screening format
35mm
aspect ratio
1.66:1
sound format
Dolby SR
original-language
Czech
subtitles
English, German
Summer 1979 in communist Czechoslovakia. The ten-year-old Milosch has fallen in love with the head of his pioneers unit. But Milosch cannot swim, he can only dive. Germany/West: Autumn 1980. Milosch is an asylum seeker. He cannot swim yet and he cant speak German. Therefore the swimming lesson is a pain. Until the diving contest starts...
director
Martin Dolejs
Cast
Carolin Weber, Kristian Borissow
Original Score
Jochen Schleicher
Editing
Michael Stehle
DOP
Angela Poschet bvk
Script
Martin Dolejs
Sound Design
Robert F. Kellner
Festivals
CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
Film Fest Gent, Belgium
Foyle Film Festival, Derry, United Kingdom
Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival, Providence, USA
Avanca Film Festival, Portugal
2007
International Documentary and Short Festival of Kerala, India
Production
- RIXFILM Ltd. & Co. KG
- Frank Becher
- Berlin
- +49 1793916691
Distribution
- RIXFILM Ltd. & Co. KG
- Frank Becher
- Berlin
- +49 1793916691
Martin Dolejs
Born 1969 in Slany, Czechoslovakia;
August 1980 emigration to Germany;
1997 MA in Film and TV Sciences;
1998 to 2000 scriptwriting at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb);
since 1998 freelance scriptwriter