Prehistoric pottery can become a source of inspiration for current potters.
Throughout the documentary, potters and artisans experiment with the (re)creation of very burnished vessels from four European societies of the Bronze Age: El Argar, Únětice, Füzesabony and Vatin.
In four chapters, we closely follow the manufacturing processes of these ceramics, from the search for the raw material to the cooking of the final product.
The production, which had Spain, Germany, Hungary and Serbia as a backdrop, is part of the “Crafting Europe in the Bronze Age and Today” (2018-2019) project, under the “Creative Europe” program.
IN THEIR HANDS Reshaping pottery of the European Bronze Age
With the support of the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union CREATIVE EUROPE
In the framework of the Crafting Europe in the Bronze Age and Today CRAFTER PROYECT
Produced by: ASOME – Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Original idea: Roberto Risch
Directed by: Marcello Peres and Nicola Tagliabue
In collaboration with: Thomas Claus Csaba Balogh Vladan Caricic Tzar
In co-production with: Asociación de Amigos del Yacimiento Arqueológico de La Bastida Museo Ciudad de Mula Zavičajni Muzej Paraćin Magyar Tudományos Akadémia BTK Régészeti Intézet Déri Múzeum Debrecen Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte Halle (Saale)
CHAPTER 1 – EL ARGAR Country: Spain Direction: Marcello Peres and Nicola Tagliabue Production: Heracles Archaeology Photography: Nicola Tagliabue Screenplay: Carlos Velasco Felipe, Marcello Peres Camera: Nicola Tagliabue Post-Production: Nicola Tagliabue Audio: Marcello Peres Clay Artist: Pedro Navarro Díaz Potter Assistants: Carlos Velasco Felipe, Miguel Valério Experts: Eva Celdrán Beltrán, Selina Delgado Raack, María Inés Fregeiro, David Gómez Gras, Vicente Lull, Rafael Micó, Claudia Molero Alonso, Camila Oliart, Cristina Rihuete Herrada, Roberto Risch, Carlos Velasco Felipe
CHAPTER 2 – ÚNĚTICE Country: Germany Direction: Thomas Claus Production: Bettina Stoll-Tucker Camera: Felix Greif Assistant: Simon Hückstett Post-Production: Christian Grewe Clay Artist: Beatrix Weißflog Experts: Ralf Schwarz, Sven Koch, Bettina Stoll-Tucker
CHAPTER 3 – FÜZESABONY Country: Hungary Direction: Csaba Balogh Production: Csaba Balogh Camera: Zoltán Faur, Ákos Jurás, Csaba Balogh Post-Production: Ákos Jurás Assistant 1: Balázs Wieszner Assistant 2: József Csörgő Clay Artist: László Gucsi Potter Assistant: Balázs Péter Horváth Experts: Vajk Szeverényi, Anna Priskin, János Dani, Ágnes Király, Gabriella Kulcsár, Viktória Kiss
CHAPTER 4 – VATIN Country: Serbia Direction: Vladan Caricic Tzar Production: Vladan Caricic Tzar Screenplay: Vesna Vuckovic and Vladan Caricic Tzar Director of photography: Bojan Rakic Second camera: Darko Stetin Camera assistant: Mikailo Tomic Direction assistant: Luka Predja Post-Production: Branislav Godic Music: Vladimir Milacic Clay Artist: Dejan Jovanovic Experts: Vesna Vuckovic, Vojislav Filipovic, Branislav Stojanovic, Jovan Mitrovic
INTRODUCTION: Country: Spain Clay modelling: Pedro Navarro Díaz Temper crushing: Francisco Romera Zamora Pottery burnishing: Miguel Valério Basketry: Pedro Ortiz Mármol Make-up: Eva Celdrán Beltrán
Acknowledgements: Felipe García Miñarro Ascensión Martínez Canovas National Museum Belgrade Ministry of Culture and Media – Republic of Serbia EXARC Ayuntamiento de Mula Ayuntamiento de Totana Asociación de Artesanos de Totana (ASART) Bellón Alfareros
