DocNomads film selected to Ji.hlava and DocLisboa
The documentary short “First Birthday After the Apocalypse”, directed by Farah Hasanbegović, a student from Bosnia-Herzegovina, will have its World Premiere at Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival and its Portuguese Premiere in the Green Years section of DocLisboa International Documentary Film Festival.
The film will be screened online from 22 October to 3 November in competition at the 18th DocLisboa International Documentary Film Festival held in Lisbon, Portugal. The 24th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival is held in the Czech Republic from 27 October to 8 November.
By Farah Hasanbegović • 7' • Hungary
Synopsis:The end of the world has been coming for years. In a crossover between a cooking show and animated images, a girl recalls her first encounter with depression.
In her autobiographical documentary, the young director uses cartoon impressions, photographic memories, and the various stages of baking a cake to draw the viewer into her own stream of consciousness, and using images full of kindness, tenderness, and playfulness, she deals with the sadness that began during a children's birthday party many years ago.
In Ji.hlava catalogue.
Trailer here.