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untitled (a refusal of leave to land) is an essayistic short film on a prisoner of war camp from the second world war, the arms industry in the Ruhr area and the relation between individual and collective memory. Starting out with a childhood memory of finding a fossil in a bed of rocks of a former railroad track, the narration follows the connections between the former POW camp Stalag VI F in Bocholt and the Krupp company in Essen.

Marian Mayland was born in Bocholt, Germany, in 1988. Since 2013, after completing his studies in painting, Mayland has been working postconceptually with various media. He holds an MFA from Basel?s Art Institute and took part in KKH Stockholm?s postgraduate program Philosophy in the Context of Art, taught by Peter Osborne. His short film works have been shown in various contexts across Europe. Recent screenings include IDFA Amsterdam, Kasseler Dokfest, and Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen.