The Agreement Original Title: Forhandleren Country: Denmark Year: 2014 Language: Albanian, English, Serbian Subtitle: English Runtime: 52 min. Format: DCP Color: Colour Producer: Vibeke Vogel Director: Karen Stokkendal Poulsen Music: Steffen Breum Cinematographer: Sturla Brandth Grøvlen, Lars Skree, Marie Billegrav Editor: Anders Villadsen Sound: Esa Nissi Doc International Programme Denmark | 2014 | 52 min. | Albanian, English, Serbian | English subtitles How does it look and feel when the status quo of history is challenged? Like a sinister poker game or more like a brightly lit meeting? Will there be casual affability or will the sparks fly? And what about tactics? Had you better sit with your back to the wall or to the window? And how careful must one be about the choice of one’s tie? Danish filmmaker Karen Stokkendal Poulsen wants to know: with immense curiosity and equal reserve she keeps watching the several week long final round of the long negotiations between Serbia and Kosovo in 2012. The goal is to delicately settle a smouldering conflict, or rather: to pave a long-term path towards peaceful coexistence that both sides can take. The complicated dialogue is moderated and hosted by EU facilitator Robert Cooper. The opponents are Edita Tahiri, deputy Minister President of Kosovo, and Borko Stefanović, chief negotiator for Serbia. Each of the three main protagonists acts as the representative of a cause and an individual personality – two sides that do not always merge seamlessly. Precisely speaking, these agents are the key characters of a drama that may rarely leave its main stage, the conference room – but is still more exciting than many a global thriller. Instructive and moving. Direct Cinema at its best! DOK Leipzig, 57th International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film DOK, 2014
Posted on: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 15:10:18 +0000
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