Scene from the film Betula Pendula
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Betula Pendula

Direction
Year 
2021
Country
  • Germany
Duration
35min 
Audio Tracks 
Subtitles 

Thomas lost his sight already in his childhood. He kept his sight memory, though. After many years, he comes back, both in person and in memories to his childhood places, the colours and shapes which he still vividly remembers. Starting from descriptions of rooms and furniture, he delves deeper, into feelings, passions, hopes and frustrations. In a combined visual and tactile film essay on the ability of perceiving the invisible details, looking back at his life, he asks the question, along with the filmmaker Lina Zacher, to what extent one’s identity is created by images. Can one understand oneself and one’s surroundings, finding one’s place in the society without actually seeing where one is?

Details

  • Original title
    Betula Pendula
  • Direction
  • Cast
    Thomas Wellner
  • Editing
    Lina Zacher
  • Duration
    35 min (31-45 min.)
  • Year
    2021
  • Country
    • Germany
  • Colour
    • Colour
  • Festivals
    • Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival 2021
    • Disability Film Festival 2022
    • Breaking Down Barriers Film Festival 2022

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