DokMa 2004 » Programme

18.00, Gustaf
Živeti srečno / Living With Happiness, AUS, 2001, 35mm, 6’
Režija / Directed by: Sarah Watt
Čez mejo / Across the Border, A, 2004, 35mm, 90′
Režija / Directed by: Pawel Lozinski, Jan Gogola, Peter Kerekes, Robert Lakatos, Biljana Čakić Veselić

20.15, Gustaf
Materin jezik / Mother Tongue, AUS, 2003, 35mm, 5’46”
Režija / Directed by: Susan Kim Danta
Spominki gospoda X / The Souvenirs of Mr. X, A/D, 2004, 35mm, 90′
Režija / Directed by: Arash T. Riahi

Wednesday, November, 3rd

12.00, Gustaf
Breakfast and lecture by Arash T. Riahi: One millions ways to make a documentary!

14.00, Ciproš Reading Room
Življenje od znotraj / Life As From Inside, SI, 2001, Beta SP, 50′
Režija / Directed by: Rene Maurin
Potem Goldy reče, to moraš pa enkrat napisati /Then Goldy Says: You Have To Write That Once, SI, 2004, Beta SP, 52’
Režija / Directed by: Bojan Labovič
Umrli gigant / Dead Giant, SI, 2002, BetaSP, 120’
Režija / Directed by: Bojan Labovič

19.00, Gustaf
Vse o Evi / All About Eva, HR, 2003, Beta SP, 63′
Režija / Directed by: Silvester Kolbas

20.15, Gustaf
Diakon smrti / Deacon Of Death, NL, 2004, Beta SP, 64’
Režija / Directed by: Jan van den Berg

22.00, Gustaf
Zadnja jugoslovanska nogometna enajsterica / The Last Yugoslavian Football Team, NL, 2000, Beta SP, 83’
Režija/ Directed by: Vuk Janić

22.00, Udarnik
Materin jezik / Mother Tongue, AUS, 2003, 35mm, 5’46”
Režija / Directed by: Susan Kim Danta
Spominki gospoda X / The Souvenirs of Mr. X, A/D, 2004, 35mm, 90′
Režija / Directed by: Arash T. Riahi

Thursday, November, 4th

12.00, Gustaf
Breakfast and lecture by Srdjan Fink: Documentary cut

14.00, Ciproš Reading Room
Rokumentarec / Rockumentary, SCG, 2004, DVD, 48’49”
Režija / Directed by: Vladimir Čosić
(x), SI, 2003, DV, 7´
Režija / Directed by : Alina Zeichen, Nataša Sienčnik, Piervittorio Vitori, Miroslav Sretenović, Tomaž Pavkovič
Občinski svetnik / Town Councilor, SI, 2003, DV, 7’
Režija / Directed by: Dženi Rostohar, Sašo Petan, Sandi Pobežin, Majda Krivograd, Klavdija Hudorovac
Gero, SI, 2004, DV, 8’
Režija / Directed by: Ana Morales, Myriam Hure, Merche Vidal Abarca
Stisnjeni v kotu / Trapped In The Ring, SI, 2003, Beta SP, 58′
Režija / Directed by: Dušan Moravec, Leon Matek
Kleščar / Tongman, SI, 2002, Beta SP, 77′
Režija / Directed by : Matjaž Latin

18.00, Media Nox
Lecture by Andrej Šprah: Documentary film between realism and fiction

19.00, Gustaf
Deček, ki se mu je mudilo / The Boy Who Rushed, HR, 2001, Beta SP, barvni, 52′
Režija / Directed by: Biljana Čakić Veselić

20.15, Gustaf
Pet preprek / The Five Obstructions, DK, 2004, 35mm, 90′
Režija / Directed by: Jørgen Leth, Lars von Trier
Popolni človek / The Perfect Human, DK, 1967, 35mm, 13′
Režija / Directed by: Jørgen Leth

22.00, Gustaf
Glasba je zrak, ki ga diham /Music Is The Air I Breathe, NL, 1994, Beta SP, 70’
Režija / Directed by: Carrie de Swaan

22.00, Udarnik
Živeti srečno / Living With Happiness, AUS, 2001, 35mm, barvni, 6’
Režija / Directed by: Sarah Watt
Čez mejo / Accross the Border, A, 2004, 35mm, 90′
Režija / Directed by: Pawel Lozinski, Jan Gogola, Peter Kerekes, Robert Lakatos, Biljana Čakić Veselić

Friday, November, 5th

12.00, Gustaf
Breakfast and lecture by son:DA: Documentation / Fiction

14.00, Ciproš Reading Room
Do kdaj… / Until when…, Palestina/ZDA, 2004, Beta SP, 76’
Režija / Directed by: Dahna Abourahme
Čuvaj vlačilcev / The Barge Keeper, HR, 2003, Beta SP, 20’
Režija / Directed by: Silvio Mirošničenko
Peščenopolis / The Republic of Peščenica, HR, 2003, Beta SP, 72’
Režija / Directed by: Zrinka Matijević Veličan
Simfonija za uličnega glasbenika / Symphony for a Street Musician, NL, 2004, Beta SP, 22’
Režija / Directed by: Sergej Krešo
Konec igre / Endgame, NL, 2002, Beta SP, 53’
Režija / Directed by: Vuk Janić

