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Portret}Polonia

dokumentART 2013: 21.10.2013, Monday, 15:00
Teatr Kana, pl. Świętego Piotra i Pawła 4/5 (where is that?)
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Project authors: Franziska Mandel and Oliver Spatz

Chairman of the jury and head of the workshops: Stanisław Mucha

Germany in 2013: we hear Polish being spoken in the streets and in cafés, in cities and in the country, in North and South – and yet we know very little about the people. The two Berlin culture managers Franziska Mandel and Oliver Spatz began enquiring among their colleagues and friends, and found that every answer gave rise to increasingly personal questions. Thus the project portret}polonia was born, and was realised together with the Brandenburg education centre Schloss Trebnitz e.V.

In the autumn of 2012 filmmakers from Gemany were invited to describe Polish life in this country. The first competition ended in the winter, and a jury of festival organisers, led by the great documentary filmmaker Stanisław Mucha, nominated their favourites. Then the four filmmakers chosen – most of them incidentally with Polish roots – came to Trebnitz with their teams to develop, with Mucha, their films into a joint programme.

The result is a programme section illustrating a broad spectrum of Polish life in Germany. We travel Germany’s highways with a truck driver, are introduced to the world of the „Migrant of the Year 2013”, gain insight as to how different generations see things, and are told the life-story of an immigrant. All of them talk about arriving and staying, about similarities and loneliness, identity and self-conception, yearning and the meaning of “home”.

Films

3questions – generations / 3fragen – generationen, 5'
Four generations of women from a certain Polish-German family give short answers to simple questions, providing an inside view of their family lives, experiences of emigration, social identity, and sense of responsibility as mothers. A video work inspired by the Polish social reportage “Talking Heads” by Krzysztof Kieślowski.

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Authors:
- Seweryn Żelazny
this is poland / das ist polen , 20'
A documentary portrait about the “emigrant of the year 2013,” Miroslaw Balonis, born in 1968, Polish businessman who has been living in Cologne for 20 years. A man of success, luck, or a charlatan? The film raises questions about identity and nationality in multicultural Europe.

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Europe without borders / Europa Endlos , 29'
Delfina, 23, a hairdresser from Poland, wants to leave for the West. Mariusz, 26, long distance truck driver, is already there. He spends most of his time in Germany, always on the autobahn. But there is nothing going on there, either. On the road, he feels like a dog – living in his can of a truck, eating canned food, and peeing on the wheels of his truck.

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Authors:
- Anna Maria Roznowska
The Sun in my TV / Die Sonne in meinem Fernseher , 28'
An experimental film full of quick plot twists. In an humourous fashion, the author observes the life of Poles in Germany through the example of Markus S., who – as the protagonist and narrator – ironically plays with prejudice associated with emigrants.

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Authors:
- Jan Walentek