Magonia dir: Ineke Smits FEATURE FILM Drama year 2001 running time 112' director Ineke Smits screenplay Arthur Japin director of photography Piotr Kukla editor René Wiegmans producer An EyeWonder Films production for MAGONIA CV co-producers NPS Television, with the support of the Dutch Film Fund, CoBo Funds, the Dutch Cultural Broadcasting Productions Promotion Fund and the Rotterdam Film Fund original format 35 mm language Georgian and Dutch subtitles Dutch and English versions music Gio Tsintsadze first screening Toronto International Film Festival, September 2001 festivals Competition San Sebastian and Mannheim-Heidelberg 2001, Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2001, Opening Tblisi International Film Festival of Arts, Georgia 2001, Rotterdam IFF 2002, Göteborg IFF 2002, Berlin / European Film Market 2002, EU FF / Chicago 2002, American Film Market 2002, Mar del Plata IFF 2002, Creteil Womens FF 2002, San Diego IFF 2002, Singapore IFF 2002, Troia IFF (Portugal) 2002 (Special Mention), St. Petersburg IFF 2002, Bonn Int. Film Music Biennal 2002, Age d’or Bruxelles 2002, Karlovy Vary IFF 2002, Guadarrama IFF Madrid 2002, Umea FF Sweden 2002, Riga FF "Arsenals" (Latvia) 2002 Leeds IFF 2002, Bogota FF 2002, Bergen IFF 2002, Berlina Asernale Dutch Lit. & FF (2002) MED Filmfest Lab. Rome 2002, Black Nights FF Estonia 2002. Winner of Golden Tulip Best Film Award at Instanbul International Film Festival 2002 television broadcasts 4 July 2002, NPS, NED 3 synopsis MAGONIA is a poetic drama that transports us from our everyday life to an imaginary world in the sky. Each week, a son visits his eccentric father on a beautiful island. They fly kites on a beach where sea and air flow together in a watercolour wash. The father captivates his son, telling stories about a land called Magonia. Three magical tales, which touch the boy’s soul. Together they build a kite in the form of a Magonian flying ship and let their imaginations soar.