DVD Ine svety - Other Worlds

Saris, in the East of Slovakia is a very specific border region between Eastern and Western Europe. Borderline between rational individualism of the West and expressive emotionality of the East. The territory in the foothills of Eastern Carpathians has always been strongly traditional but also a crazy mix, "little Babylon" of a place. Europe has started its transformation again and life is changing rapidly.

This documentary tries to track down the so-called globalizing process and the effect it has on the individual lives and stories of people. The film depicts six different characters and changes in their communities. They are Sarisans, Ruthenians, Jews, Gypsies, but also young people with no particular or special identity, with no attempt to specify their uniqueness.

The filmmakers try to show the end of the traditional diversity, and search for the beauty of the original, the authentic, the interesting and the individual. People from the region of Saris have been often called "crazy Easterners". The Other Worlds documentary follows six of them to the end of the world, to the end of the globalized world and finds that they are a product "Made in Saris".

Film won several awards:

Prize of the audience, 41st International Film Festival Karlovy Vary 2006
Special mention of the jury, 41st IFF Karlovy Vary 2006
Euro Media Award, Vienna 2006
Prize of the Film Culture Club, 36th LLF Lagów 2006

Director and script: Marko Skop
Director of photography: Jan Melis
Edited by: Frantisek Krahenbiel
Sound engineer: Igor Vrabec
Dramaturgy: Jan Gogola ml.
Cast: Jan Lazorik, Fedor Vico, Katarina Hrehorcakova, Ignac Cervenak, Stano Corej a Tono Triscik
Running time: 78 min
Bonus: photos, extra features, authors
Subtitles: Slovak, English, Polish
Menu:Slovak
PAL 4:3