Brasslands (Trailer @ CPH:DOX 2013)

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Get ready to be literally blown away when the world's largest trumpet competition befalls the small Serbian town of Guča. Guča is usually a thinly populated town with a few thousand inhabitants, but when the annual brass instrument festival kicks off, a big folk festival unfolds with flags and fireworks and more than half a million partying and dancing trumpet enthusiasts. They all come together to celebrate the golden horns and announce the year's best orchestra in a state of euphoria that would make most provincial town parties look like a picnic. Camaraderie, national pride and a war-torn past are central in this film, where people from near and afar experience the trumpet enthusiasts at full blast - be it from a small bullhorn or a proper tuba. And while we warm up for the ultimate trumpet concert, we follow the competition between the muscular Serbian men and the seasoned trumpeters from New York. Both brass orchestra have played Balkans music long before all sorts of hipsters discovered the genre, and are now ready to take part in the 50 year old anniversary celebration and compete against each other. It is therefore with everything at stake that the two teams must defend their national pride in the shadow of the Balkans wars.