Wolf Otto Pfeiffer über Die Siedler Francos

FILMGEIST unterstützt Massnahmen zum europaweiten Vertrieb des Films DIE SIEDLER FRANCOS von Lucia Palacios und Dietmar Post 

(Produktion: play loud! productions, Berlin)

Begründung: In der Darstellung eines kleinen Ausschnitts der europäischen Welt, in der Fokussierung auf einen winzigen geographischen Fleck, öffnet der Film den Blick des Zuschauers für die zentrale Fragestellung der europäischen Geschichte seit der Französischen Revolution: den Widerstreit der Freiheit und ihrer autoritären Gegner. Durch seine dem Erzählzweck angemessene und konsequent gehandhabte objektivierende Erzählweise, die sich an keiner Stelle weder zu Manipulation noch zu Pathos hinreissen lässt, wird der Film selbst zum Postulat der Freiheit. Der Zuschauer wird zur entscheidenden Instanz. Der Zuschauer soll es sein, der die Geschehnisse bewertet. Der Zuschauer darf erkennen, dass er es ist, der als europäischer Mensch das Schicksal des künftigen Europa in seinen Händen hält.

TRADUCCIÓN AL ESPAÑOL:

FILMGEIST apoya medidas para la distribución europea de la película Los Colonos del Caudillo:

"La película, centrándose en un pequeño punto geográfico dentro de Europa, abre la mirada del espectador a una cuestión esencial dentro de la historia europea desde la Revolución Francesa: el antagonismo entre los defensores de la libertad y sus opositores autoritarios. A través de una narrativa adecuadamente objetiva, que nunca cae en la trampa de la manipulación o el patetismo, la película en sí se convierte en un postulado de la libertad y el espectador en una instancia decisiva que evalúa los acontecimientos y a quien se le da la oportunidad de reconocer que es él quien como ciudadano europeo tiene en sus manos el destino de la futura Europa."

ENGLISH VERSION:

FILMGEIST supports the European wide distribution of the film FRANCO'S SETTLERS by Lucia Palacios & Dietmar Post.

Synopsis:  An account of a small sector of the European world, focusing on a small geographical spot, the film is an eye-opener addressing the essential question within the European history since the French Revolution: the antagonism between freedom and its authoritarian enemies. Through its narrative structure, consequently, the film effectively usees objective storytelling, which never falls into the trap of manipulation or pathos and the film itself becomes a postulate for freedom. The spectator turns into the decisive authority. It is the spectator who evaluates the events. The spectator is enabled to recognize that it is he who as a European citizen holds in his hands the destiny of the future Europe.

FILMGEIST supports the European distribution of the film FRANCO'S SETTLERS by Lucia Palacios & Dietmar Post.

Reason: By focusing on a small geographical area, the film deals with a fundamental question for European history since the French Revolution: the antagonism between freedom and its authoritarian enemies. Through appropriate and objective storytelling, the film avoids falling into the traps of manipulation or pity and, in doing so, the film itself becomes a postulate for freedom. The viewer is left as the decisive authority in evaluating the events, having been enabled to recognise that it is they as European citizens who hold the destiny of the future Europe in their hands.


NEW PLAY LOUD! FILM "FRANCO'S SETTLERS"
http://www.playloud.org/francossettlers.html
https://www.facebook.com/loscolonosdelcaudillo

CENSORSHIP AT FESTIVAL IN VALLADOLID
http://blogplayloud.blogspot.de/2013/10/ambiguo-estreno-espanol-de-un.html

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Watch what Felipe González, Emilio Silva y Carlos Castresana think about the film and Franco's heritage in Spain
http://www.playloud.org/archiveandstore/en/live-word-series/172-shadows-of-the-past-film-streaming.html 


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