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ECHO
Poland 2009, fiction, 15’
director/script: Magnus von Horn
DoP: Małgorzata Szyłak
filmediting: Bogusława Furga
sound: Michał Robaczewski
cast: Radomir Rospondek, Marek Kossakowski, Piotr Skiba, Ewa Suchanek, Dorota Segda, Mariusz Siudziński, Kamila Sammler, Leon Charewicz
production: PWSFTviT
The film opens with a visit to a crimescene. Rain falls in sheets as a reconstruction of the blood-curdling circumstances of a murder is underway.
Arek does not spare any vital details, Damian claims he was “only” watching. Their savagery shall remain an incomprehensible mystery – especially
for the parents of the victim, who decide to directly confront one of the murderers. Von Horn takes a closer look at all the participants of the drama – including
a psychologist helping in the investigation who does not conceal the depth of his emotional involvement in the case. Using simple, restrained means, the
film renders an exceptionally condensed psychological situation in which all the protagonists remain helpless and lonely in their encounter with evil.
An analogous feeling seizes those watching the film.
Magnus von Horn was born in 1983 in Göteborg, Sweden. He is currently a student at the Polish National Film, Television and Theater School in Łódź.
So far he has produced several short films including the documentary Radek (2006) and the short-fiction Milk-Teeth (2007).
His latest film, Echo (2009), has already received numerous awards, including the Silver Hobby-Horse for the director of the best short fiction film at the Krakow Film Festival,
the Best Film Award at Munich International Festival of Film Schools and the Grand Prix at the Open St. Petersburg Student Film Festival and the Grand Prix at Tous Courts Aix-en-Provence.
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