BOTTLEMEN

84 minutes | Serbia, Slovenia | 2023

SYNOPSIS

On the outskirts of Belgrade, Serbia, one of the biggest landfills in Europe spreads across the remains of the ancient Vinča civilization.

Plastic bottle collectors aka ‘bottlemen’ make a hard living from this toxic landscape, but now their vibrant community is facing a new threat.


DIRECTOR

Nemanja Vojinović studied film directing at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade, where he graduated in 2012. His short documentary film Reality, fuck off won awards at regional and international festivals. He made his feature documentary debut as a director and producer with Las Distancias (2017), in which he followed emigrants from Cuba to the United States. Nemanja is a Member of the Association of Documentary Filmmakers of Serbia, DOKSERBIA.