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Section: International Competition of European First Films
Hunting Flies (2016)
The rise and fall of a dictatorship in a classroom. At first glance this is a film about childhood, but it is also deeply political. The story takes place in Macedonia, where politics and ethnicity still create great divisions in the population. On their first day in junior high school, three friends meet their new classmates. The teacher Ghani quickly discovers that old conflicts divide the class. Ghani, who will lose his job as the new government replaces the old teachers with their own administration, tries to convince the director to keep him on. He declares his intention to make peace in his class, and starts work on mediation. He is determined not to quit until the groups have reconciled. This is a film about boys who reproduce their fathers’ feuds and about a country where choosing the wrong side in politics can have serious consequences.
| Country | Norway |
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| Year | 2016 |
| Duration | 106 min |
| Rating | 15 |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Subtitle | English, Czech |
| Directed by | Izer Aliu |
| Screenplay | Izer Aliu |
| Director of Photography | Nils Eilif Bremdal |
| Music | Roy Westad |
| Edited by | Izer Aliu |
| Contact | Norwegian Film Institute |
Biography
An Albanian screenwriter and director with Macedonian roots, raised in Sweden and a citizen of Norway, he graduated from film school in Lillehammer. His student film To Guard a Mountain (Å vokte fjellet, 2012) made him a talent to watch in Norway. Before his debut in Macedonia with the feature drama Hunting Flies (Fluefangeren, 2016), he directed the short film The Good Life – Over There (Det gode livet, der borte, 2014).
Drama, Teamwork, First Feature, Relationships, Education, Politics