Cernobila
Black&White

film type documentary film, experimental film Production Country Germany, Czech Republic production year 2019 runtime 19'09 colour
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Dolby Surround languages Tschechisch Subtitles Englisch
screening format Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov) aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Dolby Surround languages Czech Subtitles Englisch

Nurses and Nazis, syphilis and seduction: BLACK&WHITE delves into a scandalous urban legend from World War II Czechoslovakia. Based on subjective interpretations, the film investigates how these stories evolve and affect our subconscious perceptions.

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director Anna Benner, Eluned Zoe Aiano Animation Anna Benner Original-Filmmusik / Original Score Raphael Tschernuth Bildgestaltung / DOP Klára Belicová Produktion / Production Linda Dedková Tongestaltung / Sound Design Michal Krajczok, Vojtech Knot
Festivals
2019 Warsaw International Film Festival, Poland
2019 Primanima, Budapest, Hungary
2019 Melbourne Short Film Festival, Australia
Production
  • ZLA Films
  • Linda Dedkova
  • Reuterstr. 82
  • 12053 Berlin
  • http://www.zlafilms.com
Distribution
  • ZLA Films
  • Linda Dedkova
  • Reuterstr. 82
  • 12053 Berlin
  • http://www.zlafilms.com
Sales
  • ZLA Films
  • Linda Dedkova
  • Reuterstr. 82
  • 12053 Berlin
  • http://www.zlafilms.com

Anna Benner

Anna Benner is an artist working in animation, drawing, and installation. Her work deals with psychology and emotions, often using hand-drawn rotoscope animation. Her animated shorts have screened globally and won prizes at international film festivals such as Annecy, Encounters and Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film.

Filmography
2011 The Squirrel and the Penguin
2013 Tis the Season
2013 Through the Hawthorn
2019 Cernobila
2020 All her Dying Lovers
2022 Im Auge der Betrachterin
2023 chicken

Eluned Zoe Aiano

Eluned Zoe Aiano is a filmmaker, editor and translator with a background in Visual Anthropology whose work is generally centred on Central/Eastern Europe. She is currently working on her first feature documentary in Serbia. She also writes about film and is a regular contributor to the East European Film Bulletin.

Filmography
2014 Almut
2018 I Have a Song to Sing You
2019 Cernobila
2020 All Her Dying Lovers