#Dokufest

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Von Federn, Walen und Staub

Präsentation der Projekte des GPC Lab 2023-24 Mi, 30.10.2024, 19:00-22:00 Uhr Medienwerkstatt Wien Neubaugasse 40A, 1070 Wien Künstler*innen: Veronika Hösch, Kristina Cyan, Katja Verheul Moderation: Klaus Speidel

Wir freuen uns, die Projekte des GPC Lab 2023-24 der Öffentlichkeit zu präsentieren. Das Lab begleitet Film-, Video- und Bewegtbildarbeiten in unterschiedlichen Projektphasen durch individuelle dramaturgische Beratung. Die Künstler*innen haben für diesen Abend spezifische, teils performative Formate erarbeitet, um Einblicke in ihre Bewegtbildarbeiten zu geben. Anschließend werden die Lab-Teilnehmer*innen im Gespräch mit dem Theoretiker Klaus Speidel die im Programm entwickelten dramaturgischen Entwürfe reflektieren und kontextualisieren.

Projektpräsentationen, 19:00-20:30

Veronika Hösch: NiNi! Crossing feathers Performative Lesung und Artist Talk, 20 min.

Wie fühlt es sich an, wenn Ihren Gefühlen Federn wachsen? Kennen Sie die sinnliche Dimension Ihres Neins? In einer performativen Lesung gibt Veronika Hösch Einblick in ihr Kurzfilm-Exposé „NiNi! Crossing feathers” und die Entstehung der „filmischen Federnsprache”. Queere Liebe wird in „NiNi! Crossing feathers” nicht in Isolation gelernt, sondern gemeinschaftlich in einer magischen Parallelwelt in der Lobau, einem Erholungsgebiet und einer Cruising Area in Wien. Ein Ort des produktiven Chaos und der Fürsorge, wo Mensch und Objekt Federn wachsen. Es sind Federn, die Grenzen setzen, Zustimmung geben bzw. erhalten und Gefühle als gültig anerkennen.

Dramaturg*innen: Christine Lang und Caroline Bobek Veronika Hösch lebt als Künstler*in in queer-feministischen Freund*innenschaften in Wien. Höschs Arbeiten wurden international gezeigt, u.a.: Nakanojō Biennale, Nhà San Collective, Jakarta International Documentary and Experimental Film Festival und FrauenFilmTage Wien.  

Kristina Cyan: Wenn ich ein Wal werde Künstler*innengespräch und Präsentation der Recherche, 20 min

Der Science-Fiction-Film „Wenn ich ein Wal werde” untersucht kritisch das sich wandelnde Verhältnis der Menschheit zur Umwelt angesichts kapitalistischer Ausbeutung und technologischer Fortschritte. Er hinterfragt, wie Land, Identität und Zugehörigkeit durch Umweltkrisen destabilisiert werden und entwirft eine spekulative Zukunft, in der nomadische Lebensweisen zur Norm werden. Im Zentrum der Handlung steht die Rolle von KI in Entscheidungsprozessen, der Übergang vom Leben an Land zum Leben unter Wasser und der Aufruf zu einem Paradigmenwechsel hin zu nachhaltigem Zusammenleben.

Dramaturg*in: Christine Lang Kristina Cyan, Wien, ist Medienkünstler*in und arbeitet in Wien. Sie erforscht in ihren Arbeiten die Schnittstellen von Medien- und Biotechnologie, Feminismus und Umweltforschung. Ihre Werke wurden u.a. auf der B3 Biennale des bewegten Bildes, dem European Media Art Festival, dem Rec.Forward Festival gezeigt.

Katja Verheul: Red Dust Künstler*innengespräch und Präsentation der Recherche, 20 min

Katja Verheul präsentiert die Recherchen für ihren neuen Film „Red Dust“ im Kontext ihrer künstlerischen Projekte, die sich mit den Themen nukleare Kriegsführung, Energiegewinnung und Atommüll beschäftigen.

