Navadna hruška

The FIPRESCI Film Critic Award 2025 goes to a film that focuses on caring for trees and highlights the intergenerational responsibility for the climate breakdown. Also, on the dramaturgical level the vegetables create a visual bridge between science fiction and documentary. A dystopian view filled with a feeling of loss and melancholia introduces us to a place of refuge where we can hope for repair. Here the documentary elements are put at a distance through the analysis of images. The cinematic immersion, enhanced by impressive photography and elaborate framing, leaves room for a reflection about an urgent “common fear” to which anyone can feel connected, and probably re-connected with nature.

Serbian: Obična kruška” ističe se kao kompleksna dokufikcija, koja se hvata u koštac sa klimatskom krizom. Odluka da se posmatranje naše oslabljene veze sa zemljom predstavi iz perspektive budućnosti ujedno je i upečatljiva i dirljiva, budući da podvlači važnost klimatskog delovanja i vrednost drevnog znanja. Sa svedenim, ali evokativnim vizuelnim rešenjima, izvanrednom fotografijom i scenografijom, ovaj konceptualno složen film poziva gledaoce da se zapitaju o onome šta gubimo kada presečemo vezu sa prirodom. Film Gregora Božiča je poetična i pravovremena refleksija na teme održivosti, nasleđa i povezanosti ljudi i prirode.

A new generation is awakening in an environment where one cannot survive. They use the archive to study the recent past to achieve knowledge from the previous generations. Voices from the past lead us to a poetic exploration of nature threatened by the climate catastrophe. A near-future fiction film about the loss of nature and how to navigate this reality.