The Escape to Sedan (0+)
Germany, France, 2002, colour, 53 min.
Director: Mikhael Gaumnitz
Director: Mikhael Gaumnitz
A documentary look into the unknown past of the film director’s father that stands behind the current conflict between father and son. The analysis is full of self-irony, which given the unusual cutting manner, adds certain contradiction to the film.
AWARDS
Winner of the Week of Documentary Films (Leipzig, 2002), Best documentary of Festival “Kino im fluss/Cinefleuve” (Saarbrucken, 2003).
Mikhael Gaumnitz
Mikhael Gaumnitz
(1947, Dresden). Training: the Berlin Academy of Arts, courses of art in Paris. Professional background includes video and multimedia (since 1984). Currently, Head of sub-faculty at the Strasbourg Academy of Art (since 2002).
FILMOGRAPHY
“The Artists”, “To Be a Man Today”, 1999; “Trips to Syria”, 2000.
Germany, France, 2002, colour, 53 min.
Director: Mikhael Gaumnitz
Director: Mikhael Gaumnitz
A documentary look into the unknown past of the film director’s father that stands behind the current conflict between father and son. The analysis is full of self-irony, which given the unusual cutting manner, adds certain contradiction to the film.
AWARDS
Winner of the Week of Documentary Films (Leipzig, 2002), Best documentary of Festival “Kino im fluss/Cinefleuve” (Saarbrucken, 2003).