Mehrmals im Jahr färbt sich der Himmel über Frankreich rot. Eine Veränderung im Luftdruck bringt Sandstaub aus der Sahara von Nordafrika nach Südeuropa. Dieser Staub bedeckt alles. Er ist wie eine Zeitkapsel, die Cäsium-137 von den französischen Nuklearversuchen in Algerien beinhaltet. Der Film zeigt die Auswirkungen eines Krieges, der nie gekämpft wurde. Ein französischer Veteran und Archäologie-Studierende spekulieren darüber, was in Erinnerung bleibt und was für immer unter dem Sand verborgen sein wird.

Dramaturg*in: Helin Celik

Unterstützt von CBK Rotterdam, Gemeente Rotterdam, Mondriaan Fonds, Cultuurfonds, Dos Mares Residency Program.

Katja Verheul ist Filmemacher*in und lebt in Rotterdam (NL). Ihre Filme wurden unter anderem auf dem IFFR, Visions du Réel, Kasseler Dokfest, Dokufest, Sharjah Art Foundation, Art Rotterdam, MAXXI Museum und im niederländischen Fernsehen gezeigt.

Von Federn, Walen und Staub 20:45-21:45: Roundtable-Gespräch moderiert von Klaus Speidel

Anhand theoretischer, ästhetischer sowie praktischer und prozessorientierter Fragen werden die drei Künstler*innen die spezifischen dramaturgischen Rahmen, die sie in Bezug auf ihre Themen entwickelt haben, beleuchten und über die Zusammenarbeit mit ihren dramaturgischen Berater*innen erzählen.

Klaus Speidel ist Bild- und Kunsttheoretiker, Kunstkritiker und Kurator. Er promovierte an der Sorbonne in Philosophie und veröffentlicht in wissenschaftlichen Zeitschriften, Kunstmagazinen sowie in Katalogen. Er lehrt an der Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien.

Bildcredit: Kristina Cyan: When I Become a Whale, 2024, Video Still  Katja Verheul: Red Dust, 2024, Video Still  Veronika Hösch: NiNi! Crossing feathers, 2024, Making of, Requisite für Mz*Awareness, CCCQL

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XKS | PRIZREN | DOKUFEST

2024

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Eyes and Horns from Fabian&Fred on Vimeo.

Film by Chaerin Im

Inspired by Picasso’s ‘Vollard Suite’, the transformation of the over masculine Minotaur leads to the destruction of boundaries of sexes.

Festivals (selection) Ann Arbor Film Festival VIS Vienna Shorts Animafest Zagreb Frameline San Francisco LQBTQ+ Film Festival Annecy Animation Festival DokuFest Odense Film Festival Linoleum Animation Festival Cyprus Short Film Festival, Limassol Drama International Short Film Festival Festival Mix Milano – LGBTQ+ Guanajuato Film Festival Ottawa Animation Festival Animation Volda VAF Viborg Animation Festival StopTrik Oslo/Fusion Film Festival BIAF Bucheon Animation Festival Uppsala Short Film Festival SPARK Animation Festival Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival PÖFF Shorts – Black Nights Cartoons Underground Chéries Chéris LGBT Festival Paris Tous Courts, Aix en Provence International queer Film Festival Merlinka Anima Brussels Tricky Women MONSTRA Animation Festival Regensburger Kurzfilmwoche Roanne Animation Festival Kaboom Animation Festival Florida Film Festival GLAS Animation Festival Atlanta Film Festival Busan Short Film Festival deadCenter Film Festival Fest Anca Anibar Insomnia Animation Festival Animist Tallinn Nancy Film Festival Supernova Animation Festival Animasyros Animation Festival Fringe Queer Film & Arts Fest GAZE LGBTQ+ Film Festival Nashville Film Festival Festival of Animation Berlin Primanima Tacoma Film Festival TLVFest - Tel Aviv LGBT Film Festival Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival Queer Film Festival Playa del Carmen Pinx Queer Film Festival Seattle Asian American Film Festival

©2021 Fabian&Fred, Chaerin Im

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SIGNS - by Dustin Rees from createdindust on Vimeo.

An electrician follows his nightly routine of setting up display letters. Bringing light to places and people - unregarded by the world, and out of sync with in his own relationship at home. 

