Milan
Germany/Serbia, 22' , 2007

Directed by: Michaela Kezele
Script: Felix Novo de Oliveira
Producer: Daniela Ljubinkoviæ, Kathrin Geyh
Production company: Target Film/Munich, u koprodukciji s Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film Muenchen (HFF/M)/Munich, BR/Munich
Cinematography: Michaela Kezele
Editing: Stine Sonne Munch
Music: Martina Eisenreich
Cast: Andrija Nikièeviæ, Nikola Rakoèeviæ, Danica Ristovski, Branislav Platiša, Tim Williams

Format: 35mm, color
Running time: 22'

Synopsis
Milan takes place during the 1999 NATO air-raids in Yugoslavia. Milan, a six year old boy, and his 19 year old brother Ognjen live with their parents in a small village not very far from Belgrade. Despite the daily air-strikes, the family tries to live a normal life. Ognjen promises his little brother that he would play ‘hide and seek’ in the afternoon and Milan gets to the meeting point in the forest on time. He is completely unaware of the fact that he will never see his brother again. Milan starts looking for him, but instead of finding his brother, he finds someone else: an American pilot hiding in the woods after his plane went down. ‘Milan’ describes the impossible attempt of a family to avoid the every-day horror of the war. It is a personal story in the shadows of the anonymity and obscurity during war-time.

Awards
Tampere 2007
Grand Prix

Sehsuechte 2007
Audience Award

Alpinale 2007
Best Film

Expresion en Corto 2007
Best Short

Directors Biography
Michaela Kezele was born in Munich. She was raised by her grandparents in Dubrovnik. As a result of the war, she came back to Munich in 1991. After graduating from high-school, she studied for two years at the music academy and graduated in 1997 with a diploma in acting.. After graduation, she worked in Germany and Croatia as an actress. Now, she is a student at the film & television academy in Munich. ‘Milan’ short film made during her film school years.

Location and screening schedule:
matinee: SC Cinema, Friday, October 26th at 11.00
premiere: SC Cinema, Friday, October 26th at 22.30
reprisal: Cinema Europe, Saturday, October 27th at 16.00