BLUE FRONTIER

short, documentary • Serbia, Slovenia • 19’ • 2020

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SYNOPSIS

The man from the border has spent his entire life searching for the biggest fish that the blue Danube hides. Every sunrise sees the old fisherman attempt to lure the river giant in an ancient fishing way by clapping on the river surface with a hand-carved piece of wood.
Two rivals - one on the surface of the water and the other concealed within the depths of the mighty river are waiting to finally meet.

- Busan International Short Film Festival 2020 (world premiere)
- IDFF BELDOCS 2020 (national premiere)
- Golden Knight International Orthodox Film Festival 2020
- Festival of Slovenian Film 2020
- Green Fest 2020
- El Gouna Film Festival 2020
- Kraljevski filmski festival 2020
- Tehran International Short Film Festival 2020
- DokuBaku - International Documentary Film Festival 2020
- St. Louis International Film Festival 2020
- PÖFF Shorts 2020
- Docs in Exile Film Festival 2020
- MY FIRST DOC First Documentary Film Festival 2020
- Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival 2020
- Kustendorf International Film and Music festival 2021
- Big Sky Documentary Film Festival 2021
- American Documentary and Animation Film Festival 2021
- IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival 2021
- Pendance Film Festival 2021
- Martovski Festival 2021
- ShorTS International Film Festival 2021
- International Nature Film Festival Gödöllő 2021
- Diversions ISFF 2021
- Filmfest Sundsvall 2021
- Near Nazareth Festival 2021
- Ravno Selo Film Festival 2021
- Iceland Documentary Film Festival - Icedocs 2021
- Pärnu Film Festival 2021
- Rural Filmfest 2021
- Bistre reke festival 2021
- Nòt Film Fest 2021
- Star Film Fest 2021
- SEFF – Smaragdni eco film festival 2021
- APOX film festival 2021
- International Festival of Ethnological film 2021
- Vrmdža Fest 2021
- Orvieto Cinema Fest 2021
- Independent Days | 21th International Filmfestival 2021
- cellu l’art Short Film Festival 2021
- CineEco - International Environmental Film Festival 2021
- CinEast 2021
- Eko Zemun Fest 2021
- 21114 - Film fest 2021
- The International Short Film Festival SHORT FORM 2021
- Szczecin Film Festival 2021
- First Crossings - Poklon viziji 2021
- Still Voices 2021
- St Andrews Film Festival 2021
- Won Together SevDocFilmFestival 2021
- First Frame International Film Festival 2021
- JSFF Japanese Serbian Film Festival 2021
- Festival Internacional de Cine Ícaro 2021
- Izmir Kisa Film Festival 2021
- Docuscape Kerala India 2021
- Jaipur International Film Festival 2021
- Calcutta International Short Film Festival 2021
- Winter Apricots: Prilep International Film Festival 2021
- Dokument 2021
- Snake Alley Festival of Film 2022
- Marrakech Short Film Festival 2022
- SILA FEST 2022
- Plons! 2022
- Prokuplje Short Film Festival 2022
- Amorgos Film Festival 2022
- Balkam 2023
- Ilinden Days International Ethnographic Film Festival 2023

- El Gouna Silver Star | El Gouna Film Festival 2020
- Best short documentary film | Martovski Festival 2021
- Best documentary | Star Film Fest 2021
- Best photography | Star Film Fest 2021
- Best regional film | Star Film Fest 2021
- Best short film | APOX film festival 2021
- Best Serbian film | International Festival of Ethnological film 2021
- Grand Prix Latin Grad | Vrmdža Fest 2021
- Best exYU documentary | First Frame International Film Festival 2021
- Best Serbian film | JSFF Japanese Serbian Film Festival 2021
- Jury special mention | Jaipur International Film Festival 2021
- Best Serbian eco film | 61. SILA FEST 2022