An animated short film by Dustin Rees

Switzerland 2020 signs-film.ch

Contact: Director: info@createdindust.ch createdindust.ch instagram.com/createdindust facebook.com/createdindust Producer: mail@viragefilm.ch viragefilm.ch Instagram.com/viragefilms facebook.com/viragefilms

Credits: Director: Dustin Rees Producer: Saskia von Virág Animation: Dustin Rees, Yael Schärer, Jonathan Wüst Compositing: Stefan Holaus Sound Design & Mix: Loïc Kreyden, Thomas Gassmann Script Consulting: Rachel Schmid

World sales / Distribution: Bonobostudio, Vanja Andrijevic bonobostudio.hr instagram.com/bonobostudio_zagreb

Supported by: Federal Office of Culture (FOC) Zürcher Filmstiftung SRF Swiss Radio and Television SRG SSR

Awards & Distinctions: Special mention – Countryside Animafest Cyprus 2020 Audience Award – Fantoche Int. Ani. Festival 2020 Audience Award – Solothurner Filmtage 2021 Best Swiss Short Film – Gässli Film Festival 2022

Festivals (selection): Shanghai International Film Festival, 2020 Countryside Animafest Cyprus, 2020 Hiroshima International Animation Festival, 2020 Fantoche International Animation Film Festival, 2020 Encounters Film Festival, 2020 Animatou International Animation Film Festival, 2020 Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, 2020 Animest International Animation Film Festival, 2020 New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival, 2020 Anilogue International Animation festival, 2020 Animateka International Animated Film Festival, 2020 Sommets du cinema d'animation Montreal, 2020 Solothurner Filmtagen, 2021 Huesca International Film Festival, 2021 Dokufest International Documentary and Short Film Festival, 2021 La Guarimba Film Festival, 2021 LINOLEUM International Festival of Contemporary Animation & Media-art, 2021 Sedicicorto International Film Festival, 2021 Anima Cordoba International Animation Festival, 2021 Reggio Film Festival, 2021 Aesthetica Short Film Festival, 2021 Animanima International Animation Festival, 2021 Chicago International Children's Film Festival, 2021 GIRAF Festival of Independent Animation, 2021 Feinaki Beijing Animation Week, 2021 Mecal Pro Barcelona International Short and Animation Film Festival, 2022 Alpinale Short Film Festival, 2022 Gässli Film Festival, 2022

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24 OUTUBRO 2023 - A METAMORFOSE DOS PÁSSAROS

Explorando a fusão entre documentário e ficção,  "A Metamorfose dos Pássaros" embarca na história da família de Catarina Vasconcelos, a cineasta, com ênfase na avó paterna, que nunca teve a oportunidade de conhecer, e na própria mãe. Nas palavras da realizadora, o filme aborda a saga familiar, destacando a figura materna e as gerações que a precederam, ao mesmo tempo que mergulha em um período histórico marcante. Vasconcelos descreve o filme como uma exploração sobre "a mãe do meu pai. A minha mãe. As mães. As mães das mães. As mães das mães das mães". A narrativa visa resgatar um período significativo do passado, uma época distinta da atual, que é crucial lembrar. O filme estreou no Festival de Berlim, recebendo o Prémio da Crítica Internacional, e conquistou reconhecimento em diversos festivais, incluindo prémios como Melhor Filme em Vílnius, Prémio Especial do Júri em Taipei, e Prémio de Melhor Filme no Dokufest, entre outros. A estreia em longa-metragem de Vasconcelos, após sua curta "Metáfora ou a Tristeza Virada do Avesso" (2014), solidifica sua presença no cenário cinematográfico internacional.

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September brings the first edition of the Pristina Queer Festival in the latest challenge to stereotyping and stigma.

After two big cultural festivals in Kosovo – Anibar animation festival in Peja/Pec and Dokufest in Prizren – dedicated parts of their programme to queer culture and tackling homophobia, it’s the capital’s turn in September with the first ever Pristina Queer Festival.

Beginning on Friday, the three-day festival is the latest to challenge stereotypes and stigma surrounding sexual and gender identity in Kosovo.

The festival, which aspires to become an annual event, will include film and documentary screenings, concerts, and a promotional event for an Albanian-language text on transgender people in Kosovo before and after the 1998-99 war, part of the 2022 book Transgender in Post Yugoslav Space – Lives, Activisms, Culture.  

