High Speed trains slow down and vanish

High Speed trains slow down and vanish

2020 · 9 min · Documentary

The film is edited, the audio description of the forgotten sound of the film is recorded. Half a year (I thought to myself that it should be) I check potential festivals. Is this a movie about the love of mountains or not? Is it virtual reality about the feeling of freedom or not? Is this a film about cross-border friendship of Central European peoples or not? Is this a movie-musical about finding yourself or not? Is this a film about the problems of the lgbt community in the Carpathian region named after Andy Warhol, or not? Is this a film that promotes silent film values or not? Is this a short experimental debut film of a young director about challenging stereotypes or not? Is it an innovative film that does not fit into the box and will be shown at six festivals and fairs in the most beautiful places of the wine tourism region or not? After an extremely successful development, pre-production, production, post-production and festival history, the film is posted online.

Directed by Sashko Protyah

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