{"id":74877,"date":"2026-04-28T09:58:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T07:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.krakowfilmfestival.pl\/?p=74877"},"modified":"2026-05-08T16:02:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:02:04","slug":"na-krancach-swiata-przedstawiamy-ostatnie-tytuly-z-miedzynarodowego-konkursu-dokumentalnego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.krakowfilmfestival.pl\/en\/na-krancach-swiata-przedstawiamy-ostatnie-tytuly-z-miedzynarodowego-konkursu-dokumentalnego\/","title":{"rendered":"At the Ends of the Earth. Introducing the Final Titles from the International Documentary Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While some dream of breaking free into the world, others flee its anxieties as far as they can, searching for their own place or stubbornly holding fast to the small homelands they refuse to leave. The final outstanding titles in the International Documentary Competition take us to depopulating villages of Macedonia, the remote island of Tristan, and Paraguayan enclaves built by wealthy Europeans \u2013 uncovering the social and economic inequalities and fault lines of our contemporary world. This is cinema at once penetrating and formally bold, one that confronts dreams with reality and poses questions about solitude, exclusion, and the price of life at the most far-flung corners of the globe.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neocolonial Dreams of Freedom<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Around Paradise<\/em><\/strong>, Yulia Lokshina looks closely at a group of affluent Europeans fleeing their own anxieties \u2013 vaccines, taxation, Islam, the spectre of a third world war, and climate catastrophe. They seek respite in the impoverished southern reaches of Paraguay, where in El Para\u00edso Verde they are constructing a self-sufficient enclave intended to serve as their artificial paradise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Around Paradise, dir. Yulia Lokshina<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Around Paradise,, dir. Yulia Lokshina<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The director, however, reveals the darker dimensions of this project, exposing the settlers’ spiritual aspirations as part of a neocolonial fantasy of freedom. The counterpoint to this tale is the story of two young Paraguayans, whose struggles, dreams, and local traditions remain all but invisible to the newcomers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Far Away as Possible<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The melancholic Tristan Forever<\/em><\/strong>, directed by Tobias N\u00f6lle’s and co-directed by Loran Bonnardot, transports us to Tristan \u2013 a British Overseas Territory in the Atlantic, widely regarded as one of the most isolated but still inhabited places on Earth. It is here that a Parisian doctor returns after 30 years, this time with the intention of staying for good. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tristan Forever, dir. Tobias N\u00f6lle, co-dir. Loran Bonnardot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tristan Forever, dir. Tobias N\u00f6lle, co-dir. Loran Bonnardot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This fictionalised documentary clashes the romantic notion of life at the edge of the world against the harsh climate, forbidding environment, and an insular community, asking what you might be fleeing from to travel so far \u2013 and what you truly seek in a place that constitutes the entire world for its inhabitants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between Fairy Tale and Reality<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The deeply moving The Tale of Silyan<\/em><\/strong> by Tamara Kotevska \u2013 the latest work from the director of Honeyland<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 takes us to the depopulating villages of Macedonia, where storks remain the most faithful companions of the last remaining residents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tam, gdzie wracaj\u0105 bociany, re\u017c. Tamara Kotevska<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tam, gdzie wracaj\u0105 bociany, re\u017c. Tamara Kotevska<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Drawing upon magical realism, this documentary tells the story of Nikola, who, following his family’s emigration to the West, does his best to survive in a world increasingly hostile to traditional farming. It is a film about exclusion, a crumbling landscape, and a vanishing way of life, yet equally about the shared fate of humans and animals, and about a beauty that still demands to be preserved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The final titles selected for the International Documentary Competition:<\/p>\n\n\n\n