Donjeta Mejtani, a Kosovo-based human rights activist and part of the queer rights NGO Dylberizm, one of the organisers of the festival alongside the queer collective Hyjneshat, said the queer movement in Kosovo was “doing well” and that Pristina had become a “vibrant centre in the Western Balkans”.

“However, we felt that the next step for the queer movement would be to have a festival in Pristina, for the entire queer community that will include queer artists and queer content,” Mejtani told BIRN.

“Hopefully it will grow and help society see that, in accepting each other, we do not lose or risk traditional values because hatred does not serve us and has no value in the society.”

‘High expectations’

Staging such an event does not come without certain challenges. Even the documentary film festival Dokufest, arguably the biggest annual cultural event in Kosovo, faced a protest organised by the local Islamic Community after it hosted a concert by the Canadian feminist electro-pop artist Peaches, an LGBT cultural icon.

Mejtani said that some performers or participants invited to the Pristina Queer Festival were reluctant to take part.

“We did face homophobia; some persons whom we wanted to invite as performers or participants of the festival refused the invitation, not necessarily due to their own homophobia but because they knew how joining the festival could affect their public image and profession even if they were not part of the LGBT community,” Mejtani said.

“There are high expectations but we are still happy enough to have been able to create a good, free programme for the first edition.”

“Like at the Pride Parade there will be people who will be reluctant to join but we have to emphasise that everyone is welcome and not only queer persons.”

“Queer people are very creative and have given a lot to art and culture throughout the world. Art is one of the best mechanisms for us to survive as human beings and queers living in a closed society need to find within themselves a way to cope.”

One of the goals of the Dylberizm is “to promote queer culture and tell the society that we are here”, Mejtani said. “Many people don’t realise that queer persons live among us; due to stereotypes, queer persons are over-sexualised and undermined.”

That’s why the NGO was named Dylberizm, Mejtani said, from the Albanian word ‘Dylber’. Besides being used as a slang term for homosexuality, Dylber can be found in many works of folklore.

“Using this word we explain that queer people have always been present and especially in art, they have also written well known songs,” Mejtani told BIRN.

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Prizren, Kosovo , 2019 #prizren #kosovo #dusk #landscape #dokufest2019 #dokufest #photography #mobilephotography #mosque #minaret https://www.instagram.com/p/B1Amm40n2Lw/?igshid=j3dhhwv27vwi

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Summer in Prizren is pretty amazing I’d say. Besides rich culture, lovely people and amazing food for an incredibly low price, another reason to visit Prizren is Dokufest, which is an international short film festival held in the heart of Prizren. Dokufest starts in August and it usually lasts for about 12 days. There are multiple stages airing films every night and one of them is up in the Prizren fortress where the entire city can be seen from above. Besides films, there is also a music festival which is also a part of the Doku organisation. Dokufest was established in 2002. and has become one of the biggest film festivals in Balkan over the past years. Because of it’s amazing atmosphere this film festival is counting more and more international visitors every year.

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Ledri Vula Kosovar singer performing on Dokufest film festival night scene

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taken @ dokufest with fujifilm x100t for more follow @lyrasemphotog on insta (pls don't remove caption)

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*I'll be your mirror*

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Deer Boy by Katarzyna Gondek from RADIATOR IP Sales on Vimeo.

EXPERIMENTAL, FANTASY, FICTION / 2017 / 15 MINUTES / NO DIALOGUE / SHORT FILM / 4K-UHD / 25FPS / 5.1 SURROUND / POLAND, CROATIA, BELGIUM

Synopsis: A story about a hunter’s son, who was born with antlers, and about how each man kills the thing he loves.

