Documentary Films - Competition 2018 / Walden / Switzerland, Austria 2018
Gentle birdsong filters through dense forest vegetation only to be drowned out by the sudden roar of chainsaws. Thus begins a documentary comprising a mere thirteen 360° panning shots, whose uncompromising formal concept places great demands on the patient viewer. But as soon as we align our breathing with the slow rhythm of the shots a surprising odyssey opens out before us of the paradoxical migration of wood from Austrian forests to a secret, far-off destination.
Gentle birdsong filters through dense forest vegetation only to be drowned out by the sudden roar of chainsaws. Thus begins a documentary comprising a mere thirteen 360° panning shots that gradually reveal the environments of carefully selected sites. The uncompromising formal concept, reminiscent of the films in Karlovy Vary’s Imagina section that thwart audience expectations, places great demands on the patient viewer. But as soon as we align our breathing with the slow rhythm of the shots and allow the weight of time to do its work, a surprising odyssey opens out before us of the paradoxical migration of wood from Austrian forests to a secret, far-off destination – a gently ironic reference to the renowned work of Henry David Thoreau.
Martin Horyna
100 min / Color, DCP
World premiere
Director Daniel Zimmermann
/ Screenplay Daniel Zimmermann
/ Dir. of Photography Gerald Kerkletz
/ Editor Bernhard Braunstein
/ Producer Aline Schmid
/ Production Beauvoir Films
/ Contact Beauvoir Films
www: www.walden-film.com
Daniel Zimmermann (b. 1966, Switzerland). Selected filmography: Bobrennen im Sommer (2000, short), Die 10 Schweizer (2002, short), Lauberhornrennen im Sommer (2006, short), Stick Climbing (2010, short)
Beauvoir Films
Rue des Cèdres 14, 1203, Geneva
Switzerland
E-mail: [email protected]
Aline Schmid
Producer
Daniel Zimmermann
Film Director
Gerald Kerkletz
Director of Photography
Bernhard Braunstein
Editor
Res Balzli
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