SCHOENBORN

by Maxim Melnyk
  • 2020 Katzentisch Filmproduktion
  • 2020 Katzentisch Filmproduktion
  • 2020 Katzentisch Filmproduktion

    Synopsis

    Two villages with the same name: Schönborn. One located in Transcarpathia in Ukraine, the other one in Brandenburg in Germany. They are both struggling to find their identity, almost 30 years after the fall of communism in Germany and the founding of independent Ukraine. The film accompanies some of the inhabitants for two years and tells the story of getting to know each other: the two Schönborns get closer - first in letters, then in reality.

    Festivals

    2020
    30 FFC — Filmfestival Cottbus, East European Cinema
    2021
    42 FF Max Ophüls Preis

    Cast and Crew

    Director

    Maxim Melnyk

    Producer

    Christiane Seiler

    Score

    The Flying Rockets

    Sound

    Roman Pogorzelski

    Editor

    Sigrid Reede

    DoP

    Alexander Petrenko, Vadim Surmay