DESERT COFFEE
Slab City is a squatter community in the Sonoran Desert, Southern California. The inhabitants, Slabbers, live in broken trailers or old school buses. Their closest neighbors are the United States Navy and Marine Corps, who practice aerial bombing in the area. Despite living off-grid in extreme weather conditions with no running water, electricity, sewage system or trash pickup, the residents enthusiastically embrace their freedom in the beautiful badlands of the desert.
Rob hates coffee but as soon as dawn breaks he meticulously brews "the best coffee in the county" for the customers of his makeshift internet cafe. DESERT COFFEE sketches an intimate, warm portrait of Rob and his friends – an unforgettable bunch of opinionated and troubled characters.
- GENRE:
- documentary
- COUNTRY:
- Poland
- RUNNING TIME:
- 53'
- YEAR:
- 2017
- DIRECTING:
- Mikael Lypinski
- SCRIPT:
- Mikael Lypinski
- DOP:
- Mikael Lypinski
- EDITOR:
- Jakub Pietrzak
- MUSIC:
- Mikołaj Hołówko
- SOUND:
- Filip Marcinkowski
- PRODUCTION:
- Mikael Lypinski, Piotr Bogucki
Mikael Lypinski »
Director and cinematographer of documentary films. Born and raised in Stockholm. Graduated from the Directing Department of The Polish National Film School in Łódź. Director and cinematographer of the films "Desert Coffee", "Unpaved" and "The End of Quiet". Winner of numerous awards, including the Grand Prix at the Człowiek w Zagrożeniu festival and the award for Best Polish Film at the Mountain Film Festival in Lądek Zdrój.- DocsPuebla, Mexico, 2019 (screening)
- 57. Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2017 (competition)
- AmDocs - American Documentary Fim Festival, USA, 2018 (competition)
- Spotlight Documentary Film Awards 2018, USA, 2018 (Spotlight Gold Award)
- DocsMX, Mexico, 2018 (Special Mention)
- Red Rock Film Festival, USA, 2018 (competition)
- Anchorage International FF, USA, 2018 (competition)
- 29th MEDIAWAVE - International Film and Music Gathering, Hungary, 2019 (competition)
- Mediawave IFF, Hungary, 2019 (competition)