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

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Paradogs / GARhodes

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