Blue Heart - Best Film About Man & Mountains 2018 | Country: | United States (2018)
| Language: | Macedonian, English, Bosnian, Albanian
| Duration: | 44min.
| Producer: | David Burden, Tim Lynch
| Director: | Britton Caillouette
| Editing: | Britton Caillouette and Bennett Piscitelli
| Featuring: | Ulrich Eichelmann, Rok Rozman, Trifon Murataj, Golik Jaupi, Sumbulka Milicevic, Natasa Crnkovic, Nelina Ahmic, Acela Zukan, Alisa Livnjak, Panajot Chorovski, Gjorge Ivanov, Luka Tomac, Jelena Ivanic, Tihomir Dakic, Irisa Muritaj, Marson Muritaj, Leon Merkaj, Ismail Shkreta
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| ABOUT THE FILM The Balkan Peninsula is home to the last wild rivers in Europe. However, a deluge of hydropower development threatens to destroy the culture and ecology of this forgotten region. If fierce local opposition fails, the sparkling creeks, raging tributaries and swift, braided currents of the last undammed watersheds on the continent will be corralled by more than 3,000 proposed dams. Activists, who span the shores of these rivers in six countries, and European NGOs such as Riverwatch (run by German activist Ulrich Eichelmann) are fighting against deep government corruption and huge sums of foreign money. Our film documents the battle for the Vjosa in Albania, the biggest undammed river in Europe; the effort to save the endangered Balkan Lynx in Macedonia; and the women of Kruščica, Bosnia, who are spearheading a months-long, 24/7 protest to protect their community’s only source of drinking water. These and other stories properly illustrate for the first time the biggest potential environmental disaster in Europe. | ABOUT THE DIRECTOR Britton Caillouette is a filmmaker and photographer from Northern California. A student of history with an keen eye for photography, he directed his first documentary in war-torn West Africa while an undergraduate at Stanford. A habitual risk-taker with a love for challenging production situations, he’s brought his honest style of visual storytelling to top brands like Coors, Ford, Levi’s and Patagonia. |
Date:
20.09
Time:
21.45
Location:Kinoteatr |
Date:
23.09
Time:
14.15
Location:Cinema Tent Info:intro by Norbert Sandner / Patagonia |
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