Marija Zidar
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Marija Zidar (1976) is a Slovenian filmmaker. Her background is in Journalism (BA in Journalism; BA in English Language and Literature). She also has a PhD in Sociology from the University of Ljubljana. She is passionate about presenting thoroughly investigated social issue stories through intimate, sensitive, and empathetic visual storytelling. She has written three medium-length documentaries for RTV Slovenija and directed one. Reconciliation is her debut full-length documentary.
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Balkan Dox programme. In documentary filmmaking, some topics are more difficult and sensitive to approach and deal with than others. In Reconciliation, Marija Zidar tried and succeeded to see and paint the whole picture of blood feuds and attempts at reconciliation between families, both rooted in the ancient tribal code in the secluded mountains of Northern Albania. Her perspective is both insider’s and outsider’s, her take on the topic and the subjects involved is extremely sensitive and highly ethical, so the subjects function as complex, highly developed characters without losing authenticity and without even a hint of being exploited. With the visual appeal of the beautiful, but harsh mountains, the societal landscape is matched with a natural one in a seamless, clever way, making Reconciliation a well-rounded film, smartly made, convincing and compelling, important on the cinematically level as much as on the topical.
Gre za premišljen film, ki odpira vpogled v neopatriarhalne strukture. Ob intimni družinski tragediji subtilno prikaže spotikanje populizma ob demokratizem, pri čemer v presojo gledalk in gledalcev ne posega.
Avtorica Marija Zidar skozi zapleten konflikt med sorodniki izriše kompleksno podobo patriarhalne družbe. Z natančno in zadržano opazovalno tehniko nas popelje v samo jedro dveh sprtih družin in tako ustvari večplasten in presunljiv dokumentarni film.
The 2021 Young Onion Award Special Mention goes to Reconciliation. A beautiful film that takes us to a remote place and into a community stuck with lethal tradition. A film about irreconcilable tragedy with hope of resolution through dialogue by human will against all odds.
Dokudoc žirija, v sestavi Uja Irgolič, filmska montažerka, Jan Gogola jr., filmski režiser, Rok Biček, filmski režiser in producent, je složno podelila naziv DOKUDOC IZBRANI 2021 dokumentarnemu filmu ODPUŠČANJE, režiserke Marije Zidar. Dokudoc žirija je svojo odločitev pojasnila:
Filmska drama Odpuščanje (Reconciliation) govori o konkretnih in globalnih razmerah hkrati. Konflikt med dvema družinama hkrati ponazarja tudi konflikt med družbenimi konteksti v sodobnem svetu. Pomeni ideologij so nam skriti, prav tako kot obrazi sosedov. Če se kot pijanec plota držimo samo in predvsem tradicije, potem izgubimo priložnost spoznati sedanjost in tudi prihodnost. Kot primer v filmu lahko vidimo prizor, ko dva moška s sovražnih bregov med popravljanjem vodnjaka sodelujeta, a le dokler se ne začne razprava o hierarhiji tradicionalnih in verskih pravil. Režiserka Marija Zidar je z upodobitvijo likov dosegla tako zelo intimne odnose, da se gledalec lahko popolnoma vživi v zgodbo. Precizna uporaba kamere iz roke izraža vidno in nevidno napetost, ko akterji poskušajo vzpostaviti spravo. Film Odpuščanje intenzivno analizira osebni svet, v katerem smo postavili zidove tako okoli sebe kot tudi znotraj sebe.
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