Great Freedom | LUX AUDIENCE AWARD

© Wielka wolność, Great Freedom, Große Freiheit, reż. Sebastian Meise, fot. FreibeuterFilm & Rohfilm
Date
Hour
Place
03/08
20:30
THE LUBELSKIE CINEMA


Große Freiheit
reż|dir Sebastian Meise | AT, DE | 2021 | 116 min
prod|pro Benny Drechsel, Sabine Moser, Oliver Neumann scen|wr Thomas Reider, Sebastian Meise zdj|ph Crystel Fournier muz|mus Peter Brötzmann, Nils Petter Molvaer mon|ed Joana Scrinzi ob|cast Franz Rogowski, Georg Friedrich, Anton von Lucke, Thomas Prenn, Fabian Stumm, Ulrich Faßnacht, Johannes Cramer, Alfred Hartung, Klaus Huhle, Joachim Schönfeld dys|dis Tongariro

DESCRIPTION

The end of the war and the liberation of the Allies from the concentration camp did not mean the end of Hans’ captivity. According to paragraph 175, which criminalizes homosexuality, he is transferred directly to prison. In the following years he returned to the cell after further convictions, and the law in post-war Germany did not differ from Nazi Germany in its attitude towards homosexuality. The tragic fate of Hans, who wants to remain true to himself at all costs, has the chance to change if the rules are relaxed. What kind of world awaits a man who’s been imprisoned for almost a quarter of a century?


AWARDS
2021 Camerimage – nominacja do Złotej Żaby (konkurs debiutów reżyserskich)
2021 MFF w Cannes – Nagroda Jury (sekcja Un Certain Regard)
2021 MFF w Cannes – nominacja do nagrody Queer Palm
2022 LUX Audience Award – finalista

DIRECTOR
— SEBASTIAN MEISE (1976), an Austrian director and screenwriter, produces both documentary and feature films. His debut film, "Still Life", was premiered at the MFF in San Sebastian. The film won numerous awards, including at the FF Diagonale in Austria. His second full-length film "Great Freedom" (starring German up-and-coming star Franz Rogowski and winner of the Silver Bear in Berlin, George Friedrich) won the jury’s prize in the Un Certain Regard section of the FF in Cannes in 2021.

FILMOGRAPHY
— SEBASTIAN MEISE
2021 Wielka wolność|Große Freiheit|Great Freedom
2011 Stillleben|Still Life

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