19.00, Gustaf
Kotiček za sporni trenutek Cor(n)e® of The Matter, BIH, 2004, Beta SP, 16′
Režija / Directed by: Džemal Šabić
Pretty Dyana / Pretty Dyana, SCG, 2003, Beta SP, 45′
Režija / Directed by: Boris Mitić

20.15, Gustaf
Hlemmur / Last Stop, ICE/D, 2002, Beta SP, 86’
Režija / Directed by: Ólafur Sveinsson

22.00, Gustaf
Sarajevski angeli / Angels In Sarajevo, BIH, 1993, Beta SP, 7’
Režija / Directed by: Antonije (Nino) Žalica
Zakaj / Why, NL, 2001, Beta SP, 32′
Režija / Directed by: Rada Šešić

22.00, Udarnik
Pet preprek / The Five Obstructions, DK, 2004, 35mm, 90′
Režija / Directed by: Jørgen Leth, Lars von Trier
Popolni človek / The Perfect Human, DK, 1967, 35mm, 13′
Režija / Directed by: Jørgen Leth

Saturday, November, 6th

12.00, Gustaf
Produkcija RTV Maribor / RTV Maribor production
Ondina, SI, 2004,
Avtorica / Author: Dragica Petrovič
Aero Expo 2004, SI, 2004
Režija / Directed by: Aleš Novak
Starinar / Antiquarian, SI, 2003
Režija / Directed by: Aleš Novak
Edvard Clug, Sl, 2003
Avtorica / Author: Dragica Petrovič

14.00, Gustaf
Cesta 181 / Route 181, F/D/B/GB, 2003, Beta SP, 270’
Režija / Directed by: Eyal Sivan, Michel Khleifi

18.30 (after the screening), Gustaf
Diskusija o problematiki iz filma Cesta 181 / Discussion about the film route 181

20.15, Gustaf
Dnevispodaj / Daysunder, NL, 2003, 35mm, 25′
Režija / Directed by: Jiska Rickels
Materin jezik / Mother Tongue, AUS, 2003, 35mm, 5’46”
Režija / Directed by: Susan Kim Danta
Živeti srečno / Living With Happiness, AUS, 2001, 35mm,6’
Režija / Directed by: Sarah Watt
Stric / Uncle, AUS,1996, 16mm, 6’
Režija / Directed by: Adam Benjamin Elliot
Bratranec / Cousin, AUS, 1998, 16mm, 5’
Režija / Directed by: Adam Benjamin Elliot
Brat / Brother, AUS, 1999, 16mm, 8’
Režija / Directed by: Adam Benjamin Elliot
Soba brez razgleda / Room Without A View, NL, 1997, 16mm, 14′
Režija / Directed by: Rada Šešić

The Perfect Human

The Perfect Human Being (Det Perfekte Menneske)
Denmark 1967, b&w, 35mm, 13min
directed by: Jorgen Leth

A 13-minute document on human behaviour.

“As in other of his films, the anthropological study is a mark of this short film. On the director’s words, the film shows a beautiful and young couple that works as an object of demonstration. “"Let’s see how an individual becomes more apt to live, forced by the roles attributed to him."” Everything happens in a clear place, with a dissection illumination. The film is a document - or a document-metaphor - about life in Denmark, at 1967. The intention is to show a model of perfect human, created from our craved conceptions. To Leth, this model is more representative about the human tendencies than a serious sociological report about life in Denmark.”

Deadlines

Film submissions

We prolonged the deadline for the InterRegional Retrospective (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bolgaria, Croatia, Iceland, FYR Macedonia, Norway, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Switzerland, Turkey) and programme Parallels until September 30th, 2004.

Please find here the application form and the festival regulations.

The Workshop

You can submit your applications for a theoretical documentary workshop from August the 20th, 2004.

The Five Obstructions competes for an Oscar nomination

(Copenhagen, August, 27th, 2004)
Jørgen Leth and Lars von Trier’s film The Five Obstructions is selected as the Danish entrant for the Academy Award Nominations in the category of Best Foreign Language Film following the decision by representatives from the Danish film industry.
Source: Danish Film Institute

Special section of Australian animated documentaries

uncle >The Adam Elliot Trilogy:
Uncle
Australia 1996, animated by Adam Elliot.

A nephew recalls the sometimes-lonely and often-eccentric life of his beloved uncle. Blending shades of comedy with profound pathos, Uncle delicately maneuvers through complex emotional terrain.

Cousin >The Adam Elliot Trilogy:
Cousin
Australia 1998, animated by Adam Elliot.

“My cousin had cerebral palsy,” begins the narrator in this childhood remembrance of a very special relative. Ordinary details create an extraordinary picture of a little boy who dressed up like a superhero, had a left arm with a mind of its own, and always “smelt of licorice.”

