Veronika
„Bebildert von märchenhaft anmutenden Sandmalereien, taucht der Film ein in die verborgene Welt von Veronika. Als Kind wurde ihr ein IQ von Null attestiert, sie ist autistisch, dazu mehrfach körperlich behindert. Niemand konnte sich vorstellen, dass Veronika über einen hellwachen Geist verfügt. Nun, als Erwachsene, hat sie gelernt, sich über ein ausgeklügeltes Zeichensystem verständlich zu machen. Sie studiert und schreibt Geschichten. Das einfühlsame Porträt eines außergewöhnlichen Menschen und der Einblick in eine Welt, die der Umwelt normalerweise verschlossen bleibt.“ (Katalog DOK Leipzig 2011)
english:
“Sand is an obvious metaphor since I am not stable; it takes only a tiny impulse and my sense of being crumbles. Sometimes I feel just like that, as though I’ve fallen into a thousand bits”. A perceptive and compassionate incursion into the hidden world of a teenage girl suffering from autism and multiple disabilities. A piece of imaginative film-making with an ethereal quality provided by the incorporation of sand animation within the documentary footage. A plea for documentary film as the courage to go beyond the surface of lives and things. (OneWorld Romania 2012)
As a child Veronika was certified to have an IQ of zero; she has multiple physical disabilities. Nobody could imagine that she might have an alert mind … The film immerses itself in Veronika’s hidden world, visualised in fairytale-like sand paintings. As a child she was certified to have an IQ of zero; she is autistic and has multiple physical disabilities. Nobody could imagine that Veronika might have an alert mind. The perceptive portrait of an extraordinary human being and a look into a world usually closed to the outside. (DOK Leipzig 2012)
4th Look & Roll International Film Festival Basel – Switzerland – preview
Kamera, Schnitt, Regie, Produktion: Mark Michel
Sand-Kunst: Anne Löper
Text: Veronika Raila
Tonmischung: Olaf Mehl
Links:
Text: Veronika Raila Buch: „Vronis Wunder – sprachlos wortreich“ von Veronika Raila
Auszeichnungen/Awards:
Nominierung Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis 2011 / Nomination German Short Film Award 2011
Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Kurzfilmpreis 2012 / Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Short-Film-Award 2012
FBW-Prädikat „besonders wertvoll“ / Rating „Highly Recommended“ by the German Film Rating Commission
Festivals:
DOK Leipzig International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film 2011 – Germany
Kasseler Dokumentarfilm und Videofest 2011 – Germany
One World Romania 2012 Human Rights Film Festival – Romania
Goldener Spatz 2012 Youth and Media Film Festival- Nomination – Germany
20th Aspen Shortsfest 2012 – International Competition – USA
Filmfest Dresden 2012 International Short Film Festival – Germany
kurzsuechtig 2012 – Das Leipziger Kurzfilmfestival – Germany
Hamburg International Short Film Festival 2012 – Germany
14th Human Rights International Film Festival Buenos Aires – Argentina
International Short Film Festival Detmold 2012 – Germany
10th In the Palace International Short Film Festival 2012 – Bulgaria
Giffoni Film Festival GFF 2012 – Amnesty in Shorts Special Programme – Italy
4th Look & Roll International Film Festival Basel – Switzerland
Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt 2012 – Germany
Shorts at Moonlight 2012 Open Air Short Film Festival- Germany
Charlie Chaplin Comedy Film Festival 2012 Waterville – Ireland
The International Human Rights Film Festival 2012 – Albania
The Other Film Festival 2012 Melbourne – Australia
Cinema Touching Disability Film Festival Austin, Texas – USA
Diessener Short Film Festival 2012 Diessen – Germany
Kunstgriffrolle 2012 – Das Dithmarscher Kurzfilmfest 2012 – Germany
Paris Courts Devant International Short Film Festival 2012 – France
DOCartoon 2nd International Animated Documentary Film Festival 2012 – Italy
Ozu Film Festival 2012 – Italy
The Junior Galway Film Fleadh 2012 Galway – Ireland
European Film Festival for Documentaries dokumentART 2012 Neubrandenburg – Germany
Filmfestival Cottbus 2012 – Festival of East European Cinema – Germany
Flensburger Kurzfilmtage 2012 – Germany
Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People, Athens – Greece
Stuttgarter Filmwinter 2013 – Festival for Expanded Media – Germanv
Bamberger Kurffilmtage 2012 – Festival des deutschsprachigen Kurzfilms – Germany
Byron Bay International Film Festival 2013 – Byron Bay – Australia
Seen&Heard Film Festival 2013 – Celebrating Woman in Film – Sydney – Australia
Memminger Kurzfilmnacht 2013 – Germany
Nashville Film Festival 2013 – USA
Sprout Film Festival New York 2013 – USA
Entr’2 Marches International Short FIlm Festival 2013 – Cannes, France
Landau International Short FIlm Festival 2013 – Germany
European Film Festival Integration You and Me Koszalin 2013, Poland
Kurzfilmfestival „Rendez-Vous“ Füssen, 21. -22. October 2013, Germany
EOP – International Film Festival – 29th November to 3rd December 2013, Namur, Belgium
Roshd International Film Festival – October 2013, Theran, Iran
Klappe Auf! – Kurzfilmfestival – 25th to 27th October 2013, Hamburg, Germany
Uppsala International Shortfilmfestival – 21th to 27th October 2013, Uppsala, Sweden
Abloom Filmfestival – 21st to 23rd November 2013, Oslo, Norway
Ability Filmfest 2013 – International Disability Film Festival, Chennai, India
Neural Imaging: The Brain seen through Film – Columbia University New York
CineGlobe International Film Festival at CERN 2014 – Geneva, Switzerland