WELLEN AUS LICHT - DEAR DARKNESS

Short Documentary // 2019

directed by: Samuel Schwarz

produced by: Hannah Liebrenz, Paula Ziemke

Twelve-year-old Frida is almost blind. She can only make out contours, shadows and colors but in her dreams all the images are clearing up.

So she can “see” what is hidden for others.

awards

ECFA Documentary Award at the do-xs! - Festival in Duisburg 2020
Nominee for best documentary at EUROPEAN CHILDREN’S FILM ASSOCIATION AWARD 2021
Special Mention at Astra Filmfestival 2021
Jury Price at KUKI Filmfestival 2021

festivals (selection) | tv broadcasting & streaming

2019 DokLeipzig Kids DOK Competition - LEIPZIG, DE
2019 IDFA Competition for Kids & Docs - AMSTERDAM, NL

2020 NYICFF COMPETITION - NEW YORK, US
2020 DOCUDAYS UA Official Competition - KIEV, UA
2020 Goldener Spatz Information/Dokumentation/Dokumentarfilm - ERFURT/GERA, DE
2020 do-xs! ECFA Documentary Award at the doxs! - DUISBURG, DE
2020 49. Internationale Studentenfilmfestival Sehsüchte Future - POTSDAM, DE
2020 CICFF 37th Annual Chicago International Children’s Film Festival - CHICAGO, US

2021 Mo&Friese Kurzfilm Hamburg - HAMBURG, DE
2021 Astra Filmfestival - SIBIU, RO
2021 KUKI Filmfestival - BERLIN, DE

WELLEN AUS LICHT (eng. DEAR DARKNESS) can be found on the streaming platforms of RBB and ARD (German television).

The ECFA Jury of Lina Paulsen (Germany), Anna Pedroli (the Netherlands) and Claudia Schmid (Switzerland) were mainly impressed by Frida, the protagonist. “Besides a terrific cinematic experience, this is also an example of empathic storytelling,” as they state in their ECFA Jury clip.

-European Children's Film Association