BEYOND WORDS
- Feature
- 2017
- 85 Minutes
- France, Netherlands, Poland
- Language: German and Polish and English
Nothing in Michael, a young and successful Berlin lawyer, gives away his Polish roots. The sudden appearance of his father, who was long presumed dead, plunges Michael into an existential crisis. After his father leaves, Michael can’t return to his life as a German
Director: Urszula Antoniak
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Awards
Cameraimage, Polish Films Competition, Poland, 2017Les Arcs European Film Festival, France, 2017
Polish Film Festival, Poland, 2017: Best Cinematography, Best Sound
Cast and Crew
DOP / Camera: Lennert Hillege
Editor: Natalia Alonso Casale, Milenia Fiedler
Sound: Jan Schermer
Producer: Lukasz Dzieciol, Floor Onrust
Cast: Jakub Gierszal, Andrzej Chyra, Christian Loeber, Justyna Wasilewska
Director
Urszula Antoniak
After her studies at the Polish and Dutch Film Academy, Urszula Antoniak wrote and directed her debut film Nothing personal (2009) which won six awards in Locarno and was nominated for 2 European Film Academy Awards. Her second feature Code Blue (2011) premiered in Cannes’ Directors Fortnight. Her third feature Nude Area was released in 2014. In that same year Life According to Nino, a children film for which she wrote the screenplay, won Best International Feature at Cinekid. Beyond Words is Antoniak’s fourth feature film.