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1. Wait For Me (3 Minute Documentary)
3 years ago
A Cinelan Film: cinelan.com/

From Ross Kauffman—the Academy Award winning Director of "Born Into Brothels."

In 1985, a young man from a well-to-do family took a bicycle trip across southern Europe, wandered into Bangladesh, traveled through India, and vanished while hiking in the rugged foothills of the Himalayas. He was never seen or heard from again.

"Wait For Me" is the story of a mother’s spiritual and emotional search for her son—a ceaseless emotional trek, propelled by an unconditional love and an unwavering belief that he may still be alive.

This is a three minute piece but a much longer version is in production. More info @:
redlightfilms.net/
  • Brian Van Peski plus 3 years ago
    Beautiful work! Very well done!
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  • Santo W plus 3 years ago
    Indeed, very touching.
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  • Martijn Doornenbal plus 3 years ago
    Great work and storytelling.
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  • ArnuShawn 2 years ago
    I can't help to comment this is so touching. It is so well done for short three minutes documentary film from the beginning to the powerful ending. More please!
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  • Brendan Docherty 2 years ago
    that, in all honesty, is the best 3 minutes ive had watching anything.
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  • Raad Cerinich 2 years ago
    Extremely moving
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  • Phillip Platz plus 2 years ago
    What a wonderful short documentary. It really hit the spot. So much emotion in so little time. Quality work.
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  • Andrew McComas 2 years ago
    This is such a beautiful and sad story. I didn't know it was possible to feel such strong emotions in only 3 min.
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  • Zach Plumb 2 years ago
    I absolutely loved this video. More please!!!
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  • Blake Whitman staff 2 years ago
    Very powerful for 3 minutes. Love it.
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  • Downtown Dailies plus 2 years ago
    Exquisite, Ross.
    xxx
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  • Paco Gomez Vega 2 years ago
    Amazing 3 minute Edition, this is really a nice tribute to their friends and family,

    very nice work,.
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  • JO KAMI 2 years ago
    it's truly something magnificent when a film can distort time and space. great job
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  • Jan van der Meer plus 2 years ago
    In Holland we have a very popular TV program called "Spoorloos" ("withouth a trace"), most times they get lucky in finding people, I will link them this very impressive statement!
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  • Luke Pygman 2 years ago
    This is beautiful
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  • Dan Rizzuto plus 2 years ago
    beautiful work my friend :)
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  • tomasfilm plus 2 years ago
    Really beautiful!
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  • Round 1 Productions 2 years ago
    These images are beautiful! What settings do you use to encode like this ? It seems as though I cannot get these results with my encoding, If you could let me know that would be amazing! Thank you
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  • Studio Gangsta 2 years ago
    This is the same kind of sadness I get from Into the Wild. Great job.
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  • Paul Frederick 2 years ago
    Excellent work. Your edit pacing is spot on. The cuts are perfect. And you photography is amazing, love the swooping shot over the letters. A touching story, can't even imagine her pain.
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  • Arma Davit 2 years ago
    How sad :( Actually, the poem she is reading is originally in Russian and also, they have a tv-program on the official Russian tv that is called "Wait for me".. It is about searching for relatives and friends... kind of a program that even men cry while watching, because it tells true stories about people that lost each other
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  • Teck Lee plus 2 years ago
    Awesome job especially with mother's day coming. Hit home to realize how important loving our family is.
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  • fastandfurious 2 years ago
    This film is gripping. I found a translation of the Russian poem and it is so moving:

    Wait for me, and I'll come back!
    Wait with all you've got!
    Wait, when dreary yellow rains
    Tell you, you should not.
    Wait when snow is falling fast,
    Wait when summer's hot,
    Wait when yesterdays are past,
    Others are forgot.
    Wait, when from that far-off place,
    Letters don't arrive.
    Wait, when those with whom you wait
    Doubt if I'm alive.

    Wait for me, and I'll come back!
    Wait in patience yet
    When they tell you off by heart
    That you should forget.
    Even when my dearest ones
    Say that I am lost,
    Even when my friends give up,
    Sit and count the cost,
    Drink a glass of bitter wine
    To the fallen friend -
    Wait! And do not drink with them!
    Wait until the end!

    Wait for me and I'll come back,
    Dodging every fate!
    "What a bit of luck!" they'll say,
    Those that would not wait.
    They will never understand
    How amidst the strife,
    By your waiting for me, dear,
    You had saved my life.
    Only you and I will know
    How you got me through.
    Simply - you knew how to wait -
    No one else but you.

