Different faces of life, war, old age, illness... But besides love, hope, support... 33rd Media Festival Man in Threat from 16 to 22 October stationary, and from 16 to 19 October online on platform VOD Think Film.
In the festival program:
- documentary movie competition,
- TV news competition,
- an audio study contest,
- special shows,
- Łódź section of fears.
The festival besides includes meetings with authors of presented materials, journalists, artists.
End of event and awards 21 October in Monopolis Łódź.
Festival in numbers
- 7 days of the festival stationary in the Museum of Cinematography in Łódź and Monopolis,
- 4 days of the online festival on the VOD Think movie platform,
- 3 competitions: tv reports, audio reports, documentary films,
- 90 documentary, feature and tv shows,
- 95 guests,
- Fifty meetings with guests.
Subjective Festival Review
Documents
The war in Ukraine continues and reaps tragic harvest. respective documentaries tell about various aspects of it. Among them, among others. “We will not disappear” – the communicative of 5 Donbas teenagers who, like their peers from another countries, are looking for their way of life. but in a war reality.
Civils against war, or what does the everyday life of those Ukrainians who stayed at home after Russia's invasion, and those who emigrated to return home later? What's life like in bombed cities, destroyed villages? That's what the paper says. ‘In Ukraine’.
Military threads besides concern Israeli production ‘The words of soldiers’ – about how the military censorship there for half a century copied private lists of soldiers to learn their views and opinions. The results of these observations were collected in a secret study to the leaders of the country.
"Three Tales of Basi" and “Vika!” i.e. portraits of energetic seniors, reflection on life, aging, searching for their own way at all ages. 80-year-old Baja we will see in the function of grandmother, mother, sisters and actress. 84-year-old DJ Vika celebrates triumphs in Warsaw clubs. Life is going to be intense to the very end. To her age is simply a state of mind.
The stories of Jola and the Village, the pawn shopkeeper in Bytom, were taken from everyday life. erstwhile the mines close, they find themselves under siege with more and more unusual objects. The sellers are desperately struggling for existence (‘Lombard’). The hero is besides Gienek, the maker of... Ligaves, unique wooden instruments (‘Not with Gienek these numbers’).
Reporting
Among tv reports are Polish themes related to the war behind our east border: the work of Polish doctors at the Ukrainian front (“The Way to Hell”), assistance to wounded soldiers by a girl from Żyrardów, acting as a rescue girl in the battlefield (“That’s why I’m here”).
And a fistful of life's problems. How unusual he is ‘Official Logic’ Parents and their disabled children from Starogard Gdańsk became convinced erstwhile officials liquidated their transport to school.
Another kind of problem is experienced by a 10-year-old Speech. His father is dead, and the alcoholic's parent owes the flat the boy has from his grandmother. The debt reaches respective tens of thousands PLN – “Little boy and large debt”.
Money besides proved to be a origin of problem for 91 - year - old flat owner and considerable savings. A female has Alzheimer's. erstwhile she went to the nursing facility, her flat changed owners, and she... she stayed. ‘Incarcerated in a nursing home’. Alzheimer’ s illness is besides struggling ‘Roman and Henia’, matrimony with a long internship. Roman supports a sick wife all day, and his struggles are described on social networks. He's getting support from them.
“ Ocean Heroes” – about ocean defenders, “And crows are white” – a communicative from a Buddhist monastery in Japan; a shocking war episode of September 1941, telling about the German massacre of 33,000 Jews – "Baby Jar. Contexts". It's just a fewer peculiar show proposals.
Institute of civilian Affairs is simply a media partner of the 33rd FestivalMedia Man in Danger.
