Film Selection
Biotope / Biotop
Life in Neuperlach, a Munich suburb, is quaint. It is a safe neighborhood, where people know and greet each other. Everybody has their own backyard; single car garages are lining the narrow footpaths and everything is groomed. But for some time now that peacefulness is troubled, because refugees are supposed to move in next door. As some of the residents are afraid of the noise to be expected, they are putting up a noise protection wall. Biotope shows the life of the locals and gets to the bottom of the reason for building that wall.
Paul Scholten was born in 1996 in south Germany. He started filmmaking when he was 17. His films were screened at various festivals. Since 2017, he studies Documentary Film at the University for Film and Television.
The Castle / Zamek
Six personalities, six professions and six amazing passions. They all meet together in the magical Royal Castle, where our characters work. We observe as they carry out their duties, and we follow their fascinating hobbies. A great dose of humour, empathy and absurdity.
Tadeusz Kabicz is a film directing student at the Krzysztof Kieślowski Television Faculty in Katowice. In 2016 he was awarded the Rector’s scholarship for the best students. He studied Polish and European Culture at the University of Warsaw. He took courses for young filmmakers at the Andrzej Wajda School. He also attended the Academy of Film and Television in Warsaw. Despite his young age, he successfully runs theatrical and film workshops for teenagers, which gives him a fresh insight into filmmaking. He has directed several student films, as well as the independent documentary film The Castle, about the extraordinary people working in the Royal Castle in Warsaw. Currently he is working on a short film produced by Munk Studio.
I Grew Up As You Slept / Urosłam, Kiedy Spałaś
Karalina left Belarus, just like the overwhelming majority of her friends from music school. The lives of Belarusian intelligentsia members are portrayed in the form of a study of nostalgia – longing for their families, friends and the childhood they remember in idyllic colours. President Lukashenko declares on public television that there is a bright future ahead of the graduates of Belarusian schools, but the picture of the provinces seems to contradict this optimistic diagnosis. The only comfort is brought by a delivery truck with food, matches and vodka.
Marcin Sauter is a director, documentary filmmaker, DOP and photographer. Born in 1971. He studied at the Photography Department at the Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Łódź. He has been working ten years as a news photographer in Polish newspapers. He is a member of the Association of Polish Art Photographers. In 2005 he graduated from Documentary Master Course at the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing. Creator of several dozen photographic exhibitions. Lecturer at the Wajdaschool. He received several dozen awards for documentary films at international film festivals.
Show time & place
Kharkiv,
Donets-Zaharzhevskogo str., 6/8
