Hosted by Backstage Free & Easy: YUMI – THE WHOLE WORLD
in cooperation with Backstage
Backstage Club is celebrating 30 years of the Free & Easy Festival!
30 summers full of music, encounters and unforgettable moments. Right from the start, the Free & Easy has been more than just a festival. It stands for freedom, openness and a summer full of culture, music and shared experiences.
We’re joining in the celebrations and screening four films from this year’s and last year’s festival programme.
Free entry!
YUMI – THE WHOLE WORLD
Deutschland, Vanuatu, Fidschi, USA, Ägypten, Schottland, Niederlande 2024 – Director: Felix Golenko – Original language: Other, English – Subtitles: English – Length: 90 min.
Rising sea levels are an existential problem - especially when the place you call home is an island in the South Pacific. Students Solomon, Vishal and Romabeth have a plan: to use a legal loophole to get their case heard at the International Court of Justice in The Hague. There is just one tiny little hitch... Jan Sebening
With age rating: 12
For this film, a limited contingent of 300 Einzeltickets@home is available.
Biography
Felix Golenko has been shooting documentary projects since 2013. Initially as an autodidact, later as a student at the Film Academy in Ludwigsburg. In addition to his expertise in film sound, he is interested in the philosophical aspects of anthropology, among other things.
Filmography (selection)
YUMI - THE WHOLE WORLD, Fidschi, NL; USA, e.a. 2024, 89 min.
GROWTH, D 2024, 6 min. immersive 360° VR experience
ALIMAMY - A FATHER'S BURDEN, D 2020, 40 min.
Nominated for the Student Award
The Student Award of DOK.fest München presents outstanding documentary films by students of German-speaking film schools. The films are nominated for the megaherz Student Award, worth 3,000 Euros.
Camera: Jan Robin Weiland. Sound: Bjarne Taurnier. Editing: Hauke von Stietencron, Chris Hans, Samuel Albert. Music: Sebastian Fillenberg. Production: MSZ Production & Consulting (Márk Szilágyi). Producer: Max Koehler.
