Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival 2020

Here Right Now: Iris Prize 4

Expired October 8, 2020 11:30 AM
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Every now and then, you cross paths at exactly the right time - sometimes when you least expect it. Explore moving stories of loss, awakening, finding connections and making sure that pivotal moment doesn’t pass you by.

Summertime in a remote Macedonian village. A group of children discover a killed snake by the lake shore. The bully among them - Yovan, picks it and chases the others with it. To protect his friends, Mario throws a stone at Yovan, then climbs to a balcony of a stranger’s house to hide from him. It gets dark, but Yovan has no intention to leave Mario alone. Stuck on the balcony, Mario has no choice but to wait. Suddenly, pink lights flicker over Mario’s face. He approaches the windows and looks inside the house. He sees an eccentric queer man Borche, wearing a hat with strange glimmering horns and a white snake crawling on it. He takes selfies with his phone. He notices Mario at the window when he goes over the photos. When he realizes that Mario is hiding from his bully friend, he walks him home. A couple of days later, Mario plays with his friends at the basement of their house, trying on his mother’s old dresses. He is just putting her wedding dress on, when she shows up at the door. They run away from her through the window only to be cornered by his dad in the backyard. Later that night, Mario gets a good beating by his dad for acting like a girl. His mom cries and asks him if he is gay. The next day, Mario is forced to work in the field to man up. He sees a snake in the grass and throws a stone at it. That night, Borche is ambushed by the kids from the neighbourhood, lead by Mario. They all throw stones at him and call him „faggot“. As he tries to run away from them, a large stone hits him in the head and he falls to the ground. The kids get scared and run away. Mario stops and looks back at Borche. He realizes he has done something terrible. He walks back to him, appologizes and helps him get up. Borche forgives him.

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    20 minutes
  • Language
    Macedonian
  • Country
    Macedonia
  • Director
    Andrey Volkashin
  • Screenwriter
    Andrey Volkashin
  • Producer
    Elena Stanisheva