In his film Walden (Special Jury Prize in the Documentary Film Competition, KVIFF 2018) Daniel Zimmermann captured the paradoxical migration of wood from Europe to the Brazilian rainforest in order to draw attention to the absurdity of the globalised world. The Swiss conceptualist now dedicates his Spheres to the deconstruction of the artist’s ego. In a field not far from a housing development, a man prepares to throw a long, thin pole up into the air, thus embarking on a metaphorical journey to the depths of his being. This formally distinctive film examines details of the surroundings as its camera slowly and continuously pans 360°. The viewers, on the other hand, are invited to turn their attention inwards, to glimpse beneath the socially and culturally determined exterior of the human personality.
Martin Horyna
90 min / Color, DCP
World premiere
Director Daniel Zimmermann
/ Screenplay Daniel Zimmermann
/ Dir. of Photography Bernhard Braunstein, Daniel Zimmermann
/ Sound Karim Weth
/ Editor Bernhard Braunstein
/ Producer Aline Schmid, Adrian Blaser, Ralph Wieser
/ Production Beauvoir Films
/ Coproduction Mischief Films, Vienna A
/ Contact Beauvoir Films, Mirjam Wiekenkamp
Daniel Zimmermann (1966, Switzerland). Selected filmography: Bobrennen im Sommer (2000, short), Die 10 Schweizer (2002, short), Lauberhornrennen im Sommer (2006, short), Stick Climbing (2010, short), Walden (2018, doc.), Spheres (2024).
Beauvoir Films
Rue des Cèdres 14, 1203, Geneva
Switzerland
E-mail: [email protected]
Mirjam Wiekenkamp
Germany
Phone: +31 6 28652249
E-mail: [email protected]
Aline Schmid
Producer
Daniel Zimmermann
Film Director
Mirjam Wiekenkamp
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