Director: Katarzyna Gondek Production: Centrala Film Co-production: Bekke Films / Motion Cast: Janusz Chabior, Katarzyna Sobiszewska, Eryk Maj Director of photography: Maciej Twardowski Editor: Jarek Piekarski Sound: Katarzyna Szczerba, Ivan Zelic Producers: Pawel Kosun, Agnieszka Janowska Co-producers: Ben Vandendaele, Barbara Vekaric Music: Marcin Lenarczyk Graphic design: Andrzej Dobosz Colorist: Kene Illegems Supported by Poznan Film Commission, Croatian Audiovisual Fund, Stern Pictures, The Fridge, Alchemiq Studio, PUK Studio, Studio Fandando Participant of NISI MASA European Short Pitch 2016, Euroconnections 2016, Visegrad Forum 2016

Festivals

2018 Sundance, North-American premiere - United States Rincon, South American premiere - Puerto Rico BIFF - Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, Belgian premiere - Belgium Brussels Short Film Festival (BSFF) - Belgium Friss Huss, Hungarian premiere - Hungary Short Waves - Poland Dresden Film Fest, German premiere - Germany Figari, Italian premiere - Italy Valletta International Film Festival - Malta Kameralne Lato - Poland Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, Asian premiere - Korea, Democratic People's Republic of New Horizons - Poland DOKUFEST, Balkan premiere - Kosovo WIZ-ART, Ukranian premiere - Ukraine Off-Courts Trouville - France Aegean International Film Festival - Greece Encounters International Short Film Festival, UK premiere - United Kingdom Sioux Empire Film Festival - United States Psarokokalo, Greek premiere - Greece Chicago Critics Film Festival - United States IFF Pacific Meridian, Russian premiere - Russian Federation Hollyshorts - United States 24fps International Film Festival - United States Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival - France Quebec City Film Festival - Canada Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival, Spanish premiere - Spain Phenomena Festival, Brasilian premiere - Brazil Cork Film Fest, Irish premiere - Ireland Bogota Short Film Festival - Bogoshorts, Colombian premiere - Colombia Medfilm Festival - Italy

2017 Krakow International Film Festival, World premiere - Poland FNC - Festival du Nouveau Cinema, International premiere - Canada Warsaw International Film Festival - Poland NDU International Film Festival, Middle Eastern premiere - Lebanon Zubroffka International short film festival - Poland

deerboy.pl radiatorsales.eu/film/deerboy/ kgondek.com/ imdb.com/title/tt5363486/ instagram.com/deerboyshortfilm/ facebook.com/DeerBoyShortFilm

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And the award goes to... “Meteors” • #portopostdoc #portopostdoc2018 #dokufest #dokufest2018 (em Prizren) https://www.instagram.com/p/BmX7C6Dgfbb/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1qf5iypmwz8xr

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— Što se ne prijaviš za Dokufest? Ima još jedno mesto.

— Ali, ja nisam ni novinarka niti se razumem u filmove niti umem da fotografišem, ni…

— Ako nećeš ti, ja ću.

I prijavim se. I dobijem akreditaciju. I sednem u futuristički autobus.

Usput naučim da držim foto-aparat i da pišem u vozilu u pokretu i da sam poprilično uzbuđena što ću upoznati to legendarno Kosovo o kojem, bejah uverena, ovi glasni samo lažu.

U okviru programa #prvikadar, zajedno sa još dvoje učesnika, dobila sam zadatak da se tokom petodnevnog boravka u Prizrenu napijem utisaka i te utiske dokumentujem fotografijama i(li) pričom. Vodeći se izrekom „Ako želiš da upoznaš nekog, zaviri u njegovu biblioteku”, potpomognuta Pračetovom tezom da je grad živi stvor, odlučila sam da zadatku pristupim kako meni jedino pristaje — knjigoložnički.

Autorka fotografije: Katarina Kostić

Velid, prvi poznanik iz Prizrena, između kafe i rečenice koju ću zauvek citirati taksistima i studentima istorije („Nama je dosta i naše politike, kamoli srpske!”), kaže mi da se u gradskoj biblioteci može naći nešto jugoslovenskih knjiga, „a knjižare su ti privatne” — kao da podrazumeva da znam šta to znači.

Jedna od neobičnijih knjižara prodavnica, ona najbliža hotelu, nešto između papirnice i špajza, sa jedva ikakvim izborom knjiga, bila je zatvorena kad god bih prošla pored nje, nezavisno od doba dana i radnog vremena. Jednom sam na vratima zatekla poruku toliko jasnu i vizuelno nedvosmislenu, da nisam morala ni da je prevodim:

Autorka fotografije: Katarina Kostić

Šetajući, svakog dana sve udaljenijim ulicama, sve slobodnije, domaćije, od papirnice do papirnice tražeći obavezno suvenir-nalivpero, naiđem na knjižaru.

