SABAT
Germany 2024 – Director: Anna Maria Beeck – Original language: Other, English, German – Subtitles: English – Length: 90 min.
In the GDR, a former camera student who went on to have a career in the diplomatic service disappeared without a trace. The Beecks, who had been friends with him for 16 years, were baffled. With the family album and an old Bolex camera under her arm, the granddaughter Anna sets off on a thrilling search for clues that leads her all the way to the disappeared man’s homeland of Mongolia. Jan Sebening
Biography
Born in Potsdam, Anna Maria Beeck grew up in a united Germany. After studying in Berlin, Paris and Potsdam, she worked as a freelance author for various ARD broadcasters. SABAT is her master's degree from the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf.
Filmography
SABAT, DE 2024, 90 min.
Nominated for the Student Award
The Student Award of DOK.fest München presents outstanding documentary films by students of German-speaking film schools. The films are nominated for the megaherz Student Award, worth 3,000 Euros.
Nominated for the German Documentary Film Music Award
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No youth rating
Writer: Anna Maria Beeck. Camera: Hovhannes Martirosyan, Elias Franke. Sound: Danylo Okulov, Ichinnorov Zendmene-Erdene. Editing: Honorata Szulakowska, Armano Forster. Music: Max van Dusen. Production: Ma.ja.de. Filmproduktions GmbH. Producer: Heino Deckert. Co-Producers: Filippo Konradin Ricordi.