Animal
Date:
December 15, 2022
Animal
Animal
by Amaia Remírez García and Raúl De la Fuente Calle
Kanaki Films | Spain and Bellota Films | France
Documentary
Logline
It is difficult to be different, even in Europe. The unique Božo Vrećo,singer from Sarajevo, still a very macho society, embodies gender freedom and religious coexistence. In Spain he finds in flamenco the essential expression of forgiveness.
Synopsis
His voice vibrates with Ottoman, Sephardic, and Balkan echoes. He is Božo Vrećo and from his rooftop in Sarajevo he is a beacon of freedom illuminating one of the most troubled areas in the world. When he was 5 years old, his father, a military, killed himself in the first days of the war in Bosnia. Then Božo’s mother raised him as one more daughter. 30 years later, he runs free around the world amazing audiences in Vienna, Sidney, Split or Belgrade. In his heart, he is a man, woman, and child. Watching at a Theater in Madrid the performance of’ “Viva”, by Spanish dancer Manuel Liñán, where men dance flamenco in women’s attire, Božo remembers the spark of freedom he felt in his childhood, with the gipsies. And in Manuel he finds a soul mate, a flamenco artist with a story deeply connected to his own: Manuel disappointed his father, the bullfighter, becoming a bailaor, instead of a matador. Božo and Manuel are soul mates, rupturing traditions, united by an absent father. Božo discovers Granada with Manuel, meeting truly essential flamenco artists in a trip to Božo’s childhood memories of war, the discovery of inner freedom and finding love in a very macho society..
Director’s Profile
Director RAÚL DE LA FUENTE
His debut, Nömadak Tx won the Best Young Director at Guadalajara IFF, and the Silverdocs AFI / Discovery Channel Best Music Documentary. His latest, Another Day of Life, Cannes Official Selection 2018, is a hybrid animated – doc. European Film Award, Goya Award and Platino Iberoamerican Film Award for animated feature, Oscar Shortlisted, exhibited at animation festivals from Busan to Annecy.
Director AMAIA REMÍREZ
Her direction debut has been MALDITA, Goya Winner ‘23, Oscar Qualified, Silver Dragon Winner in Krakow IFF. Amaia’s career has combined production and scriptwriting since 2011 with her Goya
Nominee debut BLACK VIRGIN. She has co-written I AM HAITI,
ANOTHER DAY OF LIFE and CHARLIE CHAPLIN, A MAN OF
THE WORLD, in production, co-written with Isaki Lacuesta and
Carmen Chaplin.
Company Profile
Since 2009, Kanaki Films has been telling personal, unique, and exciting stories, always with a social angle.
Our first feature film, ANOTHER DAY OF LIFE, premiered in Cannes, Official Selection. The film won the Goya Award for Best Animated Feature Film, the Platinum Award for Best Iberoamerican Film, the EFA Award for Best European Film and the Public Award at the San Sebastian Film Festival.
Our short films, “Minerita” and “Maldita” won the Goya for Best Documentary Short Film, and the first one was Oscar Shortlisted. Kanaki Films’ latest productions add up to more than 200 international awards.
With vast experience in European co-production, management of
national and European grants, and a strong and recognized team,
Kanaki’s productions have been distributed by Netflix, Movistar +,
HBO, TVE, ETB, Filmin…