Bitte. Danke. Genau

supporting film to "Ekskurzija"

Storyline

Forced by the Russian war of aggression, four young Ukrainian women flee their homeland for Germany, where they live between two worlds. Their attempts to settle down in a foreign country are constantly interrupted by inner doubts, fear for family and friends who have joined the army, and a feeling of constant uncertainty about the future. The flood of incoming news leads to a feeling of complete powerlessness, but the young women nevertheless try to settle into their new reality.

About the film/director

Polina Kundirenko is a director from the Ukraine. She previously studied philosophy and performed in a post-dramatic theater in Kiev. After the invasion of Russia, she moved to Berlin and went to the Babelsberg Film University as a guest student. Here she shot her experimental short film Bitte. Thank you. Exactly, which deals with aspects of the refugee experience during the ongoing war.

Credits

Director:

Polina Kundirenko

Camera:

Edgar Hill, Viktor Sommerfeld

Script:

Polina Kundirenko

Editor:

Nils Düren

Cast:

Viktoria Kosorukova, Maria Levinshtein, Anna Matiivenko, Sania Bludova

Sound:

Danilo Micic Frida Lehmann, Henrik Gueffroy

Music:

Viktoria Leléka

Producer:

Lu Betulius, Justus Hagemann

Contact:

Lu Betulius

E-Mail:

lucy.betulius@filmuniversitaet.de

• Germany
• Ukrainian, Russian, English / subtitles German
• 2024
• 17 min