Borderline | Liberland
At the border between Serbia and Croatia, a region where the bloody Yugoslav War is still resonating, there is a heap of sand in the Danube that someone wants to turn into a new nation. In 2015, the micro-nation Liberland was founded by a Czech politician who claims to have planted his flag in this no man's land. As the first president of Liberland he tries to shape his country. Is it idealism or does he have other, non-altruistic goals?
Isabella Rinaldi is an independent filmmaker from Rome, Italy and co-founder of NoCut Film Collective. She graduated the DocNomads Master Course after getting her Bachelor Degree in Film Studies at Sapienza University of Rome. She directed and produced several short films, screened in international festivals, and a video installation for the MAO Museum of Ljubljana. In 2016, she founded NoCut Film Collective with fellow DocNomads students Arya Rothe and Cristina Hanes. A Rifle and a Bag (WORLD PREMIERE International Film Festival Rotterdam 2020) is the collective's first documentary feature.
A film by
Isabella Rinaldi
Written by
Isabella Rinaldi
Frederik Nicolai
director of photography
Thomas Szacka-Marier
Jordan Van Schel
Edited by
Bram Rabaey
assistant director
Domenico Centrone
production manager
Iva Tkalec
Setareh Samavi
an Off World production
In co-production with
VRT Canvas
In co-production with
Relation04 Media
Kinoteka
In_Script
In co-production with
Umedia in association with Ufund
With the Support from
Flanders Audiovisual Fund
Brussels Capital Region
The Belgian Federal Government Tax Shelter
With the Support from
Norwegian Film Center
Filmfond Nord
Creative Europe Programme - MEDIA of the European Union