2K-video, color, 5.1 dolby surround + stereo, 14’33”
A sea between languages – four German-Tunisians search for words. Translating a poem turns into a long and heated discussion about language, culture, heritage, migration, refugees and — inescapably — politics.
A documentary experimental film based on the poem [Tunis] by Adrian Kasnitz, 2013.
Protagonists
Crew
Camera – Katja Rivas Pinzon
Sound – Lukas Soboll
Color master – Fabiana Cardalda
Sound master – Ralf Schipke
Editing – Lia Sáile
Tunisian/Arabic – Ferdaous Kabteni
English – Thomas Schmidt, Adriana Lemus
Subtitles – Lia Sáile
Sponsor
KunstStiftung NRW, Tentacle Deutschland, Academy of Media Arts Cologne
Thanks to
Prof. Sophie Maintigneux, Adrian Kasnitz, Tanja Baran, Atfa Mihoub, Daniel Küpper, Karin Kaçi, Anna Ansone, Ruben Kuwertz, Rebana John, Ewald Hentze, Christian Eller, Henning Marquass, Fani Schoinopoulou, Falko Sixel, Christian Turner, Lars Langen, Lisa Domin, Maja Tschumi, Laura Engelhardt, Jorge Andrés Rivas Pinzon, Nikolai Meierjohann, Thomas Schmidt, Adriana Lemus
Entstanden 2017/18 im Seminar «poetry/film» von Andreas Altenhoff, Didi Danquart, Sonja Hofmann, Sophie Maintigneux
Screenings
in views #4, Conmidea,CO³, Cologne, DE, 2021
36th Kasseler DokFest, A Sum Of Parts, Kassel, DE, 2019
Zebra Poetry/Film Festival, Prisma: Transit, Berlin, DE, 2019
Kölner Literaturnacht, Köln, DE, 2019
Poesie Festival, Neue Talente, Haus für Poesie, Berlin, DE, 2018
Zebra Poetry/Film Festival, Prisma: Here & Now, Münster, DE, 2018
