ZUD by Marta Minorowicz ZUD

Author / Director Marta Minorowicz Producer Ann Carolin Renninger / zero one film Anna Wydra / Otter Films

Zud - when the unforgiving forces of nature take their toll on humans and animals. After the unexpected return of snow, nomad Batsaikhan forces his son Subhat, who has just turned 11, to leave his childhood behind and follow in his footsteps. An intense relation between father, son and their wild horse shows how nature overwhelms and influences human beings. Nobody remains unscathed after being confronted with claustrophobic powers of the steppe.

85min fiction-documentary Expected date of delivery: Spring 2015

© zero one flm / otter flms 2 Marta Minorowicz I Author and Director Marta is author and director of the award winning documentary film, 'A Piece of Summer‘ (Kawalek Lata). Awards include: Grand Prix, Clermont-Ferrand Filmfest 2011; Golden Dove, DOK Festival, Leipzig, 2010; and Grand Prix, Lodz, Poland. In 2010 Marta Minorowicz graduated from the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing where she made the film, ‘Decrescendo’ that was also awarded at a number of festivals. In 2003 she graduated with an MA in History of Theatre and English Philology at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. For more than five years she cooperated with Polish television where she made dozens of social reportages. For Discovery History she scripted and directed, among others, the documentary film, ‘The Angel of Death’.

Selected Filmography

A Piece of Summer (2010)- documentary Decrescendo (2011)- documentary Grand Prix at Int. Short Film Festival Clermont-Ferrand 2011 Special Jury Mention – Zagrebdox 2012 Golden Dove at DOK Leipzig, 2010 Germany Special Jury Mention – Krakow Film Festival 2011 Second Prize at Curt.doc Short Documentary Festival 2011 Honorary Diploma - International Film Festival Grand Prix White Cobra Prize at 20th Media Festival 2010 Etiuda and Anima, Krakow

Ann Carolin Renninger I Producer

Ann Carolin Renninger studied Cultural Sciences in Leipzig, Paris and Strasbourg. After graduating she joined the team of DOK Leipzig Film Festival. Since 2008 she works as a producer for zero one film, Berlin, responsible for the development and production of cinema documentaries. In 2010 she founded joon film – a film production company and open platform for artistic collaborations. She recently has worked and works with film makers and artists like Alexander Sokurov, René Frölke, Marta Popivoda, Piotr Rosolowski, Elwira Niewiera, Marta Minorowicz.

Anna Wydra I Producer

The American Academy Award nominated producer for documentary “Rabbit à la Berlin” (2010). Parti- cipant of Documentary Campus Masterschool, EKRAN, Ex Oriente, The Pixel Lab, EAVE. 2006-09 Head of Production and since 2010 tutor for Creative Producer Programme at Wajda School. Member of the Council of the Polish Film Institute and a voting member of Polish Film Academy.

© zero one flm / otter flms zero one film produced over the past 20 years many documentary OTTER FILMS - Warsaw-based production company, focused and feature films for the International market; e.g. “Mother on art-house fiction and documentary films for cinema and TV, & Son” (1997), “Moloch” (1999), “Father and Son” (2003) by with an emphasis on the international market. Lately completed Aleksandr Sokurov. „Gerhard Richter Painting“ by Corinna Belz projects: “Domino Effect”, dir. E. Niewiera and P. Rosolowski and “More Than Honey” by Markus Imhoof won the German (2014), “The Art of Disappearing”, dir. B. Konopka and P. Ro- film 2012+2013. The 2014 festival hit „Domino Effect“ by Elwira solowski (2013), “Deep Love”, dir. Jan P. Matuszynski (2013). In Niewiera & Piotr Rosolowski won among others the Golden production: fiction film y S. Dvorstevoy “Ayka” and documentary Dove at DOK Leipzig FF, best Int. and Polish documentary & best essay by J. Dylewska and A. Wajda “And there was Love in the cinematography at Krakow FF, „Silver Apricot“ at Yerevan FF. To Ghetto…”. be released in 2015: „Francofonia“ by Aleksandr Sokurov, „Peter Handke“ by Corinna Belz, „Zud“ by Marta Minorowicz.

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