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Cinema At Your Door
Who: Dokufest, The International Documentary and Short Film Festival
What: : A documented series of film screenings in 30 rural villages in the region of Prizren.
Where: Kosovo; Rural villages of Prizren Region
When: From 1-12- 2012 until 30-11- 2013
Amount attributed: 16,000 Euro
DokuFest started in 2002 with the screening of films, mostly from Kosovo and the neighbouring
countries, on the old cinema of Prizren. The growth of attendance each year forced them to explore for
alternative options of screening venues and exhibiting spaces.The number of cinemas in Kosovo, which
was 30 before the conflict, has dropped to a single permanent cinema operating in the new millennia in
the capital of Kosovo – Pristina.
DokuFest is now planning a further enlargement of its activities that would include communities
inhabiting rural areas of the Prizren region. After the initiatives involving the inclusion of high school
students into the group of film lovers, this project concentrates on the activation of rural areas in the
industry. The lack of cultural activities is a reality of the rural areas of Kosovo, including the film sector.
The incapacity of providing the country with permanent cinemas has deeply affected the local film
production which is made up of individual initiatives in general.
To offer a solution in this matter, Dokufest introduces travelling cinema throughout rural areas of
Prizren region offering free film screenings. As part of the project, each day a new village will be
introduced to new films, while the audience will have the chance of participating in debates on the
everyday difficulties and the lack of the cultural activities in their surroundings. After the 2 months
travelling, the entire material will be collected and edited into a single film. The film will be exhibited in
the cinema run by DokuFest.
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