Award Ceremony German Documentary Film Music Award 2023 / Best of Fests
During this event we will present the German Documentary Film Music Award and show the award winning film THIS KIND OF HOPE (please see below for further information on the film).
The German Documentary Film Music Award is endowed with 5,000 euros, donated by the Versicherungskammer Kulturstiftung and supported by the Förder- und Hilfsfonds des Deutschen Komponistenverbandes.
At this screening, director Pawel Siczek, protagonists Andrei Sannikov and Iryna Chalip and producer Valentin Greutert will be our special guests for a subsequent Q&A.
We would like to thank our award donors and partners:
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THIS KIND OF HOPE
Schweiz, Deutschland 2023 – Director: Pawel Siczek – Original with German subtitles (with Award Ceremony Music Award & Q&A) – Length: 83 min.
He wants “to prevent Europe from sacrificing Belarus to Russia.” This is how Andrei Sannikov describes his mission. He stepped down from his position as Vice Foreign Minister in 1996 in protest against Lukaschenko’s policies and directly challenged him as a presidential candidate in 2010. Sannikov was subsequently arrested, tortured and sentenced. Today he lives in exile in Poland. His fight for a free Belarus continues. Silvia Bauer
On 7 May we present the film at the presentation of the German Documentary Film Music Award 2023 at HFF (Audimax) incl. Q&A with director, producer and protagonists.
Biography
Pawel Siczek
The Swiss director of Polish origin spent parts of his childhood and youth in Libya. He lives in Munich, where he studied documentary film directing and television journalism at the Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen.
Filmography
DIE HÄLFTE DER STADT, DE 2015, 86 min.
FUSSGÄNGERZONE, DE 2010, 60 min.
ANDERER HERBST, DE 2004, 19 min.
Winner German Documentary Film Music Award: David Langhard (Composition)
Writer: Pawel Siczek. Camera: Daniel Samer. Sound: Pawel Siczek, Jonathan Skorupa. Editing: Claudio Cea. Music: David Langhard. Production: A Film Company, Departures Film. Producer: Valentin Greutert, Thomas Král. Distribution: Real Fiction Filmverleih
