The Banquet at Sundmann’s
film 29’11’’, (theatre performance with VR elements)
film 29’11’’, (theatre performance with VR elements)
My dear, I have been here since 14 November 1940 and I am well, which I also wish for you. Please pay close attention to the instructions on the envelope. I can buy everything, just not with Polish money. Write only to my exact, full address. I will write more next time. Warm greetings and kisses. Yours, Heinrich.”
-family archive letter, 1940, translated by the artist
-family archive letter, 1940, translated by the artist
“The Banquet at Sundmann’s” is an interdisciplinary project that brings together theatre, virtual reality, and experimental film. It is based on private archives and documentation related to an abandoned family estate in Szamotuły. The work was first presented as a stage performance with immersive elements and later transformed into a film version.
The project explores questions of individual and collective memory, the role of space, and the shifting sense of belonging.
Credits:
Cast
Great Grandmother Monika Misikiewicz
Father Kornel Kamasz
Myth Dima Cherkaskyi
Great Grandmother Monika Misikiewicz
Father Kornel Kamasz
Myth Dima Cherkaskyi
Written and directed by Marta Sundmann
Production manager Sara Szymkiewicz
Director of Photography Michał Baczyński
Sound Krzysztof Piskuła
Production manager Sara Szymkiewicz
Director of Photography Michał Baczyński
Sound Krzysztof Piskuła
Assistant production managers Julia Brodowska, Zuzda Fluder
Assistant to the Director of Photography Kamil Becker
Sound assistants Maria Plucińska, Marcin Kasprzak
Assistant to the Director of Photography Kamil Becker
Sound assistants Maria Plucińska, Marcin Kasprzak
Costumes Miłosz Jon
Music Kasia Goździak
Color grading Konrad Wujciów
Editing Joanna Suchożebrska
Music Kasia Goździak
Color grading Konrad Wujciów
Editing Joanna Suchożebrska
Supervisor Robert Mleczko
The Academy of Art in Szczecin
Supported by ZFF Pomerania Film
Supported by ZFF Pomerania Film