4 Years in 10 Minutes
- Directed by: Mladen Kovačević
- Released: 2026 (educational)
- Year of Production: 2013
On the cassettes that have been collecting dust for 18 years, a mysterious film material is revealed. Woven with puzzling excerpts from the protagonist’s diary, it is slowly revealed that the vintage footage of alien landscapes, enigmatic characters and perilous circumstances, is shot by the first Serbian to climb Mount Everest. Reaching the very limits of human capabilities and entering a state of aimlessness and deep loss, the man eventually brings back haunted memories that range from the absurd to the mystic. His dream of adventure didn't culminate in a victorious roar, reveals a quote from his journal, but ended in a scream of the defeated. In a journey to eternal glory, and back to the banality of everyday life, he changed in ways he never intended.
Special Mention of the Jury. Burning Lights Competition
Visions Du Réel. Switzerland (2018)
Grand Prix
BELDOCS International Documentary Film Festival. Serbia (2018)
Special Mention of the Jury
ZagrebDox International Documentary Film Festival. Croatia (2019)
Special Mention of the Jury
Martovski Festival Balgrade. Serbia (2019)
Best Documentary Film
IBIZACINEFEST International Independent Film Festival. Spain (2020)
Mladen KOVAČEVIĆ (1979, Serbia) studied fiction-film directing in London and Cape Town, and has dedicated himself to documentaries in recent years. His poeticism is rooted in the simplicity of realism; his films explore various styles with idiosyncratic dramatic structures. He has won numerous awards, including The Heart of Sarajevo for Best Documentary at Sarajevo Film Festival for Merry Christmas, Yiwu(2020) and the Best Documentary Award at Ibiza Cine Fest for 4 Years in 10 Minutes (2018). His films have screened at Visions du Réel, IDFA, Hot Docs, CPH:DOX and FIDMarseille.
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