Private Project

Land Grabbing / Kraja zemlje

Land Grabbing is a documentary film about social, ecological and economic effects from overconcentration of agricultural land in Bulgaria, an effect of EU's Common Agricultural Policy - CAP system which supports mostly larger agricultural producers by large subsidies. Namely, the more land you possess, the more subsidies you get. The number of smaller farmers is decreasing and the Bulgarian farmer faces a real challenge for the future.

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Bolgarija se sooča z eno izmed najvišjih stopenj koncentracije lastništva kmetijskih površin na svetu. Predvideva se, da manj kot 5% kmetijskih podjetij nadzoruje več kot 85% zemlje v državi.

Kraja zemlje je dokumentarni film o socialnih in ekoloških posledicah prevelike koncentracije kmetijskih površin v Bolgariji, ki je posledica Skupne kmetijske politike Evropske Unije. Ta namenja velike količine subvencij predvsem velikim proizvajalcem, ki imajo v lasti veliko kmetijskih površin. S subvencijami na količino lastništva na eni strani ter lokalnimi in tujimi investicijami na drugi, se bolgarski kmetje soočajo z velikimi izzivi v prihodnje.

  • Manca Filak
    Director
    Young Hopefuls (2016), Zvonko & Ivanka (2015), Captain and his Friday (2013), I will carry you to the seaside (2012)
  • Georgi Medarov, Za Zemiata
    Writer
  • Ivaylo Popov, Za Zemiata
    Writer
  • Ethnocinema production
    Producer
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  • Za Zemiata (For the earth) NGO
    Producer
  • Ангел Стоянов
    Key Cast
  • Огнян Боюклиев
    Key Cast
  • Димитър Найденов
    Key Cast
  • Александър Вачев
    Key Cast
  • Мария Кадиева
    Key Cast
  • Милен Стоянов
    Key Cast
  • Албена Симеонова
    Key Cast
  • Alexander Westmacott
    Music
  • Jan Turk
    Sound postproduction
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Заграбване на земята
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    28 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    December 3, 2017
  • Country of Origin:
    Bulgaria
  • Country of Filming:
    Bulgaria
  • Language:
    Bulgarian
  • Shooting Format:
    HD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Sjón International Film Festival
    Copenhagen
    Denmark
    March 9, 2018
    European premiere
  • International conference ORGANIC FARMING IN BULGARIA: MORE INNOVATIONS FOR BETTER RESULTS
    Plovdiv
    Bulgaria
    February 22, 2018
    Bulgarian premiere
  • Sofia Biting Docs
    Sofia
    Bulgaria
    September 30, 2019
    Eko triptih
Distribution Information
  • Ethnocinema production
    Distributor
    Country: Slovenia
  • Za Zemiata
    Distributor
    Country: Bulgaria
Director Biography - Manca Filak

Manca Filak is a PhD student at the Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Ljubljana and a Young Researcher at the Research Center of Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (Institute of Slovenian Ethnology) in Ljubljana. Since 2012 she has been active in the field of visual anthropology as an author of ethnographic films and documentaries screened at various film festivals in Europe and abroad. As a part of Audiovisual Laboratory she is a co-organizer of Days of ethnographic film festival and Summer School of Visual Ethnography in Ljubljana.

Filmography:

- Odnesel te bom na morje / I will carry you to the sea side (2012):
Days of Ethnographic Film Ljubljana (SI, 2013), Asterfest International Film Festival Strumica (MK, 2013) - Second prize SILVER horseshoe;
part of permanent exhibition I, we and others: Images of my world in Slovene Ethnographic museum (Ljubljana).

- Kapitan in njegov Petek / Captain and His Friday (2013):
Days of Ethnographic Film Ljubljana (SI, 2014), Festival of Ethnological Film Belgrade (SRB, 2014), Etnographic Film Festival Kratovo (MK, 2013)

- Zvonko in Ivanka / Zvonko and Ivanka (2015):
Etnofilm Festival Rovinj (HR, 2016) – SPECIAL MENTION, Festival of Ethnological Film Belgrade (SRB, 2016), Etnographic Film Festival Kratovo (MK, 2016), Days of Ethnographic Film Ljubljana (SI, 2017)

- MLADA NADA / Young Hopefuls (2016):
Grossman Fantastic Film and Wine Festival Ljutomer (SI, 2016), DOKUDOC International Documentary Film Festival Maribor (SI, 2016), Festival of independent film Ljubljana (SI, 2016), DORF Documentary festival of rock film (CRO, 2017)

- Заграбване на земята / Land Grabbing (2017):
Sjón International Film Festival Copenhagen (Denmark, 2018), International conference ORGANIC FARMING IN BULGARIA: MORE INNOVATIONS FOR BETTER RESULTS (Bulgaria, 2018), Sofia Biting Docs (Bulgaria, 2019).

- Lukomir, my home (2018)
Days of Ethnographic Film Ljubljana (SI, 2018), SEFF International Ethnographic Film Festival (CRO, 2018), NAFA Nordic Anthropological Film Association (ROM, 2018), Society for Visual Anthropology Film and Media Festival (USA, 2018), European Association of Social Anthropologists (Biennial Conference: Staying, Moving, Settling) (SWE, 2018), International festival of ethnological film (SRB, 2018), Kratovo ethnographic film festival (MK, 2018), Festival Gorniškega filma (SI, 2019), World Film Festival (EST, 2019), International Society for Ethnology and Folklore (SIEF): Track Changes: Reflecting on a Transforming World (ES, 2019), 7th Congress of the Portuguese Anthropological Association (APA) (PORT, 2019); ETNOFF (MK, 2019), Kathmandu Mountain Film Festival (NEPAL, 2019), GIEFF (GER, 2020) - MANFRED KRUGER STUDENT AWARD.

- Tobačni spomini / Tobacco memories (2020)
Days of Ethnographic Film Ljubljana (SI, 2021)

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