Giraffe
"GIRAFFE" CELEBRATED ITS WORLD PREMIERE AT THE LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL 2019 - FUORI CONCORSO.
Giraffe
A KOMPLIZEN FILM PRODUCTION IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH PROFILE PICTURES AND RUNDFUNK BERLIN-BRANDENBURG / LEUCHTSTOFF, IN COLLABORATION WITH DANMARKS RADIO; FUNDED BY DIE BEAUFTRAGTE DER BUNDESREGIERUNG FÜR KULTUR UND MEDIEN, MEDIENBOARD BERLIN-BRANDENBURG, THE DANISH FILM INSTITUTE – THE MINOR COPRODUCTION SCHEME, FILMFÖRDERUNGSANSTALT. 2019 | DCP | 1:1,85 | 5.1. Mix | 87 Min
Synopsis

A tunnel will be built to connect Denmark and Germany, the present sets in motion towards the future, change hangs in the air. Dara, an ethnologist, arrives to document the houses tagged for demolition. The young Pole, Lucek, and his colleagues prepare the future construction site. Käthe works on the ferry, steadily moving people, their stories, and goods to and fro. Birte and Leif leave their house that has been passed down for generations. Agnes' life resounds in her diaries, collectibles and the walls of her home, which will soon be demolished. A Danish summer: long days turn into blue nights. People meet and part ways again.

CAST
with
Lisa Loven Kongsli
Jakub Gierszał
Mariusz Feldman
Przemysław Mazurek
Janusz Chojnacki
Piotr Olszański
Andrzej Wicher
Piotr Jurczyk
Robert Płachta
Mirosław Piorunek
and Maren Eggert
Crew
Producers Jonas Dornbach, Maren Ade, Janine Jackowski
Co-producers Ditte Milsted, Jacob Jarek, Caroline Schlüter Bingestam
Commissioning editor Cooky Ziesche
Line Producer Ben von Dobeneck
Production Manager Daria Wichmann
Project Development Zsuzsanna Kiràly
Director of photography Jenny Lou Ziegel
Editor Sofie Steenberger
Set Design Karin Betzler
Costume Design Sophie Reble
Casting Ulrike Müller
Additional casting Anna Sofie Hartmann, Natalia Ciepiel
Sound Recordist Oliver Göbel
Sound Design & Mix Sune Kaarsberg
Writer & Director Anna Sofie Hartmann
Awards FIPRESCI award - Viennale
Festivals (selection) Festival Premiers Plans Angers
Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis 2020
Achtung Berlin Filmfestival
New Directors/New Films 2020 New York
Locarno Festival 2019 - Fuori Concorso
San Sebastián International Film Festival
Hamburg Filmfest
Bergen International Film Festival
Thessaloniki International Film Festival
CPH:PIX
Viennale
Mar del Plata International Film Festival
Braunschweig International Film Festival
Distribution Distribution: Grand Film (www.grandfilm.de)
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