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5 October

Year
2016
Country
Slovakia, Czech Republic
Duration
50’
Director
Martin Kollar

A quiet story about a man waiting for an important surgery. After he learns he’s facing the possibility of only having a few months to live, he embarks on a wandering journey with only a ‘deadline’ – 5 October. From the notes in his diary and his daily search for a place to spend the night, we discover what he is running away from: fear, discomfort, testing weather conditions, and his deteriorating health. Reality, however, keeps reminding him of what lies ahead – a surgery with possibly fatal consequences.

CREW:
Director: Martin Kollar
Producer: Ivan Ostrochovsky
Cinematographer: Martin Kollar
Editor: Marek Šulík
Sound: Tobias Potočny
Production
Punkchart films in coproduction with HBO Europe, endorfilm, 71km
Sales:
Punkchart Films, Špitálska 20, 811 08, Bratislava, Slovakia. Tel.: +421 915 606 088, www.punkchart.sk, [email protected]
Director
Martin Kollar

Martin Kollar studied cinematography at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. He currently works as an independent photographer, cinematographer and director. As a photographer, he works on long-term projects and residencies (in Eastern Europe, France, Germany, and Israel). He has received several awards for his work, among others the Prix Elysée in Lausanne (2015), the Oscar Barnack Award in 2014 (Germany). As a cinematographer, Martin has worked on a number of films, including Koza (2015), Velvet Terrorists (2013), Cooking History (2009), 66 Seasons (2003) and others. He made his directorial debut with the short autobiographical portrait, Autoportrait (2012).

Selected Filmography

Selected: Autoportrait (2012)

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Year
2016
Country
Belarus, Russia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia
Director
Dmitrii Kalashnikov
Duration
67’
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Year
2016
Country
Poland
Director
Anna Zamecka
Duration
72’
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Amazona
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Year
2016
Country
Columbia
Director
Clare Weiskopf
Duration
82’
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Dream Empire
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Year
2016
Country
Denmark
Director
David Borenstein
Duration
73’
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Gogita’s New Life
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Year
2016
Country
Georgia, Croatia, Ukraine
Director
Levan Koguashvili
Duration
71’
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Year
2016
Country
Netherlands
Director
Coco Schrijber
Duration
90’
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Year
2016
Country
Estonia
Director
Meelis Muhu
Duration
72’
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The War of Chimeras
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Year
2016
Country
Ukraine
Directors
Anastasia Starozhytska, Maria Starozhytska
Duration
94'’
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Year
2016
Country
USA
Director
Jenny Gage
Duration
79’
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