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Ruedi
Schick
(SWISS EFFECTS) |
Daniele Mazzocca
(VERDEORO / PALOMAR) |
Hans Eddy
Schreiber
(NEUE CAMEO FILM) |
Goran
Paskaljevic
(NOVA FILM) |
Genc
Permeti
(SKA-NDAL PRODUCTION) |
Ilir
Butka
(SKA-NDAL PRODUCTION)
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In the last twelve months SKA-NDAL production have been working
on preparing the first Albanian - Serbian production with the
film “ The couple” directed by the famous may award winning
director Serbian Goran Paskaljevic. (How Harry become a tree,
Powder cage, Midwinter night dream), with the script written by
Genc Permeti and Goran Paskaljevic.
This film is an
co-production involving five countries: SKA-NDAL PRODUCTION
(Albania), NOVA FILM, (Serbia), NEUE CAMEO FILM (Germany), SWISS
EFFECTS (Switzerland), VERDEORO (Italy) |
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The synopsis |
The story of
"Honeymoon" is set in contemporary Albania and Serbia.
We follow the fortunes of
two young couples who decide to leave their respective home
countries in search of a better life in Western Europe.
When the Albanian couple, after all sorts
of incidents, arrives in the Italian port of Bari, their
problems start. The same fate awaits the Serbian couple when
they arrive at Berlin-Tegel Airport.
Despite the fact that they have nothing
to do with the murder of two UN soldiers in Kosovo, they are
arrested at the border and suspected due to unfortunate
coincidences. This prevents them, at least temporarily, from
fulfilling their dreams, as is often the case with young
people in the Balkans who pay for the mistakes of previous
generation.s.
"Honeymoon" will be
the first film co-produced by Albania and Serbia and will be
made by a Serbo-Albanian crew. Through this poignant story,
we hope to show that Art is stronger than hatred which,
sadly, destroys in part our respective countries and drives
us apart when we are neighbors
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O R A N P A S K A L J E V I C
Goran Paskaljevic
studied at the well-known Prague school of cinema (FAMU). He has
made 30 documentaries and 14 feature films, shown and acclaimed
at the most prestigious international film festivals (Cannes,
Berlin, Venice, Toronto and San Sebastian…). The rise of
nationalism in Yugoslavia forced him to leave his country in
1992. In 1998 he went back to make The Powder Keg (aka Cabaret
Balkan in the USA) which won international critic's prizes at
the Venice Film Festival and the European Film Awards. In 2001,
the Variety International Film Guide marks him as one of the top
five directors of the year. His latest film Midwinter Night's
Dream (2004) exploring the post-war Serbia won the Grand Jury
Prize at the San Sebastian Film Festival.
The Museum of Modern
Art in New-York (MoMA) will present a full retrospective of his
work at the end of next year. |
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