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MY HOUSE WITHOUT ME

POLISH TITLE: MÓJ DOM

Two women, one house. An intimate story about a Pole and a German placed by war on enemy sides and their parallel lives accidentally brought together. The film reflects on the concepts of invaders, victim, guilt and forgiveness. It confronts different experiences and their paradoxical similarities. It deals with the controversial subject of the post-war accountings.The visual narration is flowing, guided by memories and archives. Traditional documentation confronts experimental use of archival footage in the cinematic impression about displacement.

FILM REPRESENTED BY KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION

GENRE:
documentary
COUNTRYI:
POLAND
RUNNING TIME:
28'
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Magdalena Szymków
SCRIPT:
Magdalena Szymków
DOP:
Paweł Chorzępa
MUSIC:
Tomasz Wieczorek
PRODUCER:
Wajda Studio

Magdalena Szymków »

journalist and filmmaker with a degree in Law (the University of Szczecin), a degree in Journalism (the University of Warsaw) and a diploma of the Wajda School. She has worked for the press and television in Poland and abroad (Gazeta Wyborcza, La Repubblica, TVP, TVN, Arte/ZDF and RAI). Since 2003 she has been the curator of Ryszard Kapuściński’s photographic exhibitions in Italy. She is a co‑founder of Vezfilm, a British production company. She lives in Amsterdam.
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