Fortress Europe

This docudrama was shot in bordering regions between Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia and Italy. The southeastern border of the EU is under heavy observation in the aftermath of the Schengen Treaty and is serving to strengthen the nationalist tendencies and police forces of the Eastern European states. Based on true events, Zilnik reconstructs the stories of several people trying to cross these borders. The central plot revolves around a Russian family: Svetlana lives in Trieste with her friends and is waiting for her daughter Katja’s arrival. Katja is escorted by Svetlana’s former husband (Katja’s father) Artjom. During the journey, the two of them encounter problems and find themselves in a foreign country without the documents that would make the rest of their journey to the West legal

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Script: Toni Trsar, Ζelimir Ζilnik

Cinematography: Radovan Cok

Editing: Matjaz Jankovic, Vojko Polic

Actors: Svetlana Zajceva, Emil Tchouk, Hannah Nortman

Production: Low Budget Production, Slovenia

Producers: Toni Trsar

Co-production: RTV Slovenia

Format: Beta SP Color

Production Country: Slovenia

Production Year: 2001

Duration: 80

Awards
Viktor Award – Best Slovenian TV Feature Film, 2001

Želimir Žilnik

Filmography

1967 A Newsreel on Village Youth, in Winter (short)
1971 Black Film (short)
1975 Inventory (short)
1994 Tito among the Serbs for the Second Time
2000 Fortress Europe
2007 Kenedi Is Getting Married
2013 Pirika on Film
2015 Logbook Serbistan