Date
Hour
Place
02/08
18:00
THE SMALL CINEMA
Eldorado
reż|dir Marcus Imhoof | DE, CH | 2018 | 91 min
prod|pro Thomas Kufus, Pierre-Alain Meier, Markus Imhoof scen|wr Markus Imhoof zdj|ph Peter Indergand muz|mus Peter Scherer mon|ed Beatrice Babin dys|dis Against Gravity
DESCRIPTION
Director Marcus Imhoof takes his early experience of personal loss as a point of entry to the ongoing refugee crisis, the biggest mass displacement of people since WW II. With extraordinary access, Imhoof takes us on a journey with deep personal roots through the Italian warships of Operation Mare Nostrum, refugee camps in Southern Italy, asylum hearings with Swiss authorities, all designed to turn back refugees at all levels.
AWARDS
2018 IFF Berlin – Amnesty International Film Prize Special Mention, Glasshütte Original Documentary Award2018 IFF Hong Kong – Best Documentary Golden Firebird Award Nomination
DIRECTOR
Markus Imhoof (1941), he studied German, Art History, History in Zurich and finally he enrolled in the Zurich School of Design‘s film school. His films “Fluchtgefahr” (1974) and “Tauwetter” (1977) are part of the works that assured international recognition tot e New Swiss Film of the 1970s. His 1980 film “Das Boot ist voll” was awarded a Silver Bear at Berlinale and shortlisted for an Oscar® as Best Film in a Foreign Language.FILMOGRAPHY
2018 Eldorado|Eldorado2012 Więcej niż miód|More Than Honey
1980 Łódź jest pełna|Das Boot ist voll
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