RABBIT A LA BERLIN

MAUERHASE

This remarkable story of the Berlin Wall is presented from the perspective of rabbits living in this city. In
1961 the animals were trapped in the green belt dividing East Berlin from the western part of the city. They had stayed there until the Wall came down in 1989 when the rabbits could participate in historic events that ensued. Thus, Berlin’s rabbits shared the fate of the citizens of Eastern Germany who, isolated from the world, led their precarious existence under the scrutiny of communist authorities.

FILM PROMOTED BY THE KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION
 

  • Genre: Dokumentalny
  • Country: Polska/Niemcy
  • Running time: 52
  • Year: 2009

Director: Bartek Konopka

Script: Bartek Konopka, Piotr Rosołowski

DOP: Piotr Rosołowski

Music: Maciej Cieślak

Editing: Mateusz Romaszkan

Production company: MS FILMS

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About the director:

Bartek Konopka

Bartek Konopka

Oscar nominated for the “Rabbit a la Berlin” (2009) documentary that was shown at more than 70 festivals, received a dozen prizes and had been sold to 40 countries. His feature fiction debut “Fear of Falling” (2011) premiered at Montreal IFF (awarded at Mannheim, Mumbai, Lecce, Vincennes, Gdynia). Released in cinemas in France, Spain, Iran and  Poland. Author of many documentaries and couple of fictions that gained an international acclaim. Bartek is a graduate of film studies at the Jagiellonian University Krakow and Film Directing at the Silesian University in Katowice. Member of European Film Academy and the Board of Polish Film Institute.

At festivals:

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, 2009 (Best Mid-Length Documentary Award)

East Silver Market 2009, Czech Republic, 2009 (SILVER EYE AWARDS - the Best Mid-Length Documentary)

PLUS CAMERIMAGE, 2009 (competition)

Docudays Ua - International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Ukraine, 2010 (screening)

6th New York Polish Film Festival, USA, 2010 (competition)

Documenta Madrid 10, Spain, 2010 (Second Prize of the Jury)

Twin Cities Polish Film Festival in Minneapolis, USA, 2010 (screening)

Aye Aye Film Festival, France, 2010 (screening)

Batumi International Art-​​House Film Festival — BIAFF, Georgia, 2010 (Jury Special Prize - Main International Competition Section)

5th Annual Austin Polish Film Festival, USA, 2010 (screening)

8. Festival Du Cinema De Brive, France, 2011 (screening)

FilmPOLSKA, Germany, 2011 (screening)

DocsDF 2012, Mexico, 2012 (screening)