Die Akkordeonspielerin
Macedonian Dream - A Girl and her Accordion

film type documentary film Production Country Germany production year 2006 runtime 30'00 colour
screening format Beta SP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo languages Makedonisch Subtitles Englisch, Deutsch

At the age of seven, Emilija gets an accordion, with 14 she wins the national accordion competition of Macedonia. In this documentary, the author portrays the life of her 17-year-old cousin, who comes from a poor but very musical and swinging family living in a little village. She fights for the right to participate in an international competition that is taking place in spring. Emilija plays good enough, but the condition is to have a professional and exorbitantly expensive accordion.

director Biljana Garvanlieva Schnitt / Editing André Nier Bildgestaltung / DOP Susanne Sch?le Drehbuch / Script Biljana Garvanlieva Tongestaltung / Sound Design Manuel Zimmer
Festivals
Internationales Frauen* Film Fest Dortmund+Köln, Dortmund, Köln, Germany
FIPA International Festival of Audiovisual Program, Biarritz, France
Animafest Zagreb - World Festival of Animated Films, Croatia (Special Mention)
ZagrebDox - International Documentary Film Festival, Croatia (Special Mention)
Production
  • gebrueder beetz filmproduktion
  • Christian Beetz
  • Heinrich-Roller-Str. 15
  • 10405 Berlin
  • +49 30 69566910
  • http://www.gebrueder-beetz.de
Distribution
  • gebrueder beetz filmproduktion
  • Christian Beetz
  • Heinrich-Roller-Str. 15
  • 10405 Berlin
  • +49 30 69566910
  • http://www.gebrueder-beetz.de
Sales
  • gebrueder beetz filmproduktion
  • Christian Beetz
  • Heinrich-Roller-Str. 15
  • 10405 Berlin
  • +49 30 69566910
  • http://www.gebrueder-beetz.de

Biljana Garvanlieva

Born in Skopje, Macedonia;
1992 - 1996 Philology Faculty, Skopje;
1994 - 1998 Faculty of Dramatic Arts Skopje;
1997 DAAD scholarship at the Karl Eberhard University Tübingen;
1999 - 2003 DAAD scholarship at the Free University Berlin

Filmography
2008 Die Akkordeonspielerin