Granica
Grenze
Border

A film by Eni Brandner

Austria 2009 l 6 min l colour l Digi-Beta l 16:9 l Stereo

Concept & Direction: Eni Brandner
Sound & Music: Christof Dienz
Camera, Image & Sound Editing: Eni Brandner
Camera & Editing Assistant: Darko Vidačković
Digital Completion: Kurt Jimmy Hennrich
Mixing: Lonesome Andi Haller
Artistic Consultant: Bady Minck / Amour Fou
Editing Suite: Amour Fou
With the support of Innovative Film Austria, City of Vienna Culture

World Premiere: Brisbane International Film Festival 2009

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In a very essential way, through animation, the author follows the traces and the bruises of the war in ex Yugoslavia in a journey which leads to a bitter and speechless reflection.
(Jury statement Under 35 Prize INVIDEO Milano 2009)

Filmed in Žitnic, Drniš, Šibenik and Tepljuh (Croatia) in 2008, in locations around the area of the temporary border of the internationally not recognized 'Republic of Serbian Krajina'. After the 'Log Revolution' in August 1990 this area became one of the focal points in the Yugoslavian/Croatian war 1991-1995.

Granica, Grenze, Border - dividing line between two religions, two cultures - between majoritarian Serbian respectively Croatian areas.

Twelve years after the end of the conflict about the 'Republic of Serbian Krajina' in the Yugoslavian/Croatian war (1991-1995), the traces of altercation are still present. Delapidated, destroyed houses - partly sitting right next to minefields, or in the middle of townscapes, waiting for their owners - act as unintentional memorials, warding off oblivion.

The former inhabitants, or their descendants/heirs, return only slowly to the area rendered improvident by the Yugoslavian war. What persists are half abandoned villages and scarcely inhabited cities in the hinterland, off the beaten track, which still haven't recovered from the times of war.

Awards
backup_festival Weimar 2010 - backup.award (3rd place)
Corto Helvetico al Femminile 2010 - Best Art Film
Semana de Cine Experimental de Madrid 2009 - Premio "Pablo del Amo" al Mejor Montaje (Award for Best Editing)
INVIDEO Milano 2009 - Under 35 Prize

Festivals
Fest Anca International Animation Film Festival Zilina (30.7. - 1.8.2010)
Era New Horizons Wroclaw European Shorts Debuts Competition (22.7. - 1.8.2010)
Anima Mundi Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo (16.7. - 1.8.2010)
siCORTO Semana Internacional del Corto Cochabamba (10.5. - 15.5.2010)
backup_festival Weimar (6.5. - 9.5.2010)
IndieLisboa International Competition (22.4. - 2.5.2010)
Corto Helvetico al Femminile International Competition (5.3. - 8.3. 2010)
Piccolo Festival dell'Animazione Udine (14.12. - 16.12.2009)
Linoleum Festival of Contemporary Animation & Media-Art Moscow
(11.12. - 13.12.2009)
Animateka Ljubljana Competition Programme (7.12. - 13.12.2009)
Int'l Film Festival Bratislava Int'l Short Film Competition (27.11. - 4.12.2009)
Semana de Cine Experimental de Madrid (20.11. - 27.11.2009)
European Short Film Festival Cologne European Competition (18.11. - 23.11.2009)
L'Alternativa Festival de Cinema Independent de Barcelona (13.11. - 21.11.2009)
INVIDEO Milano (11.11. - 15.11.2009)
One Day Animation Film Festival Filmcasino Wien (5.11.2009)
dokumentART Neubrandenburg/Szczecin (16.10. - 21.10.2009)
Doc Fest di Palazzo Venezia (16.10. - 21.10.2009)
Asolo Art Film Festival (28.8. - 6.9.2009)
Brisbane International Film Festival (30.7. - 9.8.2009)

Screenings
Filmclub Drosendorf supporting film for 'Little Alien' (17.6.2010)