In The Eye Of An Expert
#13 Documentary
- Eliza, can you hear me?
- Yes, I can hear you.
How are you?
- Let’s say...
There were times when it was better.
It’s very...
Like the…
The power is very low.
Over.
My name is Eliza Kubarska.
I am a documentary filmmaker.
What is common to my movies is that usually
- and actually always -
are filmed in far away and difficult locations.
Like the Himalayas.
The Wall of Shadows [2020]
This film was shot in the sherpa village,
two weeks of march away from any civilization.
Later on, together with the team of mountain climbers, we went higher to the glacier
at an altitude of 5000 meters.
My first film was made in Greenland
which became the background
for a story about a relationship between a couple of climbers.
What happened on Pam Island [2011]
Watch out! Watch out!
Watch out!
But I also made a movie in warmer,
tropical climates,
such as Borneo.
Fortunately it was warmer there,
even too warm and too humid.
Walking under water [2014]
And the cameras don't like such climate at all.
However, these hard-to-reach places attract me for a reason.
Each of them has its own story, which should be told.
These are stories about people and the relations between them.
Stories about human and the power of nature.
But I also like to tell the stories about the complexity of one's emotions
about love, passion,
about the price we pay for our dreams.
It's been 20 years back since I've started to explore mountains.
Together with my partner, photographer - David Kaszlikowski
we have taken over a dozen exploratory journeys.
We traveled with David on far and long journeys.
We organized trips to Greenland, to the Karakoram.
We explored jungles in Malaysia
and the sand canyons of Wadi Rum in Jordan.
Ever since I became a filmmaker
I've been using Canon's video cameras.
I couldn't tell any of the stories
without reliable camera gear.
And of course without a talented film crew.
During the shooting,
I always have my favorite Canon XF605 handheld camera with me.
It allows me to record in RAW files,
and all the necessary settings are at hand.
The camera is intuitive and easy to use
so it's perfect for the fast-moving shots, typical for documentaries.
Many scenes from my last movie "The Wall Of Shadows"
were recordered with this camera.
Why I became a filmmaker?
I like telling the stories.
In documentaries I find all the key aspects of art in general.
It allows me to comment on the reality,
it allows me to rise the important topics to the public.
And through the stories of my characters,
I can also show my own vision of the world.