ENFF On Tour in Rialto, Amsterdam: In Touch
ENFF presents In Touch, a moving story of immigration, the hopes of those left behind and the desires of others who chose to leave their country. Winner of the Special Jury Award for Mid-Length Documentary at IDFA 2018!
Rialto VU is a brand new theater, located in a new building on the campus of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam at De Boelelaan.
ENFF contributed to the “more culture in the south district of Amsterdam” by screening impressive and relevant IDFA award winning film.
Screening: 13th November | 17:30 hours | Rialto VU | De Boelelaan 1111, 1081HV Amsterdam
Synopsis
The village Stare Juchy, which means in Polish Old Blood, is located in Masuria, area often referred as “The Land of Thousand Lakes”. Most of the inhabitants have emigrated to Iceland since the 80s and nobody has returned. Those who stayed behind, most of them elderly, hope to see them back. Now, their children and grandchildren have a different destiny away from Poland, and the only way to keep a relationship is… Skype.
Country: Poland, Iceland Year: 2018 Length: 60 min Director: Pawel Ziemilski Editing: Dorota Wardeszkiewicz Cinematography: Natasha Pavlovskaya Sound: Piotr Kubiak, Pawel Szygendowski Production: Lukasz Dlugolecki, Haukur M. Hrafnsson – NUR; Join Motion Pictures, TVP, MX35, Oxymoron, Widok Subtitles: English
Festivals & Awards (selection)
IDFA, 2018 – Special Jury Award for Mid-Length Documentary (World Premiere) | Millennium Docs Against Gravity, Poland 2019 | Thessaloniki Film Festival, Greece 2019 – Human Values Award | One World, International Human Rights Documentary FF, Czech Republic, 2019 | Pärnu Film Festival, Estonia, 2019 | Flahertiana IDFF, Russia 2019 | Krakow Film Festival, 2019 | Skjaldborg, Icelandic Documentary Film Festival, 2019 – Jury Award