Whose is This Song ?

A funny, dramatic and tragicomic account of the search for the truth about a song. 'Whose is this song?' is a film which shows with a sense of humor some of the typical features of the character of the people on the Balkans, as for example their habit of appropriating all that is good and denying the others the right to possess the same qualities, the same songs, the same customs, the same temperament. The film action takes place in the countries of the Balkan region. The situation is in itself rather comic – the fight to prove that no one other than us can create such a beautiful song. At times this fight becomes tragicomic and dramatic, takes twists and springs, surprises with the metamorphoses of the song and the emotions of the participants in the film. An exciting journey around Turkey, Greece, Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia, Serbia and Bulgaria, a journey to all the places where people still sing this song which appears once as a love song, another time as a religious hymn, and even as a song inciting for battle Nominated by the European Film Academy for “Prix Arte - Best Documentary” ---- - Special Prize of the Jury - “Golden Rython” Documentary Film Festival - Special Prize of the Jury - “Golden Chest” International TV Film Festival - “Silver Conch” Prize - MIFF' 2004, Mumbai International Film Festival - FIPRESCI Award - MIFF' 2004, Mumbai International Film Festival - “Prix Bartok” Award - 23rd Ethnographic Film Festival, Paris - “Gibson Impact of Music” Award - Nashville Film Festival - Annual Award of the City of Sofia - Second Award 'Crossroad Europe' - Documentary Film Festival Lublin, Poland - Award of the Student Jury - 'Crossroad Europe' Documentary Film Festival - 'Silver Knight' Award – International Film Festival 'Golden Knight', Russia