Border Conversations

film type documentary film Production Country Germany production year 2022 runtime 29'59 colour Color
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Dolby Surround original-language English subtitles English
screening format Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov) aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Dolby Surround original-language English, Polish subtitles English

In November 2021, thousands of migrants are trying to enter the EU via Poland's border with Belarus. But it is not only the migrants who come up against borders: Polish activists do, too.

director Jonathan Brunner DOP Marie Scholjegerdes Production Tristan Schneider Sound Design Marc Lehnert Original Score Fredric Hellmann Animation Fee Fuchs Editing Samuel Albert Script Jonathan Brunner film school Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Festivals
2022 DOK Leipzig - Internationales Leipziger Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm, Germany (Gewinner: Deutscher Wettbewerb Kurzfilm)
2022 Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, Czech Republic
2022 Filmschau Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany
School
Production
  • Tristan Schneider
  • +49 172 2741057
Distribution
  • Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
  • Katharina Schreiner
  • Akademiehof 10
  • 71638 Ludwigsburg
  • Germany
  • +49 7141 96982179
  • http://www.filmakademie.de
Sales
  • Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
  • Katharina Schreiner
  • Akademiehof 10
  • 71638 Ludwigsburg
  • Germany
  • +49 7141 96982179
  • http://www.filmakademie.de

Jonathan Brunner

Jonathan Brunner, born 1996, is a director of documentaries and commercials. He received his BA Media Design from the University of Applied Sciences Mainz in 2020. He then began studying for his diploma in documentary film directing at the Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg.

Filmography
2018 Without Words
2020 10 Years
2021 Pulling Corks
2022 White Roses
2022 Border Conversations
2023 Warten, nicht warten
2025 From Ecuador With Love