Carmen, or an Unfortunate Love Story of Hanspeter from Oberkassel, that Made My Children Happy in a Foreign Country (18+)
Special Jury Mention
Germany, Georgia, 2022, colour, 79 min.
Director: Yulia Vishnevets
Director: Yulia Vishnevets
The director of the film with three children moves to work in Germany. The children start attending a circus school run by 60-year-old Hanspeter Kurtzhals. Hanspeter's story plunges the director into the past and forces her to go in search of circus actress Carmen, of whom only a few photographs of 30 years ago remain. In search of Carmen, who spends the night in a new place every week, doesn’t have an account in social media and a permanent phone number, the director traveled 500 kilometers, visited five federal states of Germany, a fair, a stable, a beer tent, and a gypsy camp, heard a dozen incredible stories and drew a large family tree.
Yulia Vishnevets
Yulia Vishnevets
is a journalist, documentary filmmaker, author of many reports, photo reports, and television stories on social topics. Her first feature film “Hey! Teachers!” received a special jury prize in Krakow and Yerevan, participated in the Best of Fests program at the IDFA festival, and received the Laurel Branch Award as the Best Film of 2020.
FILMOGRAPHY
Hut on the Edge, 2016; Alien Child, 2017; Shies, 2019; The Circus Is Gone, 2019, Hey! Teachers!, 2020; Carmen, or an Unfortunate Love Story of Hanspeter from Oberkassel, that Made My Children Happy in a Foreign Country, 2022.
Special Jury Mention
Germany, Georgia, 2022, colour, 79 min.
Director: Yulia Vishnevets
Director: Yulia Vishnevets
The director of the film with three children moves to work in Germany. The children start attending a circus school run by 60-year-old Hanspeter Kurtzhals. Hanspeter's story plunges the director into the past and forces her to go in search of circus actress Carmen, of whom only a few photographs of 30 years ago remain. In search of Carmen, who spends the night in a new place every week, doesn’t have an account in social media and a permanent phone number, the director traveled 500 kilometers, visited five federal states of Germany, a fair, a stable, a beer tent, and a gypsy camp, heard a dozen incredible stories and drew a large family tree.