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Light Years

Lata świetlne
Monika Proba
International Competition Short Film 2021
Documentary Film
Poland
2021
28 minutes
Russian,
Polish
Subtitles: 
English

Witali and Łukasz have graduated from the Orthodox seminary. To take up priesthood, they must either start a family or become monks. But the two friends prefer to live for the moment, to muse, philosophize and sing. The camera looks on, full of empathy, giving the two men space and time to face their situation. A documentary observation turns into a thriller: Can their tender friendship withstand religious obligations and family expectations?

Anke Leweke

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Director
Monika Proba
Script
Monika Proba
Cinematographer
Zvika Gregory Portnoy
Editor
Adriana Fernández Castellanos, Monika Proba
Producer
Ewa Jastrzebska, Jerzy Kapuscinski, Magdalena Borowiec, Tatiana Matysiak, Daria Zienowicz
Sound
Lucyna Wielopolska-Lorenc
World Sales
Katarzyna Wilk
International Competition Short Film 2020
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London Knowledge
Max Colson
Day and night, London taxi drivers are required to memorise 320 routes – a joke for the robot cars of the future. But there’s a lot more to the job than just getting people from A to B.

UK

UK
2020
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London Knowledge

London Knowledge
Max Colson
International Competition Short Film 2020
Animated Film
UK
2020
11 minutes
English
Subtitles: 
English

Since 1865, no cab driver in London has been able to omit “The Knowledge”. It requires the memorisation of 320 routes, an achievement that takes years, but has been made into a joke by the robot cars of the future. A flesh-and-blood cabby “interacts with people from all walks of life”, according to a brochure by Transport for London, and that’s “a lot more than just taking people from A to B”. Visually fascinating, Colson traces his interviewees’ mind maps of the city using the mapping technology of robot cars.

André Eckardt

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Director
Max Colson
Script
Max Colson, Bill McGrath, Nicky Walker
Cinematographer
Max Colson
Editor
Max Colson
Producer
Max Colson
Sound
Tim Kahn
Animation
Max Colson