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IFF Message to Man > 2023 > International Competition: Documentary films > Sonnenhof

Sonnenhof

Information about the film

Genres: Documentary, Short-length

Director: Tatjana Fanny

Operator: Xenia Patricia

Screenwriter: Tatjana Fanny

Producer: Rafael Manuel

Year: 2023

Country: Switzerland, The Netherlands

Duration: 22 min.

Languages: Swiss German, Serbian

Description

Synopsis:
The idyllic Swiss family estate – Sonnenhof – no longer feels like home to Dijana, now that her daughter has moved away. She slowly begins to look beyand its borders and seeks comfort in the fragments of the previous life she left behind in former Yugoslavia.

About the director:
Tatjana Fanny. Filmmaker. She lives between Zurich, London and San Sebastián. She has a background inpainting and religious studies, the latter of which she studied at King’s College London. Since 2022 she has been studying for a Master’s degree in Film Creation at Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola (EQZE). A hybrid documentary “Sonnenhof” is her first short film. She is currently developing “Mädchenmorgen, Blütenträume”, a project that explores the inner, secret bonds that are passed down from one generation to the next.

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