November 2nd - 6th, 2004

(Maribor, 17 September 2004)
Documentaries in Maribor - DokMa 2004 – is an international film festival which will take place within the first week of November in Maribor offering premiere screenings of select documentary films. During its five days of events this first and only film festival of this level in the northeast Slovenia is going to present documentaries created by numerous reputable authors. The participation of first films to be showed within the main programme has already been confirmed, among them also feature-length documentaries The Five Obstructions (2003) by Lars von Trier and Jørgen Leth from Denmark and Souvenirs of Mr. X (2004) by the Austrian film director Arash T. Riahi, as well as the short documentary Days Under (2003) by the young Dutch director Jiska Rickels and some short animated documentaries from Australia presented within a special section. DokMa festival will besides premiere Slovenian screening of some major proponents of the recent documentary production provide for its public also the rich accompanying programme including workshops, lectures, exhibitions, etc. (more…)

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.”

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.

DokMa is supported by the

Municipality of Maribor

Australian Film Commission

Bilateral Focus

Študentska organizacija Univerze v Mariboru

Klub mariborskih študentov

Poanta d. o. o.

Fedex

Mariborski kinematografi

Media sponsors:

Regionalni center RTV Maribor

Večer

Radio Marš

Association For The Development of Film Culture

Jurciceva ulica 4
SI-2000 Maribor
Slovenia
Europe

The aims of the Association For The Development of Film Culture are to develop and spread film culture in the region of the municipalities of Maribor, Pesnica, Ruše and Lenart through screenings of art films, development of film theory and practice and management of film infrastructure, as well as connect people with an interest in film and raise the public awarness about the critical state of film culture in the region.

(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