On this week's CinemAddicts, Eric Holmes interviewed "Afterwar" filmmaker Birgitte Stærmose.

"Afterwar" will be available online from November 17th through December 1, 2024 as a virtual screening experience through DOC NYC. The North American premiere is November 16 at the Village East By Angelika (featuring filmmaker Q&A).

Poster courtesy of Magic Hour Films

For more info:

1. Screening Info: https://www.docnyc.net/film/afterwar/Offiicial 

2. Official Website: https://www.magichourfilms.dk/afterwar

Official Plot Synopsis: "Burning buildings in a dense fog, a dead horse on a dusty road, people fleeing through harsh mountain landscapes. Afterwar opens with images from war-torn Kosovo, 1999, as a dark chapter in the history of modern Europe draws to a close.After the war, children sell peanuts and cigarettes on the streets of Pristina in order to survive. They speak to us: ‘There’s only one reason I’m talking to you. It is my hunger! I’m so hungry, I could eat your money!’ In a cinematic testament co-created over 15 years, they transform into adults before our eyes. Yet the child still stares back at us from behind the adult gaze, as the struggle to survive becomes a struggle for a future at all. They confront us with their innermost secrets and desires, while stuck in limbo and haunted by their past. Through a close artistic collaboration with the lead cast – Xhevahire, Gëzim, Shpresim, and Besnik – the film moves between raw realism, staged performance, and an existential meditation on the long-term repercussions of war. Any war, anywhere."

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