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Komi, a Journey Across the Arctic
Germany/France, 2008, 52 min
Directed by Andreas Voigt
Screening:
Sunday September 21, 1:30 - 4pm
Peery’s Egyptian Theatre
In the north of Siberia, close to the Polar Circle, live two Komi families who raise reindeer.
Year after year, they travel with their herds across the Urals from Europe to Asia, a perilous journey for both families and their herds. Discover the incredible way of living of these people, which we filmed for an entire year, who live in complete symbiosis with nature, the rhythm of the animals and the polar climate.
Director Andreas Voigt:
Andreas Voigt was born in Eisleben, East Germany in 1953. After spending his childhood and youth in Dessau, Germany, he studied physics in Cracow, Poland, and economics in Berlin, Germany. He later worked as an editor and scriptwriter at the DEFA - Documentary Film Studio. He studied film at the University for Film and Television in Potsdam, Babelsberg. From 1987 to 1991, he worked as director and scriptwriter at the DEFA - Documentary Film Studio in Berlin. After the film studio closed, as a consequence of German unification, he worked as an independent film director; a scriptwriter and producer for television, cinema, private German companies, and government organizations.