A Letter to Dad
Pismo tati, Serbia, United Kingdom, 2011, 48 min, Digi Beta, HD, Creative, Personal View, Portrait, Society
"Hey Dad, you died suddenly." The filmmaker, trying to make sense of the way his father chose to die, opens several boxes, all that is left behind. The forgotten photos, letters and home videos take the film back to the 1970s Yugoslavia, when his parents became lovers. But the journey through the years, to family members, lost friends and places, reveals the lingering horrors of the recent Balkan wars still tearing people and families apart. A film that, in the most immediate way, questions the individual responsibility of ordinary people caught in the winds of war.
Director of photography:
Srdjan Keca
Screenplay:
Srdjan Keca
Editor:
Katherine Lee
Music:
Alcyona Mick
Sound:
Tudor Petre
Producer:
Srdjan Keca
Director:
Srdjan Keca
World Sales:
Srdjan Keca
Languages:
Serbo-Croatian
Subtitles:
English
National Film and Television School
(Production company)
Beaconsfield Studios, Station Road
HP9 1LG Beaconsfield, United Kingdom
StudioStrike Artist Studios
68 Clapham Manor Street
SW4 6DX London, United Kingdom
IDFA 2011, The Netherlands
Best Balkan Documentary -
Dokufest 2011, Kosovo
Trieste Film Festival 2012, Italy
Free Zone Film Festival 2011, Serbia
Human Rights Film Festival 2011, Croatia
Crossing Europe 2012, Linz, Austria
Tempo Documentary Film Festival 2012, Stockholm, Sweden
Ljubljana Documentary Film Festival 2012, Ljubljana, Slovenia
MakeDox 2012, Skopje, Macedonia
Beldocs 2012, Belgrade, Serbia
London International Documentary Festival 2012, London, UK
goEast 2012, Germany
Full Frame 2012, NC, United States
DokuFest 2012, Kosovo
National Film and Television School, UKCity of Pancevo, Serbia