Magnificent7 Festival Belgrade 1
This is the fourth edition of a unique festival of only 7 films but with a huge audience and a warm support from its visitors. It is organised by Svetlana and Zoran Popovic and their team, and I have had the privilige to select films for the festival together with the couple. During this week – up to the start of the festival January 26, I will infom about what we think are magificent films.
NOMADAK TX
Content: A film which takes us on a journey all around the planet in a fantastic rhytm of images and primary sound of a unique archaic instrument – txalaparta. Just like in fairy tales, this journey begins when two young Basque men, musicians Harkaitz Martinez and Igor Otxoa, inspire life to simple pieces of wood.
The uniqueness of txalaparta is that it has to be played by two people and the music is made through a dialog of two musicians. They expand the dialog and spread it around the world – from India to Lapland, through Mongolian plains and Africa. In search of new sounds they go through icy wastelands, Siberian mountains, burning hot deserts. During this great adventure the leading characters meet musicians of various cultures and they join their celebration of sound.
My comments: “At the first glance you might think that this is just another politically correct film – and then you discover that these young, charming music talented guys are able to establish more than just a superficial contact with people from al over th world. It’s music, it’s culture clash and diversity, it’s a dream of a better world that is conveyed to us.”
More about the film and credits to be found at www.magnificent7festival.org
