Short documentary on the working class struggle | Left Behind - by Fabian Daub & Andreas Gräfenstein
In Waldenburg, situated in the Lower Silesian Coalfield, all mines are closed down. Lukasz and
his elder friend Jacek have been digging coal at their own risk for several years now.
Like hundreds of other former miners, they are illegally digging for the black gold on the outskirts
of their city. The local police are constantly after them. The miners have also been trapped in the
tunnels several times. But they keep going.
Those who don’t dig for coal in Waldenburg sell scrap metal that has been recovered from the
mines. Slawomir doesn’t care to know what kind of scrap comes to his junkyard. Stolen or not,
scrap is just scrap. People in his town depend on what is left behind.
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CAST & CREW
Original title: Was übrig bleibt (Left Behind)
Directors: Fabian Daub, Andreas Gräfenstein
Scenario: Fabian Daub, Andreas Gräfenstein
Cinematography: Ulf Behrens
Editing: Fabian Daub, Andreas Gräfenstein
Producers: Fabian Daub, Andreas Gräfenstein
Cast: Lukasz Sadlon, Jacek Borawski
Years: 2008
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Festivals
2008/09
Raindance
Kinofest Lünen
Filmfest Hamburg
On/Off Warschau
Milano Filmfestival
Shnit Bern
Curtocircuito Santiago de Compostela Shortmoves Halle
Internationales Film Festival Tirana
Film Polska Berlin
Filmfest Osnabrück
Bamberger Kurzfilmtage
Cinéma du Réel,
Internationales Filmfestival Tampere Internationales Filmfestival Huesca Internationales KurzFilmFestival Hamburg
Silverdocs International Documentary Festival Washington, Brooklyn International Film Festival, Sehsüchte Potsdam
Outstanding Shortfilms MoMA New York
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Awards
2009
Grand Prize Pärnu International Documentary and Anthropology Film Festival, Estland
2. Platz Publikumspreis im Hamburg Wettbewerb Internationales KurzFilmFestival Hamburg
Bester Dokumentarfilm Internationales Filmfestival Tampere
2008
Bester Dokumentarfilm Curtocircuito Santiago de Compostela
Bester Film Shortmoves Halle
Bester Dokumentarfilm Internationales Film Festival Tirana
