Pismo tati
A Letter To Dad
Srđan Kečas Vater stirbt im Krankenhaus, ohne jemanden über seine Einweisung
informiert zu haben. Doch warum hat der Vater so gehandelt? Im Kopf des Sohnes häufen sich unbeantwortete Fragen, vor allem
beim Durchsehen alter Fotos, Briefe und Videokassetten. Fragen über seine Kindheit im damaligen Jugoslawien, über die Beziehung
seiner Eltern und über den Krieg, der einen tiefen Eindruck hinterlassen hat. In diesem sehr persönlichen Film spricht der
Regisseur mit seiner Mutter, alten Jugendfreunden des Vaters und seinem alkoholkranken Onkel. Durch die emotionalen Dialoge
kommen nach und nach auch die Antworten zu Tage, die Srđan Keča zu finden versucht. Die gewonnenen Erkenntnisse teilt er mittels
Off-Stimme fortwährend seinem Vater mit: „Hey Dad, Mom has been protecting you all these years.“
„Hey Dad, you died suddenly.“ The filmmaker, trying to make sense of the way his father chose to die, opens several boxes,
all that is left behind. The forgotten photos, letters and home videos take the film back to 1970s' Yugoslavia, when his parents
became lovers. But the journey through the years, to family members, lost friends and places, reveals the lingering horrors
of the recent Balkan wars still tearing people and families apart. A film that, in the most immediate way, questions the individual
responsibility of ordinary people caught in the winds of war.
Director's Biography
Srđan Keča, born 1982 in Pancevo, former Yugoslavia. Studied
filmmaking at the Ateliers Varan and subsequently the National Film and Television School in Great Britain, and now lives
both in London and Serbia. A LETTER TO DAD had its international premiere at International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
2011 and was nominated for the Silver Eye Award for Best Mid-Length Documentary. In the same year he was also awarded the
Discovery Award at Film Festival Cottbus. // Films (Selected): AFTER THE WAR (2006), MIRAGE (2011), PISMO TATI (A Letter to
Dad, 2011)
European Panorama Documentary 2012
Srðan Keča
Serbien / Großbritannien
2011
color
48 Minuten
OmeU
Drehbuch
Srđan Keča
Kamera
Srđan Keča
Schnitt Katherine
Lee
Ton/Sounddesign Tudor Petre
Musik Alcyona Mick
Produktion
Srđan Keča National Film and Television School Beaconsfield
Studios Station Road HP9 1LG Beaconsfield Great Britain T +44 149 467 123 4 festivals@nfts.co.uk www.nfts.co.uk