24. oktober 2015, lep jesenski dan, lepa pokrajina. Kolona beguncev in migrantov si v spremstvu vojakov in policistov utira svojo pot od schengenske meje med Slovenijo in Hrvaško proti sprejemnemu centru v Brežicah. Na koncu se pokrajina ne zdi tako zelo lepa, kot je bila prej.
In 2002 I made a feature film about two traffickers smuggling people into EU. Thirteen years later I decided to make a short film about lines of refugees crossing those exact same border accompanied by the police and soldiers carrying automatic rifles. When dealing with such a subject the author must ask themselves about the ethics of 'directing'. I decided on a 'no directing' approach - I used a static, 'Lumiere-style' camera, without direction or editing. Like an eerie remake of “The Arrival of a Train”.
Damjan Kozole
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