Watch eight films from the East Silver collection at Docs For Sale 2022!
A Hawk as Big as a Horse
Date of Premiere: October 20, 2022 / 74 min / France
Director: Sasha Kulak, Producer: Louis Beaudemont
Experimental, Creative, LGBTQ
Lydia, a bi-gender ornithologist who lives in Shcherbinka, Russia, embarks on remaking David Lynch’s Twin Peaks, and decides to create Lara, a life-size silicon doll she has been made from scratch.
Contact at IDFA
Louis Beaudemont, l.beaudemont@les-steppes.com
As I Was Looking Above, I Could See Myself Underneath
Date of Premiere: August 6, 2022 / 62 min / Kosovo
Director: Ilir Hasana, Producer: Dardan Hoti
LGBTQ, Human Rights, Youth Documentary, Social Issues, Docu drama
As I Was Looking Above, I Could See Myself Underneath unveils intimate stories of LGBTQ persons from Kosovo, going through their unceasing search for a safe place that allows them to be.
Contact at IDFA:
Dardan Hoti, dardanhoti0@gmail.com
Magic Mountain
Date of Premiere: planned 2023, available for World premiere / 85 min / Georgia
Directors: Mariam Chachia, Nik Voigt, Producer: Mariam Chachia (OpyoDoc)
Health, History, Personal View, Society
In the high mountains there is an old palace where outcasts live. Mariam goes to meet a secret society to overcome her fears. In doing so she discovers something much more dangerous.
Contact at IDFA
Mariam Chachia, mariam.chachia@gmail.com
No Elephant in the Room
Date of Premiere: October 13, 2022 / 76 min / Poland, Romania
Director: Clara Kleininger-Wanik, Producer: Tatiana Matysiak
Society, Creative, Social Issues, Arts and Culture
Adi and Mioara, wild animal trainers at the circus, must adapt to a changing world when the animal shows are banned and the circus tries to reinvent itself.
Contact at IDFA
Clara Kleininger-Wanik, clara.kleininger@outlook.com
The One I Love
Date of Premiere: planned 2023, available for World premiere / 90 min / Poland'
Director: Paweł Hejbudzki, Producers: Filip Luft, Justyna Przybylska (Airy Movies)
Creative, Docu drama, Portrait, Society
After many years of absence Daria comes from Mexico to Poland to find biological siblings her mother gave up for adoption.
Contact at IDFA
Filip Luft, filipluft@gmail.com
Roberta
Date of Premiere: planned 2023, available for World premiere / 90 min / Lithuania
Director: Elena Kairyte, Producer: Ruta Jekentaite
Philosophy, Portrait, Social Issues, Society, Youth Documentary, Personal View
The film follows Roberta’s transition from youth to adulthood. We observe daily activities, interrupted by her comic monologues on various topics, which she presents in front of the camera from her personal philosophy.
Contact at IDFA
Elena Kairyte, kairyte.elena@gmail.com
Something Out of This World
Date of Premiere: planned 2023, available for World premiere / 80 min / Poland
Director: Wojciech Gostomczyk / Producer: Anna Stylinska
Creative, LGBTQ, Portrait
A performative artist Leon rejects limits between art and life. Creating his dream project he finds himself in conflict with society and family, including his boyfriend, Manfred Thierry Mugler.
Contact at IDFA
Anna Stylinska, stylowa@gmail.com
Yoyogi
Date of Premiere: October 26, 2022 / 74 min / Estonia, Japan
Director: Max Golomidov, Producer: Volia Chajkouskaya (Volia Films)
Environmental, Anthropology, Society, Creative, Science and Technology
Yoyogi is a place of freedom and going beyond everything human. Like the first flight to the sky.
Contact at IDFA
Volia Chajkouskaya, volia@allfilm.ee
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