Project Detail

Buried Land

Synopsis

Part documentary, part drama, Buried Land tells the story of ordinary people attempting to realize a dream. Two actors cut a path through the real community and strange reality of Visoko, the small town at the heart of a remarkable claim: the discovery of ancient pyramids in central Bosnia.

Emir is a Bosnian immigrant, removed during the war and now struggling to rediscover his homeland. He has returned to assist an American director in the making of a film about Visoko's pyramids. Everyone in the town is asked to participate, including Avdija, a tourist agent with the Pyramid Foundation, Semir Osmanagi, the quixotic founder of the Valley of the Pyramids, and Zombi, who oversees the digging of the labyrinthine tunnels found beneath the hills.
 
Emir and his director are accused by the press of being like 'Borat in Bosnia', seeking to mock the town's believers. Emir's outlandish behavior grows more excessive and confused, culminating in a grandiose shoot at the summit of the Moon Pyramid that descends into chaos. He is taken into the heart of the Pyramid of the Sun, where he is forced to confront his beliefs. Where does fact end and fiction begin?

Details

Year
2010
Type of project
Features
Running time
86 mins
Format
HDV
Director
Steven Eastwood, Geoffrey Alan Rhodes 1st Feature
Producer
Sophie Venner, Steven Eastwood, Geoffrey Alan Rhodes
Executive Producer
Natalie Brady
Editor
Alice Powell
Screenwriter
Steven Eastwood, Geoffrey Alan Rhodes, Daenan Medanovia
Director of Photography
Christopher Ernst
Sound
Doug Haywood
Composer
Tom Haines, Chris Branch
Principal cast
Emir Z Kapetanovi, Geoffrey Alan Rhodes, Avdija Buhia

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Paradogs / GARhodes

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17-25 Cremer Street
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UK
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