Section: POLSKIE HORYZONTY: The Female Gaze

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GARDENERS

Mira Fornay

Slovakia, Netherlands, 2016, 22 Min

Reflection on racism in the silent film format: having fled Tanzania, a boy hides on a farm in the Slovak province and makes friends with the old farmer's wife until her adult son returns and throws him out onto the street.

The encounter between the boy and the woman turns out to be a stroke of good fortune. Both of them need support in their own way in their daily life. And so they help one another – a partnership of convenience. As in a silent film, the protagonists use gestures and hand signs as a means of communication, thereby breaking down language barriers. After initial distrust, they gradually build up an almost family bond which is brutally destroyed with the arrival of their son and his xenophobia.

Director Mira Fornay was a member of the FFC’s International Festival Jury in 2013 and landed a festival hit with her multiple award-winning film MY DOG KILLER. JK

Filmformat
DCP | Farbe / Colour

Drehbuch
Mira Fornay

Kamera
Denisa Buranová

Ton
Richard Fülek

Schnitt
Mira Fornay

Ausstattung
Eva Blahová

Darsteller
Hamisi Kikololo, Maria Fornayová

Produzent
Mira Fornay, Danielle Guirguis, Jaap Hermans

Produktion
Mirafox s.r.o. Majakovskeho 19 90201 Pezinok Slovakia tel.: +421 904 881 384 mira.fornay@mirafox.sk

Co-Produktion
Smarthouse Films

Kontakt
International Film Festival Rotterdam
Karel Doormanstraat 278-B
3012 GP, Rotterdam
The Netherlands
Gerben de Louw
g.delouw@iffr.com
+420 603 745519

Mira Fornay -

Movies
MY DOG KILLER (2013, FFC 2013)

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