Michail and Daniel

Michail is an artist working on a series of dark surreal paintings called “Franz Kafka’s Diary”.
His son Daniel is thirty-four, yet his life is barely separable from the life of his father.
Daniel is deaf-mute, and suffers from a severe form of cerebral palsy.
Michail is determined and energetic, Daniel – persistent and charismatic.
The pair is unique as is their story and yet there is something universal in this saga of father and son.

Festivals & Awards

Palma de Mallorca International Film Festival, Spain, 2021,
Official Selection;

Barcelona Indie Filmmakers Festival,
2020,
Official Selection;

European Film Festival Integration
You and Me, 2019
Koszalin, Poland,
Oficial Selection;

International Film Festival
Cronograf, 2019
Chisinau, Republic of Moldova,
Oficial Selection;

Ukrainian Film Academy Awards
Golden Dziga, 2019,
Nomination “Best Editing”;

Ismailia Documentary Film Festival,
Jury Prize,
Ismailia, Egypt, 2019;

Ukrainian Film Critics Award "Kinokolo",
Nomination Best Documentary,
Kyiv, Ukraine 2018;

OIFF,
Nomination Best European Documentary,
Odessa, Ukraine 2018

Press

Andrei Zagdansky’s powerful documentary portrait entitled Michail and Daniel about an artist working on a series of portraits entitled “Franz Kafka’s Diary” and his deaf and mute son who also suffers from cerebral palsy. Returning to the subject of a short film shot two and a half decades earlier Zagdansky provides us with a meditative and observational masterpiece on the heroism of this striking family.

Giuliano Vivaldi Senses of Cinema

Credits

Conceived, directed and edited by
Andrei Zagdansky
Cameramen Vladimir Guyevsky, Andrei Zagdansky
Producers: Gennady Kofman, Andrei Zagdansky