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Rule of Law – Justice in Kosovo
(Rule of Law – Justiz im Kosovo)
Austria, documentary, 2006; 99 min
In English and Albanian with English sub-titles
Director: Susanne Brandstätter
Screenwriter: Susanne Brandstätter
Producer: Josef Aichholzer
Production Company: Aichholzer Filmproduktion
Co-producer: EnVision Film
Camera: Jerzy Palacz
Music: Eda Zari
Featured: Judge Claudia Fenz
Synopsis:
Claudia Fenz, an international UN judge appointed to Kosovo,
tries to get to the bottom of what happened in a brutal
case: six Kosovo-Albanian men are accused of stoning a
Serbian and his elderly mother to death. Judge Fenz
discovers a world of parallel justice, where village
“judges” deliberate over disputes according to the laws of a
600-year old tradition. The film follows the court
proceedings up to the last session in which the verdicts are
announced, revealing how cultural differences complicate
attempts to deliver justice in today’s multicultural
Balkans.
Festivals and Awards:
Vienna Film Prize 2007
Festival Cinéma et Justice, The Hague
Perspektive 2007 Nuremberg Film Festival of Human Rights
Festival dei Populi, Florence
Official Selection International Film Festival Locarno
Director Susanne Brandstätter
Susanne has years of experience as a documentary filmmaker
and is a proven expert concerning events surrounding
southeastern European countries, gaining international
acclaim for her 2003 film “Checkmate” on the revolution in
Romania. Susanne was born and brought up in Los Angeles,
studied in Paris, and moved to Austria in 1975. Since 1987,
she has directed numerous documentaries for ORF, an Austrian
public television station. Susanne is now an independent
filmmaker, living and working in Vienna and Carinthia,
Austria.
Select Filmography:
Checkmate – Strategy of a Revolution (Austria, 2003)
Velocity of Being (Austria, 2001)
Quiet Rebels: China’s Muslims (Austria, 2001)
Auroville (Austria, 1998)
Devil in the Flesh (Austria, 1996)
DVD Source:
Aichholzer Filmproduktion
Mariahilfer Straße 58
A-1070 Vienna
Tel: (+43 1) 523 40 81
Fax: (+43 1) 526 34 58
E-Mail: office@aifilm.at
Web: www.aifilm.com
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