My Summer Holiday

My Summer Holiday

2025 · 52 min · Documentary

While the children are enjoying their summer holidays, Basri, 8, heads off to the Macedonian mountains to join his brothers. They are the shepherds of hundreds of sheep, helped by huge dogs that protect them from wolves. For Basri, it's freedom, while his teenage brothers dream of elsewhere.

Directed by Petra Seliškar · Written by Tancrede Riviere

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