Image
  • 2009 | Documentary | 39', 50' | Poland, Germany

Rabbit à la Berlin

The untold story of wild rabbits which lived between the Berlin Walls. For 28 years, the Death Zone was their safest home. Full of grass, no predators, guards protecting them from human disturbance. They were closed but happy. When their population grew up to thousands, guards started to remove them. But rabbits survived and stayed there. Unfortunately one day the wall fell down. Rabbits had to abandon the comfortable system. They moved to West Berlin and have been living there in a few colonies since then. They are still learning how to live in the free world, same as we – the citizens of Eastern Europe.
Vimeo Trailer
Director
Bartek Konopka, Piotr Rosołowski
Production
MS FILMS in co-production with Ma.ja.de. Filmproduktion, MDR, RBB and TVP, in association with ARTE, Lichtpunt, YLE and VPRO
Funding
Polish Film Institute
Festivals
39 mins version: Nominated for OSCAR© 2010 in the category Documentary Short
Visions du Réel Nyon 2009, Hot Docs Toronto 2009 (Award for Best Mid-Length Doc), Planete Doc Review Warsaw 2009 (Magic Hour Award for Best Mid-Lenght Film), Cracow IFF 2009 (Golden Hobby-Horse in National Competition / Bronislaw Chromy Sculpture for Best Producer of Polish Short and Documentary Films), Hamptons IFF 2009 (Golden Starfish Award for Best Film of Conflict & Resolution), Cinéma Verité IDF Tehran 2009, DOK Leipzig 2009, Jihlava IDF 2009 (Silver Eye Award for Best Mid-Length Documentary), Mar del Plata IFF 2009, Polish FF Chicago 2009 (Golden Teeth Award), Ambulante IDF 2010, New Cinema from Germany at MoMA New York 2010, DocAviv TelAviv IDF 2010, DOXA Vancouver 2010, Documenta Madrid 2010 (Second Prize in the competition of Short Documentaries), Mendocino FF 2010 (Special Jury Award), Melbourne IFF 2010, Batumi IFF 2010 (Special Prize), CinePécs FF 2010 (Proxima Prize for Best Documentary), L’Alternativa Barcelona 2010

Latest Movies

Cookie-Einstellungen