CONTACT (Kontakt)
Color, 95 min, 2006, Feature; Germany/Macedonia
In Macedonian, with English subtitles

Director: Sergej Stanojkovski
Producer: Marcelo Busse
Production companies: Busse-Halberschmidt and Skopje Film Studio
Co-production with ZDF/Das Kleine Fernsehspiel and ARTE
Supported by Filmstufung NRW, Kuratorium Junger Deutscher Film, Ministry of Culture of Macedonia, and Eurimages
Associate Producer: Sergej Stanojkovski
Screenwriters: Gordan Mihic, Sergej Stanojkovski
Cinematographer: Tomislav Pinter
Music: Peer Raben, Michael Bauer
Cast: Labina Mitevska, Nikola Kojo

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
Sergej 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 film.

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