Filmmaker Statement

Love, Dad is an animated documentary about losing connection with my father and me trying to win it back. In the past, me and my dad were separated by prison bars, these days we are separated again, but emotionally this time. When I was 11 years old, he wrote to me letters from prison that were full of love. I grew up, our relationship changed and such acts of love seem to disappear. I am sorry for the distance between us. Now, 15 years later I am answering to dad´s letters from prison, addressing his deeds that made our family break up at the end and trying to understand him. The film is built around voice-over presenting letters of both—me and my dad. The image plays with the material of the letters and those „tie-gap“ symbolics. It also reflects how I feel through the family history again. Through this film I am rediscovering dad‘s love for me.