Twelfth edition of the Beldocs International Documentary Film Festival presents more than a hundred premiere films from around the world in 14 different selections. We highlight some of the landscape movies from the “Landscape” selection.

Dreaming of memories of now

Geska Brečević, Robert Brečević, Mexico, Croatia, Island, Sweden

The movie explores the process of artistic creation and is an ethernal declaration of love towards one specific place. This experimental essay-film is a composition of deep thoughts, sun-lit images and scenes of mystery, guided by the poetic voice. The authors sent a message that the attempt to stop the time by recording the memories for the future generations is a true vanity.

MS Valentino

Melanie Hollaus, Austria

The cargo ship MS Valentina crosses the 1640 kilometers of the Danube on its way from Linz in Austria to Ruse in Bulgaria, passing through seven countries. The river, as a kind of  an “European road”, is full of contrasts and differences. The film records everyday life on a cargo ship MS Valentina which transports fertilizers. The Romanian family lives there in a home made of steel, size three with three. Their life is firmly linked to the river.

Ours

Sead Šabotić, Montenegro

This is a story about houses built in the north of Montenegro by people from diaspora. In this unusual hybrid documentary, the question of the identity of our scattered population is being raised. This issue is mirrored in the empty, uninhabited houses.