Bottlemen

release: Sarajevo Film Festival, August 2023
Feature documentary

Serbia, Slovenia

Director: Nemanja Vojinović

Produced by: Marija Stojnić, Nemanja Vojinović for RT Dobre Nade (SRB)

Co-produced by: Viva Videnović for URGH! (SLO), Set Sail Films (SRB)

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On the outskirts of Belgrade, Serbia, one of the biggest unsanitary landfills in Europe spreads across the remains of the ancient Vinča civilization - a former archaeological site of the European Neolithic. Plastic bottle collectors aka ‘Bottlemen’ make a hard living from this toxic landscape; but now their vibrant community is facing a new and bigger threat.

Bottlemen is a homage to a vibrant, essential and yet largely invisible community, as well as an eco-western and a stark contemplation of where our society is headed.

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World sales: Taskovski Films Ltd.

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