Metamorphosen

Synopsis

Settled somewhere in nowhere in the south Ural region in Russia, the film tells the story of people living in one of the most radioactive contaminated spots on earth. Unknown to a wide public, this region was repeatedly irradiated by different accident of the nuclear facility „Mayak“, which was the first plant for the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons in the Soviet Union and which is still in operation. Rather than an investigative flick, the filmmakers attempt is to find a cinematic translation for a danger that is not perceptible nor visual and to capture the strenght of people and nature who has to cope with it.

Director Biography

Sebastian Mez, born in 1982 in Essen, Germany, began to study at Filmakademie Baden Württemberg in 2007, specializing in directing. His first short Clean Up was shown at more than 40 international film festival. His film Ein Brief aus Deutschland, won the international middle length competition at Visions du Réel in Nyon in 2011. His first feauture Metamorphosen premiered at the Berlinale 2013 followed by numerous festivals like BAFICI, Indie Lisboa and CPH:DOX.