CONTACT (Kontakt - Êîíòàêò)
Released: 2006 - Germany/Macedonia (In Macedonian, with English subtitles)
Duration: 95 minutes
Classification: Feature
Director: Sergej Stanojkovski
Screenplay: Sergej Stanojkovski
Producer: Marcelo Busse, Markus Hilberschmidt
Leading Roles: Labina Mitevska, Nikola Kojo
Content: Forty-year old Janko is released from prison into the care of his half-brother Novak, owner of the Hotel “Titanic” in
Skopje. The same day Novak picks up his wife’s sister, Zana, from the psychiatric hospital. Since the mental home has begun to serve as a
hide-out for war criminals, there is no longer any room for the real patients. Stuck with two misfits ill-equipped for daily struggles of
ordinary life, Novak puts Janko in charge of fixing up Zana’s house. Slowly these two people connect in sometimes awkward, but profoundly
lyrical way.
Director: Sergej Stanojkovski studied directing and documentary filmmaking at Filmakademie FAMU in Prague, Czech Republic. He
has directed documentary shorts and commercials, and is the recipient of FAMU’s Pavel Juracek Filmpreis award for excellence. "Contact" is
his first feature.
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