All the Cities of the North

  • 100'
  • Serbia
  • 2016
Two men live in a blue tent in an empty white room in an abandoned holiday complex. Boban and Boris pick berries and light fires. Occasionally, some donkeys wander through the overgrown grounds. A little idyll amidst severe modern structures. The arrival of a third man (played by the director) disturbs their harmony. The outside world intrudes, with stories of other times and places, of cities to the north and in the south; we hear stories about how Yugoslavian contractors built a city in Nigeria, or about the remnants of Brasilia. The men’s story is interspersed with images of landscapes and spaces.
It is impossible to place this first feature by Dane Komjlen in an existing film category. It is a fictional architectural diary employing alienation effects, a study of fragile, unspecified relationships and a salute to Godard: all of these apply. A cinematic quest for the answer to the question: How can we live alongside one another?
Director
Dane Komljen
Countries of production
Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro
Year
2016
Festival Edition
IFFR 2017
Length
100'
Medium
DCP
Original title
Svi severni gradovi
Language
Serbo-Croatian
Producer
Nataša Damnjanović
Production Company
Dart Film
Sales
everything works LLC
Screenplay
Dane Komljen
Cinematography
Ivan Markovic
Editor
Dane Komljen, Nataša Damnjanović
Production Design
Magdalena Vlajic
Sound Design
Igor Čamo
Music
Boris Isakovic
Cast
Dane Komljen, Boban Kaludjer, Boris Isakovic
Director
Dane Komljen
Countries of production
Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro
Year
2016
Festival Edition
IFFR 2017
Length
100'
Medium
DCP
Original title
Svi severni gradovi
Language
Serbo-Croatian
Producer
Nataša Damnjanović
Production Company
Dart Film
Sales
everything works LLC
Screenplay
Dane Komljen
Cinematography
Ivan Markovic
Editor
Dane Komljen, Nataša Damnjanović
Production Design
Magdalena Vlajic
Sound Design
Igor Čamo
Music
Boris Isakovic
Cast
Dane Komljen, Boban Kaludjer, Boris Isakovic