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Hot Docs Yields Another Distinction for Arsy_Versy

Arsy-Versy
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12.05.2010
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The Slovak documentary film Arsy-Versy by Miro Remo placed second in the short film category at the 2010 Hot Docs. Arsy-Versy continues its extraordinary festival run and also demonstrates the quality of contemporary Slovak documentary film. Along with Osadne (Marko Skop), Cooking History (Peter Kerekes) or The Border (Jaro Vojtek), Arsy-Versy is among the most popular films requested by international festivals.

Arsy-Versy | Miro Remo
Slovakia | 2009 | 23 min.
The film is a story of a mother and her son Lubos who lives in a world turned upside-down, or, arsy-versy. Lubos broke free from the world as generally conceived by others to arrive at the supreme human-nature symbiosis; he flew away to a planet purely inhabited by butterflies - intelligent beings. The sole focus of his life energy, enriched by a great deal of empathy, is being channelled into his amateur photography and film making, the climax of his fascination with natural phenomenon being his unique study of bats. By way of communicating with the upside-down creatures he is fascinated with, he attempts to achieve the utmost understanding between man and beast. He is assisted by his mother who has been a great research and life support to him, but is now apprehensive about her son’s future. „What will become of the kid?“ she wonders. Those who „knew“ him thought him lost up to the moment they saw the arsy-versy film; now it’s them who are losing it!

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12.05.2010
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