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The Architect

Adam Keker | USA | 1994 | 12' | | IFFR 1995

A Ukrainian coal miner and his grandson struggle with the loss of the boy’s parents in World War II by designing a city for the dead together. In 1989 the film-maker was part of a documentary crew that spent a month in Donetsk, interviewing retired coal miners who lived through the war years. This film is inspired by their stories and dedicated to the writer Italo Calvino.

Film details

Country of production
USA
Year
1994
Festival edition
IFFR 1995
Length
12"
Medium/Format
16mm

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