Brother >The Adam Elliot Trilogy:
Brother
Australia 1999, animated by Adam Elliot.

If God is in the details, then Brother is truly divine. This claymation work is a brother’s vivid tribute to his beloved but sickly older sibling, who “didn’t look for trouble - it found him.” A moving remembrance of a life that might have been, it’s sure to leave a lump in your throat.

Mother Tongue
Australia 2002, animated by Susan Kim.

Separated from her father, a young girl and her mother record an audiocassette for him daily. Their voices measure the real and imaginary distance between them.

Living with Happiness
Australia 2001, animated by Sarah Watt.

Knowing you’re happy means knowing that your happiness can be taken away, which is a worry, which means that you can’t sleep, which means you aren’t really happy.

Recently Confirmed Films in the Main Programme

The Five Obstructions (De fem benspænd)
Denmark 2003, directed by Jørgen Leth and Lars von Trier.
Together with Danish documentary film veteran Jørgen Leth, Trier takes on the task of challenging conventional ways of documentary and film production. Both directors share a fascination of getting into the bone of filmmaking. Down to basic elements, simplicity of image and sound.

In 1967 Jørgen Leth made a 12 min short film called “The Perfect Human”, a document on human behavior containing the familiar Leth themes - a film which Trier admires greatly and claims to have seen more than 20 times. In the year 2000, Lars von Trier challenged Jørgen Leth to make 5 remakes of this film, but each time Trier will put forward obstructions, constraining Leth to re-think the story and the characters of the original film from 1967.

Playing the naive anthropologist, Leth attempts to embrace the cunning challenges set forth by the devious and sneaky Trier. Five times Leth will have to deal with the limitations, commands and prohibitions made by Trier. It is a game full of traps and vicious turns. A fascinating and never seen before film about a filmmaker not only revisiting, but also recreating one of his first films.

“The Five Obstructions” is an investigative journey into the phenomenon of filmmaking.

The Souvenirs of Mr. X (Die Souvenirs des Herrn X)
Austria/Germany 2004, directed by Arash T. Riahi.
A filmmaker finds Super 8 footage of an amateur filmmaker at the flea market. He tries to find him and by that sinks deeper and deeper into the wonderful obsessive world of amateur filmmaking.

“The Souvenirs of Mr. X” is a hommage to amateur filmmakers, their dream of film and their wish to find something special in the unspectacular everyday life.

Days Under (Untertage)
Netherlands 2003, directed by Jiska Rickels.

A day in the life of German miners as seen in a 20-minute pictorial symphony. Shot in a world devoid of colour, the musical accompaniment was supplied by the horrifying cacophony of jackhammers and creaking mining trucks. Due to difficult shooting conditions the film’s young Dutch director was obliged to use an old Bolex 16 mm camera and a Nagra reel-to-reel recorder. Her choice intensified the film’s impact through the disturbingly grainy image and the rawness of sound.

Festival Programme

The program of the 1st DokMa festival should first and foremost demonstrate our mission: to act on our belief that documentary films and their authors have the power to be the catalysts for positive change and that it is important to value talent, artistic outcome and honest endeavours more than financial gains. We will show documentary films and present the authors who test the limits of the (documentary) filmmaking both in content and form, and take place in the cinematic universe in order to make it better, more beautiful, more honest, more ambitious and/or more democratic and free.

The program of the DokMa festival consists of the Main Programme, InterRegional Retrospective, Great Documentaries, Parrallel Programme and a film theory workshop. All are equally important but each has a different purpose. (more…)

Entry Form 2004

Apart from the Main Programme, in which invited films will be screened from 35mm film prints, we have two categories opened for screenings of Beta SP Pal and digital formats:

1. We accept applications for the InterRegional Retrospective, devoted to European films, produced in non-EU countries in the past five (5) years. The aim of the retrospective is to flashlight extraordinary documentary film production in the countries mentioned above in order to reach into heterogenous realities of people, living outside the economically, politically and culturally formed plurality.

2. Other documentary films are invited into the programme category Parallels, screened at the venue Bukvarna, entirely dedicated to this category. Documentaries of any length or style are welcome to encapture the diversity of documentary film making.

Applications should be submitted together with a preview copy of the film (VHS, DVD or computer formats) to the festival address:

DokMa
Pekarna magdalenske mreze
Ob zeleznici 8
SI-2000 Maribor
Slovenia, Europe

Entry Form 2004 [MS Word format (.doc)]
Entry Form 2004 [OpenOffice format (.sxw)]
Entry Form 2004 [Acrobat Reader format (.pdf)]

DokMa 2004 Festival Regulations

About the Festival

Documentaries in Maribor - DokMa 2004 - is a documentary film festival, held between the 2nd and 6th of November, 2004, in Maribor, Slovenia. (more…)

Daily DokMa Tuesday

A copy of the festival newspaper. This edition is in Slovenian only and is available here [PDF document, 167kB ].

November 2nd - 6th, 2004