Documentary film

PLEASE HOLD THE LINE

BITTE WARTEN

Pavel Cuzuioc, Austria 2020, 86min

An audiovisual allegory on communication - this film follows cable technicians in different countries, as they visit their customers. Each client they call on provides a glimpse into their own individual universe. With so many tools for communication, we still inhabit a modern-day Tower of Babel; an ordered discordance of personalities and perspectives.

Awards

DIAGONALE – SPECIAL JURY MENTION, June 2021, Graz, Austria

goEast FILM FESTIVAL – FIPRESCI AWARD, April 2021, Wiesbaden Germany

CINEALFAMA – BEST FILM, April 2021, Lisbon, Portugal

VIENNALE The Erste Bank´s ExtraVALUE-Film PRIZE October 2020, Austria

ASTRA FILM FESTIVAL SPECIAL JURY MENTION Sept. 2020, Sibiu, Romania

Festivals

FRIBOURG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL – March 2023, Switzerland

ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES – March 2022, NYC, USA

IBIZACINEFEST – March 2022, Spain

ARCHITECTURE FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM – October 2021, Netherlands

PIGEON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL – October 2021, Iceland

KHARKIV MEETDOCS – October 2021, Ukraine

DOKUMENTARFILMWOCHE HAMBURG – September 2021, Germany

BELDOCS – September 2021, Serbia

CINEFEST MISKOLC 17 – September 2021, Hungary

MidCOAST FF – July 2021, USA

BURGAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL – July 2021, Bulgaria

AEGEAN FILM FESTIVAL – July 2021, Spetses, Greece

FIPADOC – European Stories, June 2021, Biarritz, France

MOLODIST – Ukrainian Premiere, June 2021, Kyev, Ukraine

ONE WORLD INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DFF – May – June 2021, Prague, Czech Republic

MILLENIUM DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL – May 2021, Brussels, Belgium

GLOBAL CINEMA FF BOSTON – BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD, May 2021, USA

CONSTRUIR CINE – Documentary Competition, April – May 2021, Buenos Aires, Argentina

SEE Fest LA – International Competition, April – May 2021, LA, USA

THESSALONIKI DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL – April 2021, Greece

TRIESTE FILM FESTIVAL – Documentary Competition, January 2021, Italy

GUANGZHOU IDFF – December 2020, Guangzhou, China

IDFA – Best of Fests! November 2020, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

LISTAPAD – Minks IFF, PostPoned for 2021 Minsk, Belarus

MOLDOX September 2020, Cahul and Chisinau, Moldova.

TRANSILVANIA IFF August 2020, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

SHEFFIELD DOC I FEST World Premiere, July 2020, Sheffield, UK