production company Sperl Productions
producer Gabriela Sperl
co-production companies Maxima Film (Croatia), Atalanta (Serbia)
co-producers Damir Terešak, Piroska Tolnai Varga
directed & written by Michaela Kezele
cast: Zrinka Cvitešić, Mišel Matičević, Andrija Nikčević, Miloš Mesarović, Ema Simović, Danica Ristovski

director of photography Felix Novo de Oliveira
editor Andre Bendocchi-Alves
art director Goran Joksimovic Joksa
costume designer Ljiljana Petrović
composers Gerd Baumann, Gregor Hübner
sound Andre Bendocchi-Alves
make-up Marina Petrović

 

SUMMARY: In 1999, during the Kosovo War, young widow Danica lives with her two sons on the Serbian side of the river Ibar. When Ramiz, an injured UCK soldier, seeks shelter in her home, Danica decides to help him knowing that this will put her own life and the lives of her children in danger…

DIRECTOR: Michaela Kezele (Munich, Germany, 1975). After graduating from high school, she pursued a career as a musician and received a bachelor’s degree in Acting in Munich. In 2008, she received a degree in Directing from the Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München with the award-winning film Milan, which screened in more than forty countries in the world and won some thirty awards, including the Student Academy Award nominations. My Beautiful Country marks her full-length directorial debut. Filmography: Song Contest (2003, short film), Ich Liebe Dich (2004, short film), episode of the omnibus Neun (2005).

 

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Dates:

Saturday, 20. July in 18:45, Cinema Valli

Sunday, 21. July in 10:00, INK