Mengamuk Films

Germany 2014, 25 min
by Marcin Malaszczak

Surrounded by a seemingly endless night, machines are formed from constellations of lights that effortlessly dig in an undefined space. During the day, a conveyor belt comes into motion, as if by itself. Its ear-splitting working and shaking is observed and controlled by a woman. She circles around the conveyor belt, ridding the foundation of clumps of dirt that have fallen off. Her Sisyphean task is supervised from time to time. When she sees the supervisors coming, she informs the others and g

ORBITAL

Germany 2013, 126 min
by Marcin Malaszczak

SIENIAWKA is a journey into the irrational subconscious of humanity. Stefan attempts to make his way through a post-industrial no-man’s land. An encounter with a stranger forces the line between reality and imagination to become blurred. The future and the past become intertwined. Visions of another time emerge from Stefan’s mind. The cold-blooded surgeon used to work in the dissecting room. There was a cinema where everyone would go on the weekend. A state of complete delirium caused a young ma

SIENIAWKA

Germany 2013, 79 min
by Mais Darwazah

My Love Awaits Me by the Sea is a poetic documentary narrating the story of director Mais Darwazah, who takes a first time journey back to her homeland, Palestine. She leaves a secluded reality and follows a lover whom she has never met; Hasan, a Palestinian artist, who unveils a beautiful and utopian world to her. Fairytale and reality are woven together to question the elusiveness of place and the need to believe in dreams. In a land fragmented and engulfed by years of struggle, she finds her

My Love Awaits Me by the Sea

    Mengamuk* Films' aim is to produce feature films, documentaries and artistic projects which tread new paths in form and content. These works should challenge conventional methods of film production just as much as they should cross the defining lines between various filmic and artistic forms of aesthetic expression.
    Mengamuk Films sees film as an art form and instrument of aesthetic resistance. We seek to collaborate with filmmakers and artists who desire to contribute to the further development of this young art form and who share the opinion that art must not only be created out of an independent spirit, but must also assert itself furiously and passionately.

    • In the Malay language, mengamuk means, roughly defined, 'to make a furious and desperate charge'.