synopsis
Thomas lost his sight already in his childhood. He kept his sight memory, though. After many years, he comes back, both in person and in memories to his childhood places, the colours and shapes which he still vividly remembers. Starting from descriptions of rooms and furniture, he delves deeper, into feelings, passions, hopes and frustrations. In a combined visual and tactile film essay on the ability of perceiving the invisible details, looking back at his life, he asks the question, along with the filmmaker Lina Zacher, to what extent one’s identity is created by images. Can one understand oneself and one’s surroundings, finding one’s place in the society without actually seeing where one is?
„Nemusíte prožívat všechno to, co jsem zažil já! Jen to musíte natočit.“
biography
German filmmaker/artist Lina Zacher graduated in art teaching in Halle. In 2015, she cofounded the MIO intercultural and multimedia programme supporting young artists. Her debut
Fonja (2019), showing youth criminals in Madagascar, was awarded the World’s Best Documentary at Ji.hlava IFDF.
more about film
| director: | Lina Zacher, Thomas Wellner |
| cast: | Thomas Wellner |
| producer: | Vahid Zarei |
| editing: | Lina Zacher |
Film at festival
| premiere type: | World Premiere |
| festival edition: | 2021 |
| section: | Opus Bonum |
| language: | German |
| subtitles: | English |
| colour: | Colour |
Info
| director: | Lina Zacher, Thomas Wellner |
| original title: | Betula Pendula |
| country: | Germany |
| year: | 2021 |
| running time: | 40 min. |
