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THE MAN WHO MADE ANGELS FLY

POLISH TITLE: MARIONETISTA

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To touch endlessness, to feel immortality, to stop time these were always man’s eternal dreams. What is the dream of a marionette? To live even if just for one moment?  Michael is introducing us to the world of his theatre and with his gentle moves he is bringing it to life for the last time…for the last time he is catching the magnificent essence of the European culture and history. Michael  Meschke is one of these people; he is one of the greatest living marionette masters in the world, man with all his memories, creations an of the past, secrets and forgotten dreams.

Theatre is not only his workshop it’s his life. His marionettes are not only part of the theatre; they are becoming the reflections of human beings. And when Michael cannot give them his voice anymore, others will help him to bring in life into marionettes; to give them real voice like Irene Jacob, Jeanne Moreau, Michaela Meshke, Arne, Horche and others, those who are still alive and those who are long forgotten and those who will continue. Michael’s life is a celebration of sort of immortality and perseverance.

FILM REPRESENTED BY KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION

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GENRE:
documentary
COUNTRY:
Poland, Great Britain, France, Sweden
RUNNING TIME:
70'
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Wiktoria Szymańska
SCRIPT:
Wiktoria Szymańska
DOP:
Wojciech Staroń
EDITOR:
Wiktoria Szymańska, Emma Baude
MUSIC:
Florencia di Concillo
PRODUCTION:
Les Films du Balibari, Luna W.

Wiktoria Szymańska »

Writer and film director with background as a painter and visual artist, was born in Poland, grew up in UK, studied in France, and now works between Germany, Poland, France, Mexico and Tanzania. Her film "Themerson and Themerson" (2011) has been celebrated around the world as one of the best documentary about art. Her "The man who made angels fly" (2013) won IDFA Industry Award and premiered at Karlove Vary and Hot Docs. Wiktoria also made shorts and video installations about dance and female bodies. In 2014 she made a series of visual poems for Channel4 "Women in the cities". Wiktoria is a graduate of the Arts Plastique Sorbonne and Wajda School in Warsaw. She also took part in Eurodoc, Esodoc and Archidoc - La Femis. She was a a fellow of Nipkow program and British Arts Council Award and worked for many European Tvs. Her documentaries are coproduced by ARTE, Channel4, SVT, YLE, BBC, AVRO, TVP, NHK, supported by Arts Council, Creative Europe, PISF, CNC, and regional funds in France and Poland.
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