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Title: VICTIM OF GEOGRAPHY

Reference number: 7924

Date: 1996 - 1999

Director: d. Doug Aubrey

Sponsor: Scottish Arts Council National Lottery Film Fund, Channel 4 Television, Glasgow Film Office

Producer: Alan Robertson

Production company: Pictorial Heroes

Sound: sound

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 104.00 mins

Description: At the height of the Balkan conflict in the 90s, film maker Doug Aubrey went to film a war with his camcorder. A road movie following and documenting the shock-waves of war across Europe. [synopsis from Autonomi website at http://www.autonomi.tv/, last accessed 8/1/2009]

With a distinctive slacker-style narrative, Victim of Geography is a camcorder generation feature that crosses the time and territory of pre-millenium Europe in search of moments that matter, highlights and low life. Based on a journey from the centre of a vortex (Sarajevo) to the edge of an abyss (Cape Wrath at Scotland's most Northerly tip), Victim of Geography sets out to tell a story of life in and in between wartimes.

Visually rich and multi-textured, Victim of Geography is a stunning soul-dive and electronic postcard from the edge, that crosses the political geography, time and territory of Europe, in the company of the sad, mad, lost, rebellious and dangerous to know. With an original musical score underpinning a mix of hard-hitting subject matter, human story telling, heretical thinking and shot-from-the-hip wide-screen images, Victim of Geography is not to be missed cult viewing for a pre-millenium/techno-tuned in and turned on audience. [Information from promotional card from Glasgow and www premiere of film]

Credits: Pictorial Heroes production in association with Scottish Arts Council National Lottery Film Fund, Channel 4 Television, Glasgow Film Office

Sarajevo
driver Bruno Makovec
translator Sas Budimir
Thanks to SCCA Sarajevo, Scotty Lee and The Spirit of Soccer Crew, The Trust Bar
Pejo and Lia 'the fixers', the Serious Road Trip, Mick Rowley, The Seric Family,Radio Zid,
War Archive Film courtesy of Seric Family

Zagreb
driver Robert Makovec
Thanks to Vesna Jankovic, Arkzin Magazine, Attack! Group, Radio 101, Radio Student, Mario Kovac and Scmtz Theatre, Reactor, The Ark Group, Attack!, Bad Blue Boys of Dinamo Zagreb

Belgrade
driver Bekan
research and location co-ordinator Maja Bulatovic
translations Ljubica Bulatovic
Thanks to Martk J. Hawker, Veran Matic and staff at Radio B92, Rasa Todosijevic, The Bulatovic Family, An uncle who once played for Red Star Belgrade, Misha the Snake RIP

Budapest
driver Jim Uruhart
research and location co-ordination Carolyn Smith
Thanks to Roma Press Centre, Tilos Radio, Bar 6-3

Vienna, an invisible city
Thanks to Public Netbase, Konrad Becker, Mario Ringler, Steve and the Critical Art Ensemble "Flesh Machine", fam.brandt, Kunstradio

Berlin
driver Ian Stuart Beer
research and location co-ordination Elisabeth Borsch
German translations Holger Mohaupt
Thanks to David and Hermione (victims of the edit) Herr Mittak at Hohenschonhausen Prison, The Oranienburg Police Department, Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, Star Trek Exhibition, Trinker Kohorte, The People of Kreuzburg

Amsterdam
research and location co-ordination Annie Wright
Thanks to Alien Radio, Bon Bini Youth Centre, Linda Bannick and Bob Bebbeus, Free B92 Campaign

London (am invisible city)
Thanks to Association of Autonomous Astronauts, Jay Strongman, Ballatati, Marisa Carr and the Dragon Ladies, Freddie at Sunset Strip

Scotland
researcher and driver Konrad Begg
Thanks to Glasgow CCTV Centre, Stop the Bombing protestors in George Square, Robbie the Pict, Dave Logie and Greenpeace, Tom McLean, Lotte Glob at Northern Ceramics

Special thanks and shouts Jacquie Lawrence at Channel 4, Jenny Attala at The Scottish Arts Council, Lenny Crooks at The Glasgow Film Office, Digital Arts Project and Edit 123, Nicola and Danny Aubrey

Crew
principal ph. Ian Riddick
location sd. and dubbing John L. Cobban
m. Philip Crean
"Boozer" by Trinker Kohorte from "AHOI!" courtesy Ian Beer and Puke Records 010
graphic design Maja Bulatovic, Alan Robertson
aston operator Grant MacDonoald
avid ed. Alan Robertson
editbox ed. Ian Ballantyne
p. accountant Aileen Kane
associate p. Alan Robertson
p., d., camera Doug Aubrey

Shotlist: At the height of the Balkan conflict in the 90s, film maker Doug Aubrey went to film a war with his camcorder. A road movie following and documenting the shock-waves of war across Europe. [synopsis from Autonomi website at http://www.autonomi.tv/, last accessed 8/1/2009]

With a distinctive slacker-style narrative, Victim of Geography is a camcorder generation feature that crosses the time and territory of pre-millenium Europe in search of moments that matter, highlights and low life. Based on a journey from the centre of a vortex (Sarajevo) to the edge of an abyss (Cape Wrath at Scotland's most Northerly tip), Victim of Geography sets out to tell a story of life in and in between wartimes.

Visually rich and multi-textured, Victim of Geography is a stunning soul-dive and electronic postcard from the edge, that crosses the political geography, time and territory of Europe, in the company of the sad, mad, lost, rebellious and dangerous to know. With an original musical score underpinning a mix of hard-hitting subject matter, human story telling, heretical thinking and shot-from-the-hip wide-screen images, Victim of Geography is not to be missed cult viewing for a pre-millenium/techno-tuned in and turned on audience. [synopsis from promotional card from Glasgow and www premiere of film]