Autorka fotografije: Katarina Kostić

U njoj vrlo malo knjiga; osim jednog italijansko-srpskog rečnika, sve su na albanskom, i skoro sve neke radne sveske za osnovnu školu. Knjižar u početku uzdržan toliko da razgovor počinjemo na engleskom. Ne znam ni kad smo prešli na srpski, spontano valjda, posle pitanja Odakle si. Primećujem da tamo mnogo zavisi od Odakle si.

Pitam da li ima srpsko-albanski rečnik, slegne ramenima kao da se podrazumeva da nema. Ne znam ni o čemu smo pričali dok sam prekopavala police tražeći nešto blisko, kad već nije bilo nalivpera, ali kao da se sećam neke njegove nedavne posete Novom Sadu.

Alen Yas (autorka fotografije: Jelena Dukarić)

Na jednoj zabačenoj polici, iza neke knjige koju sam istog trenutka zaboravila, nađem originalnu slikovnicu The Tale of Peter Rabbit, fototipsko izdanje, sa posvetom, koju je 1984. neko dvoje sa engleskim imenima poklonilo nekom trećem sa isto engleskim imenom. Cena — 1€. Time je ispunila (i prelila preko ivica) oba uslova za kupovinu knjige u inostranstvu: neodoljivost i pristupačnost.

Prvo zacičim kao što dolikuje, onda poskočim koliko mi kabasta tašna i tuđ foto-aparat dozvoljavaju, pa krenem prema kasi.

Ono što je usledilo će RASPLAKATI SRBIJU (VIDEO)*

Autorka fotografije: Jelena Dukarić

Kad, tamo, kaže knjižar:

— To ti poklanjam. I ja sam je dobio na poklon, i sad ja poklanjam tebi.

Pakujem knjigu u tašnu, zahvaljujem se i naglas (njemu, na gestu) i u sebi (VCC-u, na prilici da to doživim).

Razmenjujemo vizitke. Obećavamo kafe kad me drugi neki put nanese u Prizren. On je tu, u knjižari, kaže.

Autorka fotografije: Katarina Kostić

— Hello, da li govorite ovaj jezik?

— Malo. Imam tetku u Pančevo.

— Onda ćemo tako, pa dokle stignemo.

Nasmeja se i krenusmo.

Prvo, ono po šta sam došla — nalivpero. Ima pešes vrsta. Uzmem najjeftinije, samo da imam suvenir.

Zatim pitam gde mogu da nađem knjižaru sa knjigama, pošto ova izgleda kao klasična papirnica. Ona me uhvati za ruku i povede na sprat. Razgrne zagasite zavese sa prozora (i mogućnosti da ću jednom ući u sobu sa knjigama i ne poneti se kao Bel u biblioteci zamka ili Sem u biblioteci Citadele).

Autorka fotografije: Katarina Kostić

Tu sam je pitala za Pamuka i Čehova i da li ima nekog od srpskih pisaca. Uz odmah-glavom-i-sleg-ramenima kombo, uputi me na jedini primerak romana Derviš i smrt.

Autorka fotografije: Katarina Kostić

Pozdravimo se kao rođene.** Uputi me na gradsku biblioteku.

Autorka fotografije: Katarina Kostić

Gradska biblioteka u Prizrenu ima tri nivoa: prizemlje je za odrasle, prvi sprat za decu, a drugi popunjavaju čitaonica i Američki kutak.

Na odeljenju za odrasle kažu mi je u toku preraspoređivanje celokupnog inventara i promena inventarnih brojeva, pa je zato malo haotično. (Eufemizam za rečnik književnih termina!)

Ali i to ima dušu.

Stešnjenu pod zavesama i prašinom, rasečenu pa okrpljenu nezgrapnim političkim šavom, ali svoju, jedinstvenu.

Autorka fotografije: Katarina Kostić

— Ima knjige, sve su na albanski i turski, a na srpski to su stare.

