JANUARY 2023 WINNERS:
Best Film of the Month
THE BALLAD OF PIARGY (Slovakia)
DIRECTOR: Ivo Trajkov
PRODUCER: Silvia Panáková
DOP: Peter Bencsik
About the Film:
A story of a young woman, Juliši, who marries the son of the richest landowner in the village, but does not resist her father-in-law’s violent seduction and inadvertently finds herself in the middle of a rough love triangle. The ballad of Piargy is a symbol of modern Sodom and Gomorrah, a mirror of the distorted morals of the society. At the same time, it is a naturalistic metaphor for the subordinate position of women in the patriarchal society.
About the Director:
Macedonian film director, producer, film editor, screenwriter and story editor was born in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia in 1965. He graduated on a Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU), Czech Republic (1986–1992). In 1994 he co-founded The World Circle Foundation and produced over 150 documentary films and several feature films. In his career he directed eight feature films in various range of genres and receive several film awards. From 2004 he works as a professor and head of department on FAMU, Prague. In 2008 he received title Honorary Ambassador of Culture of the Republic of Macedonia in Czech Republic. In 2015 he was a member of founders of a Film Institute – Film Academy Ohrid, Macedonia, where he as well works as a professor and head of department.