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One of the oldest and longest small-gauge railroads operates in the so-called valley of water, a remote region on the border between Romania and the Ukraine. The entire valley can only be accessed by means of this railroad.
The rail line is run by a Romanian-Swiss wood processing company, the third largest producer of wooden doors and windows in the European Union. The workers are transported up to 43 km into the valley where they chop down trees and load them onto the train at the end of the day. The train ride takes 5 hours. For this reason, most of the workers remain in the woods from Monday to Saturday where they find improvised accommodations in the dilapidated train stations that were built there around 1920.
In addition to the loggers, a group of Romanian border officials also works in the valley. Equipped with busses modified for use on tracks, they monitor the traffic crossing the border. It is here that since January 1, 2007, the border to the E.U. now runs.
Our film deals with this region as a zone, which borders are running in all directions at the same time and which working conditions seem like the return of reality into the New Europe.
Festivals
dec 2009 CAMBOFEST, Cambodia
apr 2009 London International Documentary Film Festival
mar 2009 Diagonale Graz
nov 2008 TAIWAN International Documentary Festival
nov 2008 Duisburger Filmwoche
nov 2008 ducumFest Romania - Timisoara International Documentary FilmFestival
nov 2008 SKENA UP 6 - KOSOVO International Students Film Festival
oct 2008 EAST SILVER
Central and Eastern Documentary Film Market
may 2008 CRONOGRAF International Documentary Film Festival Moldawien
apr 2008 Go East Filmfestival
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