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Reconciliation

Odpuščanje
Marija Zidar
Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo
2021
82 min
Dutch Premiere
Festival history

In the remote highlands of Albania, an 18-year-old girl is shot dead in a bitter family feud. While the Kanun—an age-old tribal code that was partly revived in this region after the fall of Communism—permits violent retribution, it also offers an alternative route. The bishop and the chair of the NGO Committee of Nationwide Reconciliation both urge the grieving father to take the second option.

In this, her first long documentary, which won Best Balkan Documentary at DokuFest Kosovo, Marija Zidar shows how challenging it is to get past pride, sorrow, and rage to break the chain of conflict—especially when the two sides have such differing interpretations of the matter.

Zidar frames this situation in scenes that speak volumes without words, with shots of the majestic landscape, of children watching, of the father carrying a commemorative cross to the grave, and intimate close-ups of the people involved. The mother stays silent while the men deliberate. It’s no great leap to see this feud as a microcosm of the great conflicts around the globe.

Credits
Director
Production
    Danijel Hočevar for Vertigo
    Danijel Hočevar for Vertigo
Co-production
    Jelena Mitrović for Film House Baš Čelik,
    Latif Hasolli for Dera Film,
    Drita Llolla
    Jelena Mitrović for Film House Baš Čelik,
    Latif Hasolli for Dera Film,
    Drita Llolla
Cinematography
    Latif Hasolli
    Latif Hasolli
Editing
Sound
    Miloš Drobnjaković,
    Julij Zornik,
    Jovo Kljajić
    Miloš Drobnjaković,
    Julij Zornik,
    Jovo Kljajić
Music
    Dimitrije Vasiljević
    Dimitrije Vasiljević
Involved TV Channel
    RTV Slovenija
    RTV Slovenija
World Sales
    Illumina Films
    Illumina Films
Screening copy
    Vertigo
    Vertigo

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