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The Director is on the edge of a catastrophe: the preparation for the shooting of his latest film is interrupted, his production company has crashed and his long love relationship with a famous actress has just finished.

Instead of paying back the money to his foreign business partner The Director buys an old 8mm camera with an expired warranty period. He steals his former girlfriend's car and hits the road to shoot his movie.

On the road he meets The Hitchhiker, who becomes his companion on his journey and introduces him to the spiritual world. Together they meet The Girl, a mysterious character, and soon they both find themselves attracted to her.

Shot on 8mm, this unconventional roadmovie combines narrative and documentary images to create an independent filmmakers manual, which results in a humorous introduction to the philosophy of auteur filmmaking.

Director
Ivo TRAJKOV

Ivo Trajkov, (director, producer, screenwriter, film editor) was born in Skopje, Macedonia, 1965.
He graduated from the Czech National Film School, FAMU in Prague, where he received his MFA degree. Upon graduation he decided to stay in Prague and start his career in the Czech Republic. He’s currently living and working in Prague and also lecturing at FAMU, the school he graduated from. He is a chairman of the Editing department.
 

His filmography as a director/ screenwriter includes 5 feature films:
• “The Movie” (2007) (writer, director, film editor, producer)
• “The Great Water” (2004) (co-screenwriter, director, producer)
• "The Past" (1998) (writer, director)
• "The Canary Connection" (1993) (co-screenwriter, director)
• "Jan" (1992) (co-screenwriter, director)
He worked in a wide range of genres: comedy, docu-drama, experimental, and historic drama. As a producer Ivo was involved in more than 90 episodes of a critically acclaimed documentary series, “Unexplained Deaths”.
 

SELECTED CREDITS
• "Unexplained Deaths" (1998 - 2006) (producer & story editor),
over a 90 parts TV documentary series
• "The Testimony Of A Concealed Witness" (1996) (director)
A documentary film about the kidnapping of Slovak’s president son
• "Such A Normal Marriage" (1996) (screenwriter, director),
A documentary film about a homosexual "marriage"
• "What Hedvika Didn't Say" (1995) (executive producer & story editor)
 

Film made for TV
• "A Banal Story" & "cpaček According To cpaček" (1995) (director)
2 episodes from the TV series “Ego”
• "Duo De Guitares" (1992) (director), an experimental musical documentary
• "Let's Come to Clean",(screenwriter, director) sort film
awards: Prize of Literární fond in Prague, Alpe Adria Cinema festival, Italy

AWARDS
 
“The Great Water”:
MACEDONIA`S OFFICIAL SUBMISSION BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM 2004 ACADEMY AWARDS
Mostra de Valencia Cinema del Mediterrani (2005) – “PALMERA DE ORO”
• Best feature film
• Best Director
• Best Photography
• Best Music
Dubrovnik Film Festival (2005)– The Audience award
Black Sea Film Festival (2005) – The Audience award
Film fest na detski film Ostrov – Special Prize from the Children’s Jury, Special prize from the main jury
International film festival Filmak – Prize from the International Children Jury
 
"Unexplained Deaths", awards: 1999, 2000 & 2001 The best documentary series in Czech Republic; 2001 Special Prize of FITES (film & tv union) to the story editor
“Jan „ MFT CIRCOM in Spain; The international TV festival Nagoya, Japan; the most commercially successful program of the Czech TV in 1992)
The Czech Cameraman´s Association Award - Jaroslav Kučera Honorable Mention to Klaus Fuxjäger for Exceptional Feat in the field of image conception in 1998 (Czech Rep.)
Festival "Finále Plzeň 1999" - FICC Special Jury Prize (Czech Republic);
TAORMINA FILM FEST ´99 - The Public Jury prize "Silver Charibdys" to the director of the most voted movie. (Italy);
Festival Internacional De Cinema Da Figueira Da Foz -Special Jury Prize (Portugal);
IFF Cinema Tout Ecran Geneva - Price of the Young Jury. (Switzerland);
The Flagstaff International Film Festival - Theatrical Feature Film Award in section „Low Budget“ (under 1 million) (USA);
Canadian International Annual Film & Video Festival, Campbell River - Special Commendation with judges rating TWO STARS (Canada)
 
SELECTED FESTIVAL PARTICIPATION
International Film Festival Alexandria 99; - Leeds International Film Festival ; - Mostra Internacional De Cinema Sáo Paolo International Film Festival ; - The Chicago International Film Festival ; - Festival of Young East European Cinema, Cottbus; - Annual Oslo International Film Festival; - International Film Festival „Faces of Love“, Moscow ; - Festival Cinematográfico Internacional del Uruguay, Montevideo; - International Film Festival, Chichester Great Britain; - International Film Forum Arsenals, Riga; - International Festival of Film Societies, Reggio Calabria
 

“The Great Water” festival participation:
American Film Academy Awards – Oscar (2005), Macedonian candidate for the Oscar for the foreign-language film
AFI FEST (American Film Institute) Los Angeles-2004; Palm Springs International Film Festival (2005); Sao Paulo International Film Festival (2005); Cleveland FF (2005); Jerusalem International Film Festival (2005); Febio Fest –Opening film at the festivals in Prague, Brno, Ostrava, Pardubice ext. International film festival of children filmos Zlin; Finale – Plzen; Letni filmova skola Uherske Hradiste; Kino na granici - Cesky a Polsky Tesin; International film festival Terlicke leto; International film festival Karlovy Vary;International Film camera festival “Manaki Brothers”,Bitola,Republic of Macedonia (opening film of the festival) Presentation at The Czech Republic Cultural Center in Brussels (Belgium) and Berlin (Germany)



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Director: Ivo TRAJKOV

84 min. 2007 35mm, Black & White, szöveges, English

Screenplay: Ivo Trajkov

Operatőr: Michal Cerny

Zeneszerző: Toni Kithanovski, Cherkezi Orchestra

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