Mein Vater schläft
My Father is Sleeping

film type fiction Production Country Germany production year 2007 runtime 14'00 colour
screening format 35mm aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format Dolby Digital

Summer. Half a day, chosen virtually at random, in the life of 10-year-old Mika, who lives in the countryside with his family in reduced circumstances. His father is very ill and is unable to handle the daily work on the farm. Mikas help is needed. But he is easily distracted by his 6-year-old sister, who is still enjoying the carefree days of childhood, regarding the farmyard as her playground.

director Grzegorz Muskala Besetzung / Cast Denise Manicke, Heidi Köhler, Maximilian Kirchner, Vitus Zeplichal Schnitt / Editing Grzegorz Muskala Drehbuch / Script Grzegorz Muskala Bildgestaltung / DOP Raphael Beinder Tongestaltung / Sound Design Martin Frühmorgen film school Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
Festivals
Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland
Montreal Festival du nouveau cinéma, Canada
Internationale Hofer Filmtage, Germany
Internationale Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg, Germany
CAMERIMAGE International Film Festival, Lodz, Poland (Silver Tadpole)
Production
  • One Two Films
  • Sol Bondy
  • Potsdamer Str. 2
  • 10785 Berlin
  • +49 178 3971717
  • http://www.onetwofilms.com
Distribution
  • Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
  • Anna Laura Wenzel
  • Potsdamer Str. 2
  • 10785 Berlin
  • +49 30 25759152
  • http://www.dffb.de
Sales
  • Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
  • Anna Laura Wenzel
  • Potsdamer Str. 2
  • 10785 Berlin
  • +49 30 25759152
  • http://www.dffb.de
School
  • Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
  • Potsdamer Str. 2
  • 10785 Berlin
  • http://www.dffb.de

Grzegorz Muskala

Born in Poland in 1978;
grew up in Germany;
studied directing in Lodz and at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin

Filmography
2004 The Ranger
2005 Heimfahrt
2007 Mein Vater schläft
2008 Das Mädchen mit den gelben Strümpfen