On the eve of Man's conquest of the Moon, in the summer of 1969, 34-year-old Milutin Veljković set off to spend the following 15 months in a wild cave in the Southeast Serbia. Milutin Veljković wasn’t just interested in beating the record in cave dwelling - he aimed to penetrate deep into the universe of depth.
This extraordinary deed is first revealed outside - through a series of portraits of interesting characters, all connected to Veljković. Unexpectedly, we enter the underground world. The various narrated fragments from Veljković's detailed cave diary are brought to life: from his daily routines, such as making coffee and collecting insects - to the dramatic events of pooling out his own tooth, craving for a woman, fighting with the flood and hallucinations.
From connecting with primeval ancestors in a disintegrated time and space, all the way to the outer space exploration, Speleonaut is in quest of our purpose.
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Basic information
Title in Serbian
SPELEONAUT
Title in English
Speleonaut / Under the Stone Sky
Original language(s)
Srpski
Category
Genre
documentary
Premiere
28/11/2018 24. Festival autorskog filma, Dom omladine, Beograd
Production
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Festivals and Awards
6. Festival Gollut / Đirona, Španija / 2019
Awards
Najbolji planinski film
10. ЕХО Фестивал на планински филм / Skoplje, Severna Makedonija / 2019
Awards
Najbolji srednjemetražni film
24. Festival autorskog filma / Beograd, Srbija / 2018
26. Festival evropskog filma / Eco Dox / Palić, Srbija / 2019
13. Međunarodni filmski festival “Prvi kadar” / Ex Yu u fokusu / Istočno Sarajevo, Bosna i Hercegovina / 2019
16. Dokument / Vranje, Srbija / 2019
9. Alpi Giulie Cinema / Hells Bells Speleo Award / Trst, Italija / 2020
Международный кинофестиваль фильмов и программ о космосе «Циолковский» / more.tv, Rusija / 2020
Universal Film Festival / Kanzas Siti, SAD / 2020
7. FICLAPAZ / La Paz, Bolivija / 2020
9. Nuovi mondi festival - Il viaggio / Valloriate, nell'alta Valle Stura, Italija / 2020
9. Srpski Holywood / planina Rudnik , Srbija / 2020
8th AegeanDocs International Film Festival / Zvanična selekcija / 8 egejskih ostrva, Grčka / 2020
Galilee Festival of Adventure Movies / Tel Aviv, Izrael / 2020
Technical specs
Color
KOLOR i C/B
Duration
57
Digital format
DCP
Sound
DOLBY DIGITAL
Subtitles
Engleski