On the outskirts of Serbia's capital, Belgrade, lies one of the biggest landfills in Europe - Vinča. Once an archaeological site of the European neolithic, this toxic place, unsettled by fires, is a workplace for a community of plastic bottle collectors - bottlemen. In this documentary-western, we follow the last days of this community before their jobs become obsolete, as we focus on the struggle of a good-hearted boxer, Yanika, to be a group leader in a chaotic system.
"At first, I wanted to make a poetic and abstract landscape film, about the clash of two archaeological sites - one of the ancient civilization from the Stone Age, and one of the present civilization, filled with garbage and plastic, a true mirror image of contemporary civilization. I saw a new world, completely unknown to me and I felt like I was in a Mad Max movie. I got to know this post-apocalyptic landscape and the community of plastic bottle collectors - bottlemen, hardworking people, living and surviving in the most brutal conditions, yet resilient and authentic, full of life." (Nemanja Vojinović)
SAT, 16 March, and MON, 18 March
Q&A with director Nemanja Vojinović after the screening
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