Hunting Flies

Running time: 106 mins

One teacher’s fate hangs in the balance, but can he reach his students and change their lives? Ghani is in crisis mode. With a new government in power in Macedonia, it typically means everyone will lose his/her job to make room for educators of which the regime approves. Most of the teachers at the school are willing to sit idly by, go about their day, slap around some unruly students, and wait to see what happens. But, Ghani has something else in mind and locks himself and his students in their classroom, so they can all resolve their issues. Hunting Flies is a timely and very brave debut from director Izer Aliu, who fuses the ideas from filmmaking greats (like Abbas Kiarostami) to offer a biting commentary on the rise and fall of dictatorship through the eyes of youth. – Michael Rabehl Sponsored by Applied Materials Foundation?Presented In Honor Of Jim Boyce