While most children go on summer holidays each year, eight-year-old Basri spends his summer in the mountains of North Macedonia. His family has been engaged in shepherding for generations. The tradition is carried on by his three older brothers, who look after hundreds of sheep and cows, protected from wolves by loyal Šarplaninac dogs. This summer, Basri is trying to learn the trade from his brothers. He revels in the wilderness and the sense of freedom, while facing the challenges of the unforgiving natural environment, far removed from the adult world. For him, it is a dream life, while his two eldest brothers struggle with uncertainty about their future.
Producers: |
Petra Seliškar, Victor Ede, Sara Ferro |
| Director: |
Petra Seliškar |
| Screenplay: |
Petra Seliškar, Tancrède Rivière |
| Camera: |
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| Editing: |
Sashko Potter Micevski
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| Director of Photography: |
Brand Ferro |
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Dodatna montažerka: Laureline Delom
Glasba: Iztok Koren
Oblikovalec zvoka: Vladimir Rakić
Oblikovalka in izvajalka sinhronih šumov: Vera Galešev
Glas: Nil Ferro Seliškar
Izvršna producenta: Brand Ferro, Ivana Naceva
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Petra Seliškar is a Slovenian director, screenwriter, and documentary film producer with extensive experience. As a filmmaker, she is distinguished by her exceptional sensitivity, depth, powerful storytelling, and innovative approaches. She seeks out hidden details through which she highlights the essence of art, culture, nature, and all aspects of life. She devotes her life on this planet to the small pleasures of life and, of course, to film. She is currently shooting her seventh feature-length film, Torzo stare mačke (Torso of an Old Cat).
Petra Seliškar has also produced films by acclaimed international filmmakers such as Claudia Tosi, Peter Zach, Francesco Fei, Damian Nenadić, Jean-Robert Viallet, Ineke Smith, and Iiris Saaren-Seppälä.
In 2003, she founded the production company Petra Pan Film in Slovenia, followed by PPFP in North Macedonia in 2009. She is a co-founder of MakeDox, a creative documentary film festival in Skopje; BDDN – Balkan Documentary Distribution Network; the Doc Around Europe festival network; and, more recently, the film agency Open Kitchen. She also lectures and leads workshops at the MakeDox festival (Docusprouts) and at Dokumentarnica.
