At the age of seven, Emilija gets an accordion, with 14 she wins the national accordion competition of Macedonia. In this documentary, the author portrays the life of her 17-year-old cousin, who comes from a poor but very musical and swinging family living in a little village. She fights for the right to participate in an international competition that is taking place in spring. Emilija plays good enough, but the condition is to have a professional and exorbitantly expensive accordion.
Born in Skopje, Macedonia;
1992 - 1996 Philology Faculty, Skopje;
1994 - 1998 Faculty of Dramatic Arts Skopje;
1997 DAAD scholarship at the Karl Eberhard University Tübingen;
1999 - 2003 DAAD scholarship at the Free University Berlin;
passed away in 2016
Filmography
2008 Die Akkordeonspielerin