Are You Sleeping, Brother Jakob? (18+)
Austria, 2018, colour, 80 min.
Director: Stefan Bohun
Director: Stefan Bohun
Jakob took his life. He had emigrated to Portugal, yet was stricken with homesickness and longing. Two years later in Are You Sleeping, Brother Jakob? his four brothers, including director Stefan Bohun, take a trip into the past. Their different memories about the late brother gradually shape a family portrait in which everyone, even as adults, has had yet to find their place.
AWARDS
Mumbai IFF – Best Documentary Award
Stefan Bohun
Stefan Bohun
was born in Austria, studied acting in Toronto, Canada at the School of Physical Theatre and Directing at the Vienna Film Academy under the direction of Peter Patzak and Michael Haneke. His fiction short films, documentary films and video clips have been shown at international film festivals and on television. In addition to his films, he directed theatre plays (including within the framework ofIstanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture).
FILMOGRAPHY
Nohelia, 2005; Omid, 2005; Amo Beethoven, 2007; Mata Tigre, 2009; Musik, 2014; Are You Sleeping, Brother Jakob?, 2018.
Austria, 2018, colour, 80 min.
Director: Stefan Bohun
Director: Stefan Bohun
Jakob took his life. He had emigrated to Portugal, yet was stricken with homesickness and longing. Two years later in Are You Sleeping, Brother Jakob? his four brothers, including director Stefan Bohun, take a trip into the past. Their different memories about the late brother gradually shape a family portrait in which everyone, even as adults, has had yet to find their place.
AWARDS
Mumbai IFF – Best Documentary Award