Borderline

a documentary collection by Frederik Nicolai
and Tiha K. Gudac, Annabel Verbeke, Anna Savchenko, Vytautas Puidokas, Isabella Rinaldi, Georg Götmark, John Utsi

2021 | 6 EPISODES


Six authentic border stories across Europe reveal the controversy and Europe reveal the controversy and complexity of what symbolic dots complexity of what symbolic dots and lines on a map can become when and lines on a map can become when cutting into actual people’s lives.

CREDITS

Showrunner FREDERIK NICOLAI
directed by  TIHA K. GUDAC, ANNABEL VERBEKE, ANNA SAVCHENKO, VYTAUTAS PUIDOKAS, ISABELLA RINALDI, GEORG GÖTMARK, JOHN UTSI
Co-producers LUCKAS TRIMONIS, LJUBO DZELAREVIC, KARL EMIL RIKARDSEN

Produced by Off World (be)
in co-production with VRT-CANVAS (BE), RELATION04 MEDIA (NO), KINOTEKA (HR), INSCRIPT (LT)
in co-production with SVT SAPMI,SAMI KOMPANIA, FILM FRONT, FILMPOOL NORD
in co-production with URGH, RTVS (SL)

with the support from FLANDERS AUDIOVISUAL FUND, NORWEGIAN FILM INSTITUTE, SWEDISH FILM INSTITUTE
with the support from CROATIAN AUDIOVISUAL CENTER, LITHUANIAN FILM CENTER
with the support from INTERNATIONAL SAMI FILM INSTITUTE, FILM FUND NORD, NORDNORKS FILMSENTER, SCREEN BRUSSELS | BRUSSELS CAPITAL REGION, THE BELGIAN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

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4 Seasons in a Day

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Before They Meet

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OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

International Emerging Filmmaker Award 2021 @Hot Docs for Four Seasons in a Day by Annabel Verbeke

Best Film Award 2021 @New York Film Week for Four Seasons in a Day by Annabel Verbeke

special Jury award 2022 @Saratov Sufferings Film Festival for Four Seasons in a Day by Annabel Verbeke

Jean-Loup Passek Award 2022 @Melgaço International Film Festival

Winner Meestervertellers Award, Amsterdam, 2022 for Four Seasons in a Day by Annabel Verbeke

special mention @ Bergamo Film Meeting International Film Festival for Before The Meet by Vytautas Puidokas

Fipresci Award @Zagreb Dox for The Wire by Tiha K. Gudac

Winner Human Rights Award @Freezone Belgrade Film Festival for The Wire by Tiha K. Gudac

special mention @Rab Festival for The Wire by Tiha K. Gudac

special mention @One World Film Festival for The Wire by Tiha K. Gudac

Tromsø Palm Award @Tromsø Film Festival for Radji by Goegr Götmark and John Utsi

premio FICC @Festival del cinema dei Diritti Umani di Napoli for Radji by Goegr Götmark and John Utsi

Official selections:1. The Wire:Dok.Fest Munchen, crossing Europe, Dokufest, Atlantida Film Festival / Filmin

Zagreb Dox, Freezone Belgrade Film Festival, Rab Festival, Liburnia Film Festival, Festival of Slovenian Film, Inconvenient Films, One World Festival, Freezone Festival, DOKUDOC, Balkan Film Week, Festival Migrantskega Filma, Underhill Festival, One World Film Festival, Primed, Giavera Festival Italy, Eastern Neighbours Film Festival, Cinemamed

2. Where The World Ends: Astra Film Festival, Inconvenient Films, Northern Lights FF

3. Four Seasons In a Day: Hot Docs, Film Fest Ghent, New York Film Week, Sidney Film Festival, Verzio International Film Festival, DocsIreland, London Migration Festival, Rhode Island International Film Festival, Gangneung International Film Festival, Saratov Sufferings Film Festival, Atlantida Film Festival / Filmin, Inconvenient Films

Fipadoc, Lemesos Int. Film Festival, Docs Without Borders Film Festival, Zagreb Dox, Docville, Manlleu Film Festival, Melgaço International Film Festival, 18 Mostra Internacional De Cinema Etnográfico

4. Radji: Tromsø International Film Fest, Verzio International Film Festival, Festival del cinema dei Diritti Umani di Napoli, Nordische Filmtage Lübeck, Beyond Borders

5. Before They Meet: Inconvenient Films, Fipadoc, Bergamo Film Meeting International Film Festival, Parnu Film Festival, Filmkunstfest MV, Adox Festivals, Docpoint

6. Liberland:Visions Du Réel, Inconvenient Films, Liburnia Film Festival, 30_____70 Doc Fest.

“Verbeke vibrantly captures the human
ebb and flow ”
— Screen Daily
“Verbeke vibrantly captures the human
ebb and flow ”
— Screen Daily
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