A border in Europe. A painting by Paul Klee. A poem by Walter Benjamin. A film about borders, escape and migration. About yesterday and today, and how difficult it is to recognize one behind the other.
Documentary, Experimental, History, Literature, Society
CATEGORY
Short
YEAR OF PRODUCTION
2019
DIRECTOR
Eric Esser
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Michael Zimmer
PRODUCER
Eric Esser
PRODUCTION COMPANY
MakeShiftMovies
RUNTIME
10 min
LANGUAGE
German
FESTIVALS
FilmZ Mainz 2019, Warsaw Jewish FF 2019, Flensburger Kurzfilmtage 2019, Festival Internacional de Cinema em Balneário Camboriú 2019, L’Aquila FF 2019, Zebra Poetry Berlin 2019, Independent Days Karlsruhe 2020, Watersprite Int. Student Festival Cambridge 2020, Int. Short Film Week Regensburg 2020, Laurus FF Kazakhstan 2020, contrast Bayreuth 2020, Short Movie Club Minsk 2020, Rencontres documentaires Nancy 2020, Short of the Year Madrid 2020, Kinoki Int. Student FF Mexico 2020, Apox Croatia 2020, Tlanchana Festival de Cine y Arte Digital Mexico 2020, Festival of Nations Austria 2020, Southern Cone Int. FF Chile 2020, Student Short Showcase Netherlands 2020, Black Int. Cinema Berlin 2020, Kunstgriff Rolle Heide 2020, Encounters South Africa International Doc Fest 2020, Filmfest Dresden 2020, Odense 2020
AWARDS
Best Non-Fiction Flensburger Kurzfilmtage 2019, Short of the Year: Award of Merit 2020, Best Short Documentary Student Short Showcase 2020