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Bless You!

Zdrastvuyte!
Tatiana Chistova
Competition for the Audience Award Short Film 2020
Documentary Film
Poland
2020
30 minutes
Russian
Subtitles: 
English

Against the backdrop of Saint Petersburg’s back courtyards during the Corona lockdown, Tatyana Chistova fuses recordings of the almost empty city and calls to a municipal hotline tasked with offering help and advice, but topics range from the banal to existential questions. Elderly people in particular are affected by poverty, hunger and loneliness. Chistova highlights that in a system that neglects its weakest members, the virus is not the only threat.

Kim Busch

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Director
Tatiana Chistova
Script
Maciek Hamela
Cinematographer
Marina Levashova
Editor
Tatiana Chistova
Producer
Maciek Hamela
Score
Patryk Zakrocki
World Sales
Georg Gruber
German Competition 2020
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Borderland
Andreas Voigt
Along the river Oder: Virulent questions about homeland and community, everyday life and politics, asked with confident casualness, provide an account of the present.
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Borderland

Grenzland
Andreas Voigt
German Competition 2020
Documentary Film
Germany,
Poland
2020
100 minutes
English,
German,
Polish
Subtitles: 
German

The river Oder: A historical and cultural landscape churned again and again by the tide of events of the past century. A tale told in concentric circles about a region which was and still is the scene of the beginning, end and open middle of voluntary and involuntary migrations. Virulent issues of daily life and politics that, asked with confident casualness, provide a robust account of the present.

Movements and stories in the border region between Poland and Germany – Andreas Voigt’s new film takes up the themes of his 1992 work “Borderland – A Journey”. The charged term “homeland” stirs up (trouble in) the minds and hearts of the people: What it once was and what has become of it! Sure, that’s not the top priority in their daily agenda. But how people appropriate this term and how that in turn structures their attitudes also determines how they figure out the taste of life in the here and now of Europe. The search for closeness is confronted with the insistence on distance. Communication about belonging becomes flimsy because the body language says something different than the spoken word. As a film that’s not about administering a politically correct separation diet, “Borderland” provokes experiences and enables encounters.
Ralph Eue

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Director
Andreas Voigt
Cinematographer
Marcus Lenz, Maurice Wilkerling
Editor
Ina Tangermann
Producer
Barbara Etz, Kazimierz Beer, Klaus Schmutzer
Co-Producer
MDR Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, RBB Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg
Sound
Gerhard Ziegler, Peter Carstens, METRIX
Commissioning Editor
Thomas Beyer, Rolf Bergmann
Funder
Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH, PISF, Poland Polish-German Film Fonds, Filmbüro MV, Nordmedia, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung GmbH, BKM
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I’m Here

Jestem tutaj
Julia Orlik
International Competition Short Film 2020
Animated Film
Poland
2020
15 minutes
Polish
Subtitles: 
English

She is the centre of attention, but exhausted by life. An old woman in her final days, bedridden and too weak to speak to her husband and daughter. Her selfhood fades away while in the care of her relatives, who have problems of their own. But Julia Orlik brings the woman back into the foreground with her minimalist concept and touching puppet design.

André Eckardt

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Director
Julia Orlik
Script
Julia Orlik
Cinematographer
Julia Orlik
Editor
Aleksandra Rosset
Producer
Agata Golanska
Sound
Bogdan Klat
Animation
Julia Orlik
World Sales
Marta Swietek
Winner of: Golden Dove Short Animated Film (International Competition Short Film)
Extended Reality: DOK Neuland 2020
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Locus Solus
Krzysztof Garbaczewski
Loosely based on Raymond Roussel’s novel “Locus Solus”, we explore the world of the inventor Martial Canterel. His estate is a place of innovation but completely without morals.
2018
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Locus Solus

Locus Solus
Krzysztof Garbaczewski
Extended Reality 2020
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Poland
2018
20 minutes
English

Loosely based on Raymond Roussel’s novel “Locus Solus”, we explore the world of the inventor Martial Canterel. His estate is a place of innovation, a space for experiments that elude ethical responsibility. All its guests become objects of research – and must ask themselves whether scientific progress justifies every sacrifice.

Lars Rummel

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Producer
Wojtek Markowski
Production Company
Dream Adoption Society
VR Developer
Maciej Gniady
Artistic Design
Marta Nawrot, Jagoda Wójtowicz
Coding
Maciej Gniady
Sound
Jan Duszyński, Bartosz Zaskórski
Narrator
Jim Fletcher, Iza Szostak
Director
Krzysztof Garbaczewski
Cinematographer
Robert Mleczko
Re-Visions 2020
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The Gentle Giant
Marcin Podolec
100 kilos of self-doubt: a massif of a man uses slam poetry to overcome his fears. One small step for mankind is one big leap for a shy giant.
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The Gentle Giant

Olbrzym
Marcin Podolec
Re-Visions 2020
Animated Film
Poland
2016
11 minutes
Polish
Subtitles: 
English

These fucking doubts! And isn’t a 100-kilo massif of a man who recites tender poetry on stage a contradiction in terms anyway? He almost fell silent. But then he defeated the booming silence and made his own fears the subject of his slam poetry performances. One small step for mankind, one big leap for a shy giant.

Ralph Eue

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Director
Marcin Podolec
Script
Marcin Podolec
Cinematographer
Marcin Gierbisz
Editor
Marcin Podolec
Producer
Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna, Fumi Studio
Score
Rafał Samborski, Piotr Markowicz
Animation
Marcin Podolec, Wiktoria Nowak
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We Have One Heart

We Have One Heart
Katarzyna Warzecha
Competition for the Audience Award Short Film 2020
Animated Film
Poland
2020
11 minutes
English,
Polish
Subtitles: 
English

The letters Halina receives from Farouk in the late 1970s are as haunting as they are hopeful. They have a long journey between them: from Iraq to Poland. But at some point the contact breaks off, and the reasons remain a secret. Their son Adam manages to build a bridge. And the latter’s son, Ignacy, tells the story from his perspective. It’s a delicate visual treatment behind which complicated fates are hidden.

Carolin Weidner

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Director
Katarzyna Warzecha
Script
Katarzyna Warzecha
Cinematographer
Grzegorz Hartfiel
Editor
Piotr Kremky
Producer
Ewa Jastrzebska
Co-Producer
Stanisław Zaborowski, Barbara Igielska
Sound
Jakub Jerszyński
Score
Adam Witkowski
Animation
Yellow Tapir Studio
World Sales
Katarzyna Wilk