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Calvert Journal Film Festival · 2021

Calvert Journal Film Festival 2021

Documentary Features

Programme

5 films

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Box Of Matches

DJ collective Flammable Beats brought the best of soul, funk, and hip-hop to Moscow more than two decades ago. This documentary traces their stories.

(Country: Russia; Year: 2020; Director: Tatiana Chekhova)

Dead Souls' Vacation

A once-popular bass player in Tbilisi finds himself jobless, joyless, and crammed into a one-room apartment with his elderly mother.

(Country: Georgia; Year: 2020; Director: Chelidze Keko; Writer: Kote Kalandadze, Chelidze Keko; Stars: Levan Svanidze, Lamara Svanidze, Inga Mghebrishvili, Gia Toidze)

Routes

Humanitarians try to raise awareness of the journey of refugees on the Balkan Route.

(Country: Serbia; Year: 2021; Director: Petar Bojovic; Stars: Ahmad, Eugenio Ambrose, Lily Bayer, Miodrag Cakic, Nazifullah Danishjo, Maen Elhemmeh, Lourdes Tello Fustel, Jasmina Golubovska, Samuel Horn, Jibbe, Olgar Lafazani, Efi Latsoudi, Richard Lewis, Lazara Marinkovic, Sophie McGuinness)

Spring

People trapped by the pandemic seek joy in isolation.

(Country: Armenia, Georgia, Russia, Ukraine; Year: 2020; Director: Anna Sarukhanova, Ola Pankova, Tatev Hakobyan, Alexander Dorinov, Denis Duzhnik, Tatiana Chekhova)

Warsaw: A City Divided

Consideration of the Warsaw Ghetto and its legacy, incorporating survivor testimony.

(Country: Poland; Year: 2019; Director: Eric Bednarski; Writer: Eric Bednarski; Stars: Adam Bauman, Justyna Gardzinska, Jaroslaw Lukomski)