    From:
    moscow-driver.com/photo211.html

    "In the February 1942.. "Pravda" (popular newspaper in USSR) published a lyric which immediately won the heart of our troops. It was "Wait for me". Soldiers cut it out of the paper, copied it out as they sat in the trenches, learned it by heart and sent it back in letters to wives and girlfriends; it was found in the breast pockets of the killed and wounded. In the history of Russia poetry if would be hard to find a poem which had such an impact on the people as "Wait for me". It made the soviet officer and Russian poet Konstantin Simonov, who wrote this poem to to Valentina Serova, - famous throughout the world."
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  • beautiful and inspiring ;)
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  • Rich Addicks plus 2 years ago
    This is the single best piece of work on Vimeo!
  • Joe Trimmer 2 years ago
    For a documentary, yes, I agree!
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  • Walter Fischer plus 2 years ago
    Movies like this one make worth every second of stay tuned on VIMEO
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  • oof, powerful stuff and really well done!
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  • b gd73 2 years ago
    I could have guessed a soldiers poem. A lifes tour has an ending too....
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  • Ear Photo Image 2 years ago
    Man, tearing up at work here...

    Heartbreaking but amazing clip, thank you.
    As I watching it, I had the same feeling as I had watching "Into the wild"
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  • Jonathan Wagner plus 2 years ago
    This is a fantastic movie. GREAT WORK.
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  • Reginaldo Kono 2 years ago
    Great movie, sad history, but great mom's mind
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  • Southern Belle 2 years ago
    Having lost a young adult son, this work captures the sense of loss in a mother's heart with crystal clarity. It is done properly without unnecessary artificial drama or poignance: her words, her face are windows into her soul.

    I understood. I understood completely.
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  • Thiago Barbosa 2 years ago
    This is amazing story! Very well done!
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  • Elizabeth Juntilla 2 years ago
    "but if you could only understand my measure of success is different."

    this is amazing.
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  • todd 2 years ago
    man great job..what camera did you use?
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  • Jason Hall 2 years ago
    Amazingly touching, this video made me sign up to Vimeo, so I can say - beautifully done. Bravo.
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  • Lauren Tracy 2 years ago
    I am amazed at the concise editing that brought me to tears in three minutes. Well done.
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  • Jeremy Wheeler 2 years ago
    You deserve another Academy Award for this.
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  • Mathew Joki 2 years ago
    Amazing! Beautifully shot with a very succinct, heart-wrenching narrative. Absolutely spectacular!
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  • Urs vom Schnee 2 years ago
    I watched this video so many times now. I just love it.
    So moving.
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  • Manifest Beard 2 years ago
    powerful
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  • Alan Lau 2 years ago
    It's awesome. Looking forward to seeing more!
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  • Matt Stapleton plus 2 years ago
    This was very touching and actually made me tear up here at work. As a father of two young children (both under 3) I couldn't ever possibbly imagine loosing one of my children, especially in those circumstances like a missing child.

