San Sebastian Eastern Europe series
Yes, the international film festival in the beautiful Basque city, taking place for 62nd time this year (September 19-27) launches an impressive retrospective called ”Eastern Promises. Autobiography of Eastern Europe… a look at movies produced since 2000 in the countries that lived under Soviet influence post-World War II. A cycle to discover the creative wealth of these film industries and the new talents to have emerged in the last decade.”
”The retrospective will bring together a total of 50 titles from Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldavia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Serbia, many of which have never been seen in our country…”
Among the 50 titles you will find three great documentaries: Vit Klusak and Filip Remunda’s ”Czech Dream” (2004), Andrey Paounov’s ”Georgi and the Butterflies” (2004)(photo) and Peter Kerekes ”Cooking History” (2009).
The occasion is of course ”25 years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall”. Which festival dares to make a retrospective of 50 documentaries, or 25… I would be happy to assist in the selection…
