Mayor, Shepherd, Widow, Dragon

Documentary / 97 min / 2021

Pirin is a secluded village that will be extinct in 20 years. We accompany three locals who deal with it in different ways. Pirin is the last village in Europe where there is a dragon.

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Team

Writer & Director: Eliza Petkova
Producers: Karoline Henkel, Jasper Mielke, Arto Sebastian
DoP: Constanze Schmitt
Editors: Eliza Petkova, Hannes Marget
Sound & Sound Design: Hannes Marget
Sound Mixing: Lorenz Fischer
Comission Editor: Rolf Bergmann


Info

Production: Wood Water Films
Year of production: 2020
co-produced by: rbb, Reka Pictures
in cooperation with: dffb
funded by: Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg
Year of production: 2020
 
International Premiere: 24th Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) 2021
German premiere: 43rd Max Ophüls Preis Film Festival (FFMOP) 2022

43rd Max Ophüls Preis Film Festival (FFMOP):
Film Critics Award - Best Documentary Film 
International Women's Film Festival Dortmund + Cologne 2022:
Award for the best picture design of a documentary film for Constanze Schmitt.
18. achtung berlin - new berlin film award:
Honorable mention in the category documentary film
Liberation Docfest Bangladesh
HEIMAT EUROPA Film Festival 2022
16th Five Lakes Film Festival 2022
48th Summer Film School Uherské Hradiště
 
 


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