    Gripping work.
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  • 40 Watt Films 2 years ago
    Born Into Brothels is compelling and disturbing. This looks like it's going to be just as "good".
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  • Linda McClure 2 years ago
    Very touching and beautifully done!
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  • Julia Novak 2 years ago
    fantastic
    really i loved it
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  • Julia Novak 2 years ago
    i hope she finds him one day
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  • The Hospital 2 years ago
    I loved it. Very touching. (was a múm song used?)
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  • Herzliya Films plus 2 years ago
    The music is Efterklang "Bright."
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  • David Healy 2 years ago
    A superbly crafted, matter-of-fact understatement. Thanks, Ross.
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  • Ramon Boutviseth plus 2 years ago
    touching
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  • Hyun De Grande 2 years ago
    Love it. Straight to the point, and it works very well!
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  • EvLSkillz 2 years ago
    amazing.... i really have no words to describe the beauty and the meaning of this wonderful film, in 3 minutes it takes you so far away... amazing ... congratulations
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  • Hughes Hall plus 2 years ago
    Beautiful.
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  • Niamh Kennedy 2 years ago
    The most powerful three minutes I have seen in a long time. This film is beautiful and heartbreaking
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  • Karen Fowler 2 years ago
    This gives a whole new meaning to "waiting" for your child. I don't think I will ever complain again.
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  • Maurice Gajda 2 years ago
    I never felt touched as much as by those 3 minutes. thank for this and hopefully waiting ends with a warm "welcome back".
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  • Bob Epp 2 years ago
    This is absolutely a wonderful production. The story is very touching, the close-ups really draw you into the story. Perfect mix of interview and b-roll. Even the type was beautiful.
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  • cemvdm3 2 years ago
    i got toyched really deep by this video i think u can feel the pain of this woman just looking into her eyes, it should be debastating to lost your child or son and just have a letter that he wroted... it shoking how this woman can stand and she still hope for anything... really good video i apreciated however post this video
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  • Ray Roman 2 years ago
    sad/inspiring/beautiful/true.. so much emotion in 3 minutes.
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  • Erik Spink 2 years ago
    I think this is the most powerful thing I have seen on Vimeo . It has been said in the above comments 100 times already, but, the story you tell in such a short about of time is absolutely extraordinary.
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  • Breezy Granzow 2 years ago
    that was incredible. touching, sad, real. not just anyone can make a documentary with such feeling and emotion in 3 minutes. wow.
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  • Chris Light plus 2 years ago
    wow. i'm hooked. and that last image of her hand turning over with the photograph was astoundingly beautiful.
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  • Kemper Gottshall 2 years ago
    Hey, I'm blown away by this. I'm going to be filming a interview soon about the oldest vet in my area. I was wondering which camera you used for this?
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  • Chris Light plus 2 years ago
    can i "like" this more than once?
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  • John Reynolds 2 years ago
    If I could like this a bajillion times I would! Beautiful.
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  • Icke Bagger 2 years ago
    I feel I found a soulmate in the lost son. touching story!
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  • Allen Sullivan plus 2 years ago
    Wow, beautiful and heartbreaking. Wonderful job.
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  • MJC Multimedia 2 years ago
    great video; music, pacing, lighting, editing.
    Really great job.
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  • Andrew Laparra 2 years ago
    Wow, that great. Well done on the short documentary. And indeed a touching story!
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  • George Horne plus 2 years ago
    Beautiful.
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  • Suresh 1 year ago
    nicely done.
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  • Debbie Mar 1 year ago
    Very well done. One of the better documentaries I have seen on Vimeo. The film took me through his entire known life in just 3 minutes. Touching without being sappy.
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  • Esben Blaakilde 1 year ago
    Wow. That was beautiful. I have a similar story, so was very moved.
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  • Pilar Lozano Salas 1 year ago
    Amazing and sweet. Thanks
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  • Anton Ivanenko 1 year ago
    Beautiful! When we can see full film?
  • Andy Mellon 1 year ago
    I'm wondering the same thing! I want to see the full documentary! Emotional.
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  • Daniel Hayek staff 1 year ago
    Wonderful.
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  • Grey Matter Films 1 year ago
    A very good documentary. Very well done.
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  • Beautiful. Thank You
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  • Louise Fleming 1 year ago
    This is very moving.
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  • Adrian Menzl 1 year ago
    Awesome
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  • Steve Weiss plus 1 year ago
    Ross,
    That's what I've been waiting for. A documentary to fit the internet medium. What you have made should be the template for Micromenteries on the internet. Beautifully lit, told, edited, music, everything. Well done.

    P.S. Might want to watch the current FilmFellas, we talk about projects like yours a lot: zacuto.com/filmfellas-cast-7

    Steve
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  • Danielle Thompson 1 year ago
    This is my favourite thing on the Internet
    I understand him, what he was trying to do .
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  • Andreas Thanos 1 year ago
    As a parent, I am touched by the content. As a presentation, it is excellent.
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  • Bruno Ladouceur 1 year ago
    Very Touching! Good job and the form and composition!
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  • Rinku Kalsy 1 year ago
    Beautiful work! I hope he comes back to her.
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  • Kevin DeOliveira 1 year ago
    Very cool, can't wait to see it.
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  • Very touching.
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  • Martina Collins 1 year ago
    Very sad, touching story but brilliantly executed! You could feel her pain.
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  • LeslieMonk 11 months ago
    watched it and waited for more....excellent.
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  • Ollie plus 11 months ago
    I don't have words to describe how it touched me.
    Only tears.
    THIS is more than a documentary.
    Thanks.
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  • Christian Coppola plus 8 months ago
    Chills.
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  • Sarayoot Subphaitoon plus 7 months ago
    Awesome!! Very very touching.
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  • M. 6 months ago
    Fantastic short piece!
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  • Chris W 5 months ago
    This is a very touching and very sad to hear about a Mom's agony hoping, waiting that just maybe her son will come home... it brought tears to me...
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  • laura De Meo 5 months ago
    So much in 3 minutes.....thanks
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  • vince verbatim 4 months ago
    reminds me the movie: Into the wild.
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  • Bryan Culbertson 3 months ago
    powerful three minutes
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