Family members meet up at the police station. Grown up children have to testify against a man who beat up their father. – this is a synopsis of the film "Heimat", for which Emi Buchwald received a distinction of the INTERNATIONAL CINEMA SCHOOL MEETING - SHORT FILM COMPETITION during the LEFFEST - Lisbon & Sintra Film Festival (http://www.leffest.com/). Photography: Tomasz Gajewski, Artistic supervision: Filip Bajon & Jacek Bławut.

Her previous film "Nauka" got SREBRNY NURT Prize at the NURT Documentary Festival in Kielce. Jury’s comment says: "Fascinating process of parents and children developing a close relationship thank to poetry. Dynamic film narration provides witty comment on our education system”. In the documentary we see fourth grade pupils who try to understand with their parents’ help Julian Tuwim’s poem entitled "Nauka". Artistic supervision: Jacek Bławut and Andrzej Sapija.

Congratulations!

photo 1 - "Heimat"
photo 2 - "Nauka"