TRACING ADDAI
A true story about a war and the tragic impact it has on the lives of three people.
In his early 20s, Addai leaves his entire life behind and moves to Syria to help victims of the civil war. At first he is assigned kitchen duty together with Ilias. Addai writes to his mother: “Don’t worry about me, I’m fine.” Two years later Addai’s mother receives a letter from prison. Ilias has been sentenced for terrorism by a German court. He wants to meet her and writes: “One thing you have to believe me, we went there with good intentions.”
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Director
ESTHER NIEMEIER is a director and producer working in both the UK and Germany. Her films as a director include: WALZ (short doc, 2007), STERNE (music video, 2016), SIMULANT (short, 2016), and TRACING ADDAI (animated doc, 2018), which is her graduation film from the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF and was among the finalists for the 2018 Student Academy Awards®.
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Genre
Animated Documentary -
CATEGORY
Short -
YEAR OF PRODUCTION
2018 -
DIRECTOR
Esther Niemeier -
SCREENPLAY
Esther Niemeier, Sarah-Christin Peter, Britta Strampe -
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Omri Aloni -
ANIMATION
Jan Koester, Gregor Dashuber, Inês Gomes Ferreira, Anne Isensee, Laurine Kotte, Sonja Rohleder, Deniz Zagli -
CAST
Kais Setti, Benito Bause -
PRODUCER
Britta Strampe -
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, in co-production with RBB -
RUNTIME
30 min -
LANGUAGE
German -
FESTIVALS
Tampere 2018, Docaviv 2018, Krakow 2018, Shortynale Klosterneuburg 2018, Telluride 2018, San Sebastián 2018, Milan 2018, La Roche-sur-Yon 2018, Animatou 2018, Hot Springs 2018 -
AWARDS
Audience Award Tampere 2018, Best Production Sehsüchte 2018, Best Short Docaviv 2018, Audience Award Open Eyes Marburg 2018, Special Jury Prize Shortynale 2018 -
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