum, the industry platform at the Copenhagen’s CPH: Dox International Film Movie Festival, this week.
Emerging directors from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine showed their films for industrial representatives, including ARTE, IDFA and The Whickers Fund.
It was characterized by the coronation of a six -month training program under the change, which was founded by IMS (international media support) in partnership with Cph: DOX, EAVE (European audiovisual entrepreneurs), and the Danish Film School, to support the actress filmmakers, an incomplete representation from the region in the global market.
The choice of this year explores the issues of war, national, patriarchate and activity, with budgets ranging from 92,000 euros (99,000 dollars) to 329,000 euros (356,000 dollars).
The stadiums follow individual meetings with decision makers in the industry during the next two days.
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“Leave easy to return safe” (Belarus) Written by Sasha Kulak and Dashha Maroz examining the identity of the Belarusian through two young artists – one in exile, and the other is still in the country – while documenting the cultural heritage of the remote police region.
The film follows three letters – traditional beekeepers, therapist, and the priest who is trying to save a dilapidated church – and features archive materials dating back to the thirties of the twentieth century.
“Through our movie, we not only aims to document and preserve unique traditions and culture in the region, but also think diverse.
“My name is enough” (Armenia) by Al -Ani Gregory and Marina Arzmanova explores selective abortion in a remote Armenian village. Ashkach, the protagonist, awaits the results of the ultrasound that will determine the fate of her child who has not yet been born while neighbors and relatives resort to old popular traditions to predict the sex of the child.
“Hearing the number of girls did not have the opportunity to live, and how women were forced to submit to illegal and insecure abortion – makes us ask:“ What if I were? “The documentary is intertwined with the stories of other women across different generations, as it has shed light on societal pressures that force illegal abortion.
“Missing at work” (Ukraine) Posted by Marharietta Melnicok and Catina Holovco followed Natalia, a former border guard looking for her missing brother, a combat doctor who disappeared in Donetsk in 2023. The daughters of her brother and her elderly mother supported Natalia, a distant job from the house that provides financial stability.
Determination of determination to find the purpose, and it follows a master’s degree in psychology, and uses its experience to help others search for their missing loved ones.
“More than 60,000 people, both civilians and soldiers, are missing in Ukraine. This is the city’s residents. Natalia’s story is only one of the thousands.”
“Import/Export MD” (Moldova) by Max T The film is characterized by the interlocking novels of doctors and patients, and the film also includes a group of doctors who have turned into humor who use humor to highlight the absurdity of the system.
“We want to make a movie that allows doctors to tell their story, and they highlight the challenges faced by both doctors and patients in our country,” said Sipeb.
“Femininity whispers” (Georgia) by Rati Tsitiladze produced by Olga Slusareva follows the sister of Tsitiladze Dea, who spent more than a decade in movement in Georgia, a society where motherhood determines the value of women.
The film takes her personal and poetic journey through medical interventions, old rituals, and the loss of her new baby due to medical negligence. When the drug control administration considers adoption, her husband’s traditional beliefs create a rift, and she seeks consolation with other women who face similar conflicts. While it secretly explores artificial insemination despite the Church’s opposition, its journey turns from the pursuit of motherhood to search for self -discovery.
Producer Olga Slousariva said: “Through the sincerity of the raw Dea, we aim to break this silence and offer countless women who are calmly.” “This film is not only about sterility, it is an exploration of human nature, identity, sadness and societal roles.”
The former documentary of Tsitiladze and Slusareva, “Song Without a Home”, was presented by a sexual transgender woman seeking a new life in Austria after she was closed by her parents for years in Georgia, in CPH: Forum in 2023 and was later released this year.
“Enthaacts” (Ukraine/Belgium) Written by Yuri Shilov follows Olina Olina, the 73 -year -old, which leads the amateur theater group for the elderly in the war.
Despite the air strikes and its declining authenticity, it writes a play based on its experiences and serving the front lines of her son. The young director is Serhii, and the band is preparing for the amateur theater festival, whose final performance can be.
“This is a movie that has a feeling of paradox,” said Shilov. “For these characters, humor is a way to tolerate and resist violence.”
“This program admires the urgency of many filmmakers – working to tell strong and important stories in environments that do not always cause their facts to hear.”.
“Perhaps this stadium can provide these projects another path of financing that resonates with European values, while reminding us of the importance of ensuring hearing local stories.”
CPH: The forum works in Copenhagen until March 27.
