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Official Selection: Berlinale (Panorama), Los Angeles Intl. FF, Amsterdam, Cannes Independent,
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"Readers Award" 60th Berlinale, "Best Directing Award" & "Honorable Mention" Los Angeles IFF, "Best Film" Athens Outview, "Best Personal Narrative" Amsterdam, "Best Documentary" Tel Aviv.
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A beautiful and courageous documentary speaking with honesty about the terrible subject of child abuse. A "must see film" narrating the personal experience of the Director himself and the trauma it left behind.
As a child, Michael Stock was sexually abused – by his own father. 25 years later he is still looking for inner peace.
In conversations with his family and friends and his own reflections, he paints an ever clearer, if contradictory picture of what happened and of the consequences for each of the family members. Old family films seem to show a happy family – excerpts from Michael’s first feature film hint at his extreme adult life, overshadowed by his lifelong trauma.
Yet in spite of the intense drama, the film doesn’t have an atmosphere of anger and hatred but rather a surprising air of hope and love of life. Michael’s aim is not to accuse the “perpetrator” but to understand. In the end, he takes his video “Postcard” to his father. With the camera running, he confronts him with his past…
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Genre: Documentary—Country: Germany—Production: Oculus Films—Language: German/English subtitles
Length: 86 minutes adaptable according to your program needs—Available: Worldwide
More info. http://postcard-to-daddy.de/en.html |
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