Swamp City

[Ovidiu Zimcea] Unlike my co-director, who is ten years older than me, I grew up just barely missing all of the defining events and happenings in my hometown, because I wasn't old enough, and because I grew up in a Christian Orthodox household, which frowned upon these kinds of manifestations (punk, rock, electronic music parties). Strangely enough, my parents were however owners of a (then legal) pirate cassette firm at the start of the 90s. So I grew up curious about music and music technology. After years of hearing about these amazing times in the 90s (the ones I had missed), I wanted to try and relive them through our subjects' memories. Bogdan had already started filming (again I had missed the party), but we found each-other when the project had been on hold for a long while. We connected and found that we were just as passionate about this (although he brings a nostalgic perspective compared to mine) and we finished this thick-skinned documentary that lets me know just what I've missed. I feel it is less about music and more about the importance and fragility of communities.