Bibliotekar iz prizemlja nije raspoložen za razgovor, ili zaista ne zna nijedan od mojih jezika. Uglavnom se osmehujemo dok ja fotkam a on čita neke telegrafolike novine na internetu. Da sam ostala duže, naučila bih kako se kaže ŠOKANTNO na albanskom. Ili bar kako se piše.

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Zahvaljujem mu na vremenu i penjem se na sprat, do odeljenja za decu, gde ću upoznati svoju novu prijateljicu: Fahrije Krasnići, bibliotekarku koja tu radi 29 godina.

Ponosno mi pokazuje police podeljene po jezicima, pa po uzrastu, pa po žanru, pa po prezimenu autora. Za razliku od onog odraslog, dečje odeljenje je osvetljeno, šareno, blago. A bibliotekarka je na mahove tužna, ali nije gorka. Ipak, odrasla je, a sa odraslima ne može da se ne okrene na onog, što kažu stranci, slona u sobi, ili, što kažu nažalost naši, ‘kosovsko pitanje’.

Fahriye Krasniç (Autorka fotografije: Katarina Kostić)

— Ja sam građanka Prizrena — kaže — ja znam kako smo lepo živeli. Imali smo komšije.

Pitam vidi li tendenciju da se menja nešto nabolje, ipak je prošlo 17 godina, odgovara kratko:

— Bolje je prošlo.

(Zato volim da se družim s decom!, pomislim, pa pokušam da vratim razgovor na njih.)

— Ima, dolaze, čitaju. Niko više ne traži srpske knjige, ali sve su tu, to nije dirano. Mi smo svi građani Prizrena. I knjige su ostale. Prodalo se kuće, napravili nam rusvaj, od ljude, odselilo se, bio rat, bilo strašno da ti kažem, ja sam bila tu. Ali knjige nam nisu dirali.

  Autorka fotografije: Katarina Kostić

A šta deca čitaju, onako, najviše?

— Sve čitaju, sve! Neki vole sami da nađu, neki šta im kažu, čitaju dosta. Zato i snabdevamo, ali nema gde da stane, treba novu biblioteku da nam daju da se to raširi.

Gde vam stoji Hari Poter?

— Evo, ovde ima na turski i srpski, to kažu bošnjački, a na albanski nema. Sve su na čitanje.

Autorka fotografije: volonterka iz Američkog kutka (ne setih se da pitam za ime)

Na rastanku me grli, zastane, pa kaže:

— Želim ti… da nikad nisi bez knjige!

Zagrlim je još jednom.

Sutradan se vratim opremljena jednom idejom, jednom kamerom i jednom saputnicom.

Obe nas pozdravi srdačno, ljubi u obraze, dvaput, nudi kafu.

Objasnim da sam došla da se družimo, ali i da snimimo nešto, ako nije problem. Naime, ideja je bila da kao deo priče za #prvikadar napravim jedan snimak, kako čitam prvu rečenicu iz neke knjige koju volim (naravno da je konačan izbor bio Hari Poter i kamen mudrosti), na svim jezicima dostupnim u biblioteci. Samo treba neko da me nauči da čitam albanski i turski, začas.

Autorka fotografije: Jelena Dukarić

Kako Harija Potera nije bilo na albanskom (niko nije izabrao baš to jutro usred letnjeg raspusta da vrati knjigu), pročitala sam zacrtani deo na turskom, a za drugo poređenje uzela sam drugu dragu knjigu iz detinjstva — Pustolovine Toma Sojera.

Autorka fotografije: Katarina Kostić

— Ako ne voliš knjige, ništa ne voliš — kaže Fahrije. — A ako to voliš, ceo svet ti je tvoj.

Pozdravljamo se, sutra krećemo kući, obećavamo ponovni susret uz sva dostupna ‘možda’ i ‘nadam se’, da obećanje ne bi bilo mlako, prazno, ili nedaobog ostalo da visi. Ali ja znam da se vraćam, i da ću je potražiti, makar da utvrdim gradivo.

Na rastanku nas ljubi triput.

*Biće videa, za ilustraciju skoro svega iz teksta, kad umešniji od mene obrade snimljeni materijal, to se nisam šalila.

**Ne setim se da je pitam za ime. Uvek smetnem s uma ime. (Nadam se da ćemo se već nekako naći.)

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