VAKHA AND MAGOMED

VAKHA I MAGOMED

A short documentary which portrays an everyday struggle of the two immigrants from Chechenya, Vakha and his son Magomed. The audience is given an opportunity to observe an everyday routine of the couple where, between the mundane chores, proofs of the true affection and care are exposed. Apart from depicting harsh reality of the newly arrived immigrants and their life in Warsaw (Poland), what is the most important one can see how the bond between the father and the son deepens and how, despite of the circumstances, they attempt to retain their identity. The life story of Vakha and Magomed is never fully told, it simply runs in the background and that’s what helps to place some universal values up front.

FILM REPRESENTED BY THE KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION

Genre: Dokumentalny
Running time: 12
Year: 2010

Script: Marta Prus

DOP: Mateusz Wajda

Editing: Cecylia Pacura

Production company: PWSFTviT (Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna)

At festivals:

International Documentary Film festival Off Cinema, 2010, (competition)

International Film Festival Watch Docs - Human Rights in Film, 2010, (competition)

51st Krakow Film Festival, (screening)

Gdansk DocFilm Festival, (competition)

Holland Doc 24, 2012, (competition)

Lola Kenya Screen Film Festival, 2012, (competition)

Document 10, 2012, UK, (competition)

Cine Migrante Film Festival, Argentina, 2012, (competition)

San Roque International Short Film Week, Spain, 2013, (competition)

Panazorean International Film Festival, 2013, Spain, (competition)

Opera Prima en Corto Film Festival, 2013, Spain, (competition)

PLUS CAMERIMAGE 2010 - International Film Festival Of The Art Of Cinematography, Poland, 2010 (screening)

11th Era New Horizons International Film Festival, Poland, 2011 (competition)

Silhouette Film Festival 2011, France, 2011 (competition)

54th International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film - DOK Leipzig, 2011 (screening)

Festival International des Ecoles de Cinéma - FIDEC, Belgium, 2011 (Prix Roger Closset)

Curta Cinema 2011 - Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival, Brazylia, 2011 (competition)

MiradasDoc Festival, Spain, 2011 (competition)

20. European Film Festival for Documentaries dokumentART, Germany/Poland, 2011 (competition)

6th Human Rights Film Festival PRAVO LJUDSKI, Bosnia and Hercegovina, 2011 (screening)

52nd Festival dei Popoli, Italy, 2011 (Best Documentary Short)

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), The Netherlands, 2011 (screening)

FrontDoc Festival, Italy, 2011 (screening)

DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, Finland, 2012 (screening)

Tampere Film Festival, Finland, 2012 (competition)

59th Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival, Serbia, 2012 (screening)

Cologne International Women’s Film Festival, Germany, 2012 (competition)

Dortmund|Cologne International Women's Film Festival, 2012 (screening)

West Virginia Mountaineer Film Festival, USA, 2012 (Best Short Documentary)

IndieLisboa - Lisbon International Independent Film Festival, Portugal, 2012 (competition)

Thurrock Film Festival, UK, 2012 (Best Short Documentary)

UNLIMITED Short Film Festival Cologne, Germany, 2012 (screening)

Ânûû-rû Âboro Film Festival, New Caledonia, 2013 (competition)

11th International Student Short Film Festival "Une Nuit Trop Courte", France, 2014 (competition)