Patriotic Lesson

Running time: 20'7"

Production: DE/PL 2016

The film presents a competition of patriotic song, held in a Polish primary school on Independence Day (11th of November). The director has been consistent with the black-and-white stylistics, which produces a splendid result. As viewers we watch the students of varying age and vocal abilities compete against each other. Their parents and grandparents observe the whole event with wonder, moved. The picture was screened at the Swiss festival VISIONS DU REÉL.

Authors:

  • Filip Jacobson

    Documentary film director. He is a graduate of the Gdynia Film School, Film Studies at the University of Łódź as well as the Academy of Media Arts Cologne. He has participated in the exchange programme with EICTV in Cuba, film workshops of the Berlinale Talent Campus EsoDoc, the Go Short Talent Campus and Poland Doc. He takes part in documentary and social projects, workshops for children and youth in Turkey, Romania and Poland. In his films, he is looking for different forms of expression ranging from cinéma vérité through personal documentaries to mocumentaries.
     

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