Q&A MIT DER AUTORIN UND PRODUZENTIN MARINA GUMZI (live!) Slowenien, Italien 2019, Regie:

In einem Wald an der jugoslawisch-italienischen Grenze nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg. Ein Zimmermann und eine Kastanienverkäuferin teilen vorgestellte Erinnerungen und schmieden Pläne für die Zukunft.

Stories from the Chestnut Woods is a melancholic fairy tale, unfolding during the Second World War, in a forest mostly composed of chestnut trees and which serves as a natural frontier between Italy and Yugoslavia. However, at this point in time, this vast, leafy expanse separates far more than just two countries: these chestnut trees are also located at a strategic point along the famous Iron Curtain which drew the line between the continent’s two political blocs: Western Europe and Eastern Europe. The film is a breath-taking poem which shines a light on the hundreds of individuals who have been left in limbo, trapped in the atemporality of these woods; victims of famine, war, isolation, and solitude following the death or departure of those they loved. cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/378379/

Stories from the Chestnut Woods (Slovene: Zgodbe iz kostanjevih gozdov) is a 2019 Slovenian drama film directed by Gregor Božič. It premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in September 2019 and was selected as the Slovenian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. (wikipedia)