Disenchanted Cinema
The film Disenchanted Cinema takes us on a short journey to three remote mountainous villages in Mid-Western Nepal. In these villages, German anthropologist Michael Oppitz shot his legendary ethnographic film Shamans of the Blind Country (1981). A mobile cinema brings the film back to the places where it was filmed and gives the new generations an opportunity to revisit their own history through the ‘’magic’’ of cinema. Viewing their own past and present everyday life on the screen, the spectators go through a disenchanting experience.
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Eva PivacDirector
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Matjaz PinterDirector
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Matjaz PinterProducer
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Project Type:Documentary, Short
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Runtime:20 minutes
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Completion Date:July 13, 2017
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Country of Origin:Slovenia
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Country of Filming:Nepal
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Language:Nepali
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Black & White and Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:Yes
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Ljubljana Short Film Festival - FeKKLjubljana
Slovenia
September 1, 2017
European premiere -
Mountain Film Festival - FGFLjubljana
Slovenia
February 27, 2018 -
Pokhara International Mountain Film Festival - PIMFFPokhara
Nepal
December 22, 2017
Nepali premiere -
Balkan Can KinoAthens
Greece
December 22, 2017
Greek premiere -
Travel TalkiesChennai
India
December 17, 2017
Indian premiere
Third place award -
Cluj Shorts International Short Film FestivalCluj
Romania
April 25, 2018
Romanian premiere -
FIFEQ - International Ethnographic Film Festival of QuebecMontreal
Canada
April 6, 2018
Canadian premiere -
GIEFF - German International Ethnographic Film FestivalKoblenz
Germany
May 9, 2018
German premiere -
International Student Film Festival "NEW WAVE"Sofia
Bulgaria
April 25, 2018
Bulgarian premiere -
LIFF - Lebanese Independent Film FestivalBeirut
Lebanon
July 12, 2018
Lebanese premiere
Short documentary competition -
ZAGREB TOURFILM FESTIVALZagreb
Croatia
October 10, 2018
Croatian premiere -
Inshort Film Festival 2018Lagos
Nigeria
December 20, 2018
African premiere -
FESTEF – Festival of television ethnological filmKučevo
Serbia
July 19, 2018
Serbian premiere
Special recognition
Eva Pivač and Matjaž Pinter are young directors of documentary and short films. Their current long-term project comprises the production of several documentary films shot in Nepal’s Himalayas where they are also engaged in an in-depth anthropological research. Takasera (2016) was their first film and was supported by the Irish Research Council (Dublin, Ireland), the Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology in Ljubljana and Angart Film collective, Slovenia. Their recent film Disenchanted Cinema (2017), shot in Mid-Western Nepal was made in collaboration with Batoko Cinema (Kathmandu) and support